Daughter of Elisha Perkins and sister of Constantine. She married John Nicks on July 13, 1824. Their children were Eliza Perkins Nicks (Apr. 19, 1826 and wife of Col. S. Lewis Griffith) and John Quinten Nicks (c. 1828). Sallie was a popular young widow whose charms were enhanced by the fact that the estate left by the General was valued at $20,000. When Washington Irving visited the post in 1832, he recorded in his notebook that several of the officers at the post paid court to her, and the quartermaster serenaded her so often and so vigorously that he disturbed the sleep of others, and made himself a good deal of a nuisance in the post. According to Irving, General William Clark and Colonel Arbuckle were both fascinated by the young widow, and a civilian named Lewis paid such ardent court that all of the officers united against him. She later married Col. Robert Stuart Gibson. Their children were Robert Stuart, Irene and Mary Ann Stuart. Mary Ann married Brigadier General Richard Caswell Gatlin.
Daughter of Elisha Perkins and sister of Constantine. She married John Nicks on July 13, 1824. Their children were Eliza Perkins Nicks (Apr. 19, 1826 and wife of Col. S. Lewis Griffith) and John Quinten Nicks (c. 1828). Sallie was a popular young widow whose charms were enhanced by the fact that the estate left by the General was valued at $20,000. When Washington Irving visited the post in 1832, he recorded in his notebook that several of the officers at the post paid court to her, and the quartermaster serenaded her so often and so vigorously that he disturbed the sleep of others, and made himself a good deal of a nuisance in the post. According to Irving, General William Clark and Colonel Arbuckle were both fascinated by the young widow, and a civilian named Lewis paid such ardent court that all of the officers united against him. She later married Col. Robert Stuart Gibson. Their children were Robert Stuart, Irene and Mary Ann Stuart. Mary Ann married Brigadier General Richard Caswell Gatlin.
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