Hibernia Melissa Blackburn born in Blount county, Alabama on March 25, 1849, was the second child and second daughter of Joel J. Blackburn and Nancy Eliza Hancock Blackburn. She grew up in Blount county marrying Joseph Banks Perkins in 1874. Her husband was an itinerant minister for the Methodist Church. After the birth of their first child, they moved to Oregon where Rev. Perkins began his ministry in The Dalles, Oregon.
Melissa and Rev. Perkins lived in Oregon, Ancho, New Mexico and other locations before moving to Dome, Arizona sometime during the 1910s. Rev. Perkins died during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1919 while being taken from Dome to Yuma for treatment. They were living with their son Daniel Banks Perkins and his family in Dome.
Hibernia Melissa Blackburn Perkins returned to Harbin, an unincorporated town in Erath county, following the death of her husband in Dome, Arizona. She lived there only a short time before fracturing her hip and developing pneumonia, the primary cause of her passing.
Her husband, the Reverend Joseph Banks Perkins, died on Jan 10, 1919, in Dome, Arizona, of influenza during the Spanish Flu epidemic. He is buried in Yuma, Arizona.
They had four children:
Samuel Blackburn Perkins
memorial # 15135271
Daniel Banks Perkins
memorial # 37253124
Drusilla L. Perkins Moran
memorial # 59734013
Hibernia Perkins Rorabough
Memorial # 181564098
A census indicates that she gave birth to five children, one of whom died. No other information has been found about this child.
Information provided by Jim McKinney
Melissa and Rev. Perkins lived in Oregon, Ancho, New Mexico and other locations before moving to Dome, Arizona sometime during the 1910s. Rev. Perkins died during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1919 while being taken from Dome to Yuma for treatment. They were living with their son Daniel Banks Perkins and his family in Dome.
Hibernia Melissa Blackburn Perkins returned to Harbin, an unincorporated town in Erath county, following the death of her husband in Dome, Arizona. She lived there only a short time before fracturing her hip and developing pneumonia, the primary cause of her passing.
Her husband, the Reverend Joseph Banks Perkins, died on Jan 10, 1919, in Dome, Arizona, of influenza during the Spanish Flu epidemic. He is buried in Yuma, Arizona.
They had four children:
Samuel Blackburn Perkins
memorial # 15135271
Daniel Banks Perkins
memorial # 37253124
Drusilla L. Perkins Moran
memorial # 59734013
Hibernia Perkins Rorabough
Memorial # 181564098
A census indicates that she gave birth to five children, one of whom died. No other information has been found about this child.
Information provided by Jim McKinney
Hibernia Melissa Blackburn born in Blount county, Alabama on March 25, 1849, was the second child and second daughter of Joel J. Blackburn and Nancy Eliza Hancock Blackburn. She grew up in Blount county marrying Joseph Banks Perkins in 1874. Her husband was an itinerant minister for the Methodist Church. After the birth of their first child, they moved to Oregon where Rev. Perkins began his ministry in The Dalles, Oregon.
Melissa and Rev. Perkins lived in Oregon, Ancho, New Mexico and other locations before moving to Dome, Arizona sometime during the 1910s. Rev. Perkins died during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1919 while being taken from Dome to Yuma for treatment. They were living with their son Daniel Banks Perkins and his family in Dome.
Hibernia Melissa Blackburn Perkins returned to Harbin, an unincorporated town in Erath county, following the death of her husband in Dome, Arizona. She lived there only a short time before fracturing her hip and developing pneumonia, the primary cause of her passing.
Her husband, the Reverend Joseph Banks Perkins, died on Jan 10, 1919, in Dome, Arizona, of influenza during the Spanish Flu epidemic. He is buried in Yuma, Arizona.
They had four children:
Samuel Blackburn Perkins
memorial # 15135271
Daniel Banks Perkins
memorial # 37253124
Drusilla L. Perkins Moran
memorial # 59734013
Hibernia Perkins Rorabough
Memorial # 181564098
A census indicates that she gave birth to five children, one of whom died. No other information has been found about this child.
Information provided by Jim McKinney
Melissa and Rev. Perkins lived in Oregon, Ancho, New Mexico and other locations before moving to Dome, Arizona sometime during the 1910s. Rev. Perkins died during the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1919 while being taken from Dome to Yuma for treatment. They were living with their son Daniel Banks Perkins and his family in Dome.
Hibernia Melissa Blackburn Perkins returned to Harbin, an unincorporated town in Erath county, following the death of her husband in Dome, Arizona. She lived there only a short time before fracturing her hip and developing pneumonia, the primary cause of her passing.
Her husband, the Reverend Joseph Banks Perkins, died on Jan 10, 1919, in Dome, Arizona, of influenza during the Spanish Flu epidemic. He is buried in Yuma, Arizona.
They had four children:
Samuel Blackburn Perkins
memorial # 15135271
Daniel Banks Perkins
memorial # 37253124
Drusilla L. Perkins Moran
memorial # 59734013
Hibernia Perkins Rorabough
Memorial # 181564098
A census indicates that she gave birth to five children, one of whom died. No other information has been found about this child.
Information provided by Jim McKinney
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