Father of Senator Charles Harting Percy (Governor of West Virginia) and grandfather of Sharon Percy Rockefeller (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller IV).
Born at 908 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, at the Roberts-Pillans house which his parents rented and where they nursed Mrs. Percy's terminally ill father since his return from Washington, D.C., in 1880.
His grandfather, U.S. Representative Thomas Hord Herndon Jr., died at 908 Government Street two months
before Edward H. Percy was born there. A Herndon family genealogy gives his middle name as Herndon, but he was actually named for his mother's friend and distant cousin, Laura Roberts Hunter, living next door at 910 Government Street at the time of his birth.
Thomas Hord Herndon was a third cousin of Mrs. Hunter's grandfather, Dr. Willis Roberts. The Percys and Herndons rented 908 from their Toulmin cousins (Dr. Edmond Pendleton Gaines and wife Sarah Jane Toulmin Gaines). Mobile mayor Harry Pillans, a grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts, had begun his law career in Herndon's office, and was a pallbearer at T.H. Herndon's funeral. Col. Pillans later acquired the residence at 908 which his uncle had built in 1857.
Edward Hunter Percy was a great-great-grandson of the Hon. Harry Toulmin, first federal judge in the Southern District of Alabama and first Secretary of State of Kentucky. His grandson and namesake, another Judge Harry Toulmin, left a widow, Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin, who later died at 908 Government Street where she lived with her step-sister and first cousin who was the wife of Harry Pillans. She was also a third cousin of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the Dutchess of Windsor, who lived briefly at Pensacola.
Edward Hunter Percy moved to Pensacola himself before moving to Chicago about 1920, where he remained until his death.
Born at 908 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, at the Roberts-Pillans house which his parents rented and where they nursed Mrs. Percy's terminally ill father since his return from Washington, D.C., in 1880.
His grandfather, U.S. Representative Thomas Hord Herndon Jr., died at 908 Government Street two months
before Edward H. Percy was born there. A Herndon family genealogy gives his middle name as Herndon, but he was actually named for his mother's friend and distant cousin, Laura Roberts Hunter, living next door at 910 Government Street at the time of his birth.
Thomas Hord Herndon was a third cousin of Mrs. Hunter's grandfather, Dr. Willis Roberts. The Percys and Herndons rented 908 from their Toulmin cousins (Dr. Edmond Pendleton Gaines and wife Sarah Jane Toulmin Gaines). Mobile mayor Harry Pillans, a grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts, had begun his law career in Herndon's office, and was a pallbearer at T.H. Herndon's funeral. Col. Pillans later acquired the residence at 908 which his uncle had built in 1857.
Edward Hunter Percy was a great-great-grandson of the Hon. Harry Toulmin, first federal judge in the Southern District of Alabama and first Secretary of State of Kentucky. His grandson and namesake, another Judge Harry Toulmin, left a widow, Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin, who later died at 908 Government Street where she lived with her step-sister and first cousin who was the wife of Harry Pillans. She was also a third cousin of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the Dutchess of Windsor, who lived briefly at Pensacola.
Edward Hunter Percy moved to Pensacola himself before moving to Chicago about 1920, where he remained until his death.
Father of Senator Charles Harting Percy (Governor of West Virginia) and grandfather of Sharon Percy Rockefeller (Mrs. John D. Rockefeller IV).
Born at 908 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, at the Roberts-Pillans house which his parents rented and where they nursed Mrs. Percy's terminally ill father since his return from Washington, D.C., in 1880.
His grandfather, U.S. Representative Thomas Hord Herndon Jr., died at 908 Government Street two months
before Edward H. Percy was born there. A Herndon family genealogy gives his middle name as Herndon, but he was actually named for his mother's friend and distant cousin, Laura Roberts Hunter, living next door at 910 Government Street at the time of his birth.
Thomas Hord Herndon was a third cousin of Mrs. Hunter's grandfather, Dr. Willis Roberts. The Percys and Herndons rented 908 from their Toulmin cousins (Dr. Edmond Pendleton Gaines and wife Sarah Jane Toulmin Gaines). Mobile mayor Harry Pillans, a grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts, had begun his law career in Herndon's office, and was a pallbearer at T.H. Herndon's funeral. Col. Pillans later acquired the residence at 908 which his uncle had built in 1857.
Edward Hunter Percy was a great-great-grandson of the Hon. Harry Toulmin, first federal judge in the Southern District of Alabama and first Secretary of State of Kentucky. His grandson and namesake, another Judge Harry Toulmin, left a widow, Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin, who later died at 908 Government Street where she lived with her step-sister and first cousin who was the wife of Harry Pillans. She was also a third cousin of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the Dutchess of Windsor, who lived briefly at Pensacola.
Edward Hunter Percy moved to Pensacola himself before moving to Chicago about 1920, where he remained until his death.
Born at 908 Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, at the Roberts-Pillans house which his parents rented and where they nursed Mrs. Percy's terminally ill father since his return from Washington, D.C., in 1880.
His grandfather, U.S. Representative Thomas Hord Herndon Jr., died at 908 Government Street two months
before Edward H. Percy was born there. A Herndon family genealogy gives his middle name as Herndon, but he was actually named for his mother's friend and distant cousin, Laura Roberts Hunter, living next door at 910 Government Street at the time of his birth.
Thomas Hord Herndon was a third cousin of Mrs. Hunter's grandfather, Dr. Willis Roberts. The Percys and Herndons rented 908 from their Toulmin cousins (Dr. Edmond Pendleton Gaines and wife Sarah Jane Toulmin Gaines). Mobile mayor Harry Pillans, a grandson of Dr. Willis Roberts, had begun his law career in Herndon's office, and was a pallbearer at T.H. Herndon's funeral. Col. Pillans later acquired the residence at 908 which his uncle had built in 1857.
Edward Hunter Percy was a great-great-grandson of the Hon. Harry Toulmin, first federal judge in the Southern District of Alabama and first Secretary of State of Kentucky. His grandson and namesake, another Judge Harry Toulmin, left a widow, Mary Montague Henshaw Toulmin, who later died at 908 Government Street where she lived with her step-sister and first cousin who was the wife of Harry Pillans. She was also a third cousin of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the Dutchess of Windsor, who lived briefly at Pensacola.
Edward Hunter Percy moved to Pensacola himself before moving to Chicago about 1920, where he remained until his death.
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