Amite-Wilkinson County MsArchives Biographies.....Perkins, Alfred December 16, 1844 - December 21, 1915
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Clydell Morgan clydell1@comcast.net November 8, 2011, 6:48 am

Source: Written by Dr. Clydell Morgan
Author: Dr. Clydell Morgan

Alfred Perkins, born in New Brunswick, Canada, immigrated to Connecticut in 
1861 and joined the Twelfth Connecticut Infantry, Company D. Alfred followed 
his army unit throughout the South from New Orleans to the Siege of Port 
Hudson. He loved the serene, lush hills and valleys of the South and after 
mustering out of the army in 1865, settled in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. 
Alfred, who was a seaman in Canada, became a farmer with a new wife, Annie 
Jane North, and ultimately two sons: Charles Newman and Samuel North. The 
descendants of Alfred Perkins two sons became families who settled mainly in 
Mississippi and Louisiana.
	Charles Newman Perkins and Lula Annie Belle Barker married and settled 
in Gloster  while Samuel North Perkins married Bertha Louise Floyd and settled 
in Natchez. The descendants of those families hold a reunion every October at 
Percy Quin to celebrate each other and their lineage. This year, the reunion 
held special significance as the unmarked resting place of Alfred Perkins has 
been found and validated.
	The United States Department of Veteran Affairs has authorized and 
produced a headstone marker for the Civil War Veteran,  Corporal Alfred 
Perkins 1844 - 1915. The stone, which is pictured below, will be laid by 
Perkins Descendants in the month to come. Perkins Descendants would like to 
thank Perkins Feed and Seed, Gloster, MS for their greatly appreciated 
contributions to this project. We are also indebted to a wonderful man and his 
family who have voluntarily taken care of this cemetery for more than a 
decade. They even made the sign pictured below using an old, worn-out one as a 
guide. It is noted here that the church was torn down to accommodate Camp Van 
Dorn.
	October 30, 2011, Samuel Nathaniel Perkins, Annie Belle Perkins 
Anderson and Clydell Morgan, second and third generation grandchildren, laid 
the headstone of Alfred Perkins in Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, 
Centreville, Amite County, MS. 


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