Calvin R. Perry Family

Name Born Place Married Place Died Place
Calvin R. Perry Aug 10 18373 Dooley County, GA2     Aug 14 18973 Bethany Cemetary,
Decatur County, GA2 Map
Susan W. ?2 18502     Decatur County, GA2    

Parents

Calvin's Joseph L. Perry Mary Ann Brown

Other Spouses

Name Born Place Married Place Died Place
Sarah ? 18402   18592 Baker County, GA2 18662 Decatur County, GA2

Children

Name Sex Born Place Spouse Married Died Place
Marcellous D. Perry2 M Dec 30 18742 Decatur County, GA2 Dolie E. Williams2 Dec 30 19232 May 15 19562 Enterprise Cemetary,
Brinson, GA2
Ellen E. Perry2 F Oct 12 18792 Decatur County, GA2 John Robert Donalson2   Feb 5 19712 Bethany Cemetary,
Decatur County, GA2

Notes

Calvin grew up in Baker County, Georgia. He and his brother, James Washington Perry, bought property and moved their families
Calvin's first wife, Sarah, not listed in 1870 census. She might have died giving birth to daughter Harriett.
Calvin and 2nd wife, Susan, listed in 1880 census. near Spring Creek in Decatur Couny, Georgia prior to 1860.2

James and brother Calvin both enlisted in 'Decatur Guards' GA 17th Regiment, Company D on August 13, 1861.
This regiment consisted of men from Webster & Stewart counties.1

Private Aug. 13, 1861. Appointed 1st Corporal Jan. 30, 1863; 1st Sergeant July 3, 1863. Wounded in breast at Deep Bottom, Va. Aug. 16, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.3
After the war he returned to Sarah in Decatur County, Georgia.

In 1889, Calvin owned over 1475 acres in the forks of Flint River and Spring Creek. This land is now underwater except for islands of Lake Seminole. and included Wingate Channel and Karl's Pass.2

FootNotes
 1 - 'Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865', Volume 1
 2 - 'The History of Randolph County, Georgia, Volume II', page 582
 3 - Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery Inscriptions

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