THIS BIO WRITTEN 30 JUNE 2013 BY RUSSELL PERKINS FOR WILLIAM JAMES (BUCK) PERKINS WHO IS BURIED IN PLEASANT RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

William James (Buck) Perkins was my accepted Great-Grampaw and was always referred to as simply "Buck" Perkins. He was born about 1847 in LaRue or Green County, Kentucky. He died 15 July 1925 in Ball Hollow, LaRue County, Kentucky and is buried in Pleasant Ridge Separate Baptist Church Cemetery. He has no headstone and his burial location is not known with certainty.

He first appeared in the 1850 Census for Taylor County. He was listed as son of Mary Ann Perkins. His name was given as William James Perkins, age 4 years.
On 5 March 1869 he married Louisa Houston Shoemaker. Her first husband had died during the Civil War.
There is this LaRue County marriage record: William Thompson and Louisa Shoemaker, 5 March 1869. Cert from gents mother; parents gave consent for lady and she was married once before. Gent born in Green Co. and age 19; lady age 28. Married 5 March 1869 at A. J. Whitley's in presence of Green B. Druin and Wm. Huston by A. J. Whitley.

Note that when he got married he gave his name as "Thompson." His father was William C. (Curley Bill) Thompson. Buck was an illegitimate son of Mary Ann Perkins.
This is the only time he used the Thompson name. Afterwards he always used his mother's name, Perkins.

Buck Perkins and his wife, Louisa, were parents of Didama (Damie) Perkins, b. 23 Dec 1868; William Thomas Perkins, b. 11 May 1873; Betty (Isetta) M. Perkins, b. abt 1876 who apparently died in childhood; and Emily B. Perkins, b. Jul 1878. Louisa Houston Shoemaker Perkins died before 1900 and is buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery without a stone and her location in the cemetery is not known with certainty.

From the LaRue County Herald February 14, 1889:
Buck Perkins shot his hand very seriously Monday night. He says he also had the misfortune to lose $20 a few days ago.

By February 21, 1889 the Mary Ann Perkins family was making use of money received in a railroad settlement when Mary Ann was killed in a train accident at Bardstown Junction on Christmas Eve, 1888. The Otter Creek Correspondent made numerous mention in the LaRue County Herald of all the purchases by her children. Buck was mentioned; "William (Buckman) Perkins bought a horse of Jesse Purvis for $85."
and, "Will Buck also bought a small tract of land belonging to James Shipp that adjoined that of Robert Salsman." A week later; "William (Buck) Perkins bought a young horse from Jesse Purvis for $85. There were similar entries for the other children as well.

Buck Perkins married again in 1900 in Hardin County, Kentucky. They lived there in 1900 when the census was taken and had been married 0 years. His wife was Martha E. Salesman, b. Feb 1848. This was not her first marriage either and little is known about her.

In the 1900 Hardin County Census Magnolia Distr 1. William Perkins was family 217. He was 50 years of age, b. Nov, 1849. His wife Martha E., was 52, b. Feb, 1848. They have been married less than a year and lived next door to Simon Perkins.
In the 1920 Green County Census for the Upper Brush Creek area around Bloyds Bluff and the LaRue County border, William Perkins is head of household #207. He is 70 years of age and his wife, Martha E., is 70 also. A sister-in-law, Nancy Phillips, age 76, lived with them. They all lived next door to Robert and Lillie Skaggs.

Green County Record April 3, 1925- Mrs. Nan Phillips died at the home of Buck Perkins where she had been living for several years. Her husband died about 15 years ago. She died Mar 21, 1925. Burial was in Otter Creek Cemetery. Services conducted by J. B. Atwell.

From the LaRue County Herald News, May 7, 1907:
HOUSEBREAKING
The smoke house of Rev. Lewis Warren, near Pleasant Ridge Church, was burglarized on last Friday night and about 100 pounds of bacon carried away. Mr. Wm. Elliott, of Elizabethtown, and Marshal Cundiff, of this place, were summoned, and with the aid of a bloodhound attempted to locate the guilty parties. The hound struck a trail near a fence where the burglars had climbed over, but upon the suggestion of interested parties the search was abandoned. A search warrant was afterwards put into the hands of Deputy Sheriff Joe Howell, and as a result of his investigations, William Huber and William (Buck) Perkins were arrested and brought to town.
The parties waived an examination and were each put under a $300 bond to await the action of the grand jury now in session.
On yesterday, the grand jury having returned an indictment against him that morning, "Buck" Perkins pleaded guilty to the charge, and was given two years in the penitentiary. The court proceeded immediately to pass sentence on him.
Huber pleaded not guilty and the court set the case for trial on next Tuesday.