Perry's parents were John and Mary PIER. He was one of six children born from this marriage--and got his middle name "Washington" because he was born on George Washington's birthday. His siblings included: Angeline, b: 1844, and who later married George Barrow of Clarke County, VA in May 1866--her date and place of death is unknown; James, b: 1846 in Shenandoah Co., VA--his date and place of death is unknown; Sarah, b: 1847 in Clarke Co., VA--her date and place of death unknown; Isabel, b: 1849 in Shenandoah Co., VA--date and place of death unknown. In 1860, Isabel was living with George Hoffman and family there in Shenandoah Co.
Perry married Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) on 29 Jun 1873 in Berryville, Clarke County., VA; she was at that time approximately 17 years old. Mary Elizabeth's parents were Thomas W. and Martha A. GRIFFITH. Perry worked as a carpenter, farmer, and finally as a ferry boat Captain at 'Castleman Ferry'--near where Rt. 7 crosses the Shenandoah River some miles east of Berryville. This marriage produced some 14 children. Perry evidently, from family lore, was never known as a "very nice man," and because of this reputation evidently being "well earned"--his wife Mary Elizabeth always told her children after Perry's death in 1908, that "they were never to bury her with her husband" there in Ebenezer Church graveyard. Upon her death on 30 Jan 1928, her wish was granted and she was buried with her son Perry, Jr. in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, MD.
Evidently, no family member ever put a gravestone on Perry's place of burial there at the Ebenezer Church graveyard--hence it has been lost forever.
Perry married Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) on 29 Jun 1873 in Berryville, Clarke County., VA; she was at that time approximately 17 years old. Mary Elizabeth's parents were Thomas W. and Martha A. GRIFFITH. Perry worked as a carpenter, farmer, and finally as a ferry boat Captain at 'Castleman Ferry'--near where Rt. 7 crosses the Shenandoah River some miles east of Berryville. This marriage produced some 14 children. Perry evidently, from family lore, was never known as a "very nice man," and because of this reputation evidently being "well earned"--his wife Mary Elizabeth always told her children after Perry's death in 1908, that "they were never to bury her with her husband" there in Ebenezer Church graveyard. Upon her death on 30 Jan 1928, her wish was granted and she was buried with her son Perry, Jr. in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, MD.
Evidently, no family member ever put a gravestone on Perry's place of burial there at the Ebenezer Church graveyard--hence it has been lost forever.
Perry's parents were John and Mary PIER. He was one of six children born from this marriage--and got his middle name "Washington" because he was born on George Washington's birthday. His siblings included: Angeline, b: 1844, and who later married George Barrow of Clarke County, VA in May 1866--her date and place of death is unknown; James, b: 1846 in Shenandoah Co., VA--his date and place of death is unknown; Sarah, b: 1847 in Clarke Co., VA--her date and place of death unknown; Isabel, b: 1849 in Shenandoah Co., VA--date and place of death unknown. In 1860, Isabel was living with George Hoffman and family there in Shenandoah Co.
Perry married Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) on 29 Jun 1873 in Berryville, Clarke County., VA; she was at that time approximately 17 years old. Mary Elizabeth's parents were Thomas W. and Martha A. GRIFFITH. Perry worked as a carpenter, farmer, and finally as a ferry boat Captain at 'Castleman Ferry'--near where Rt. 7 crosses the Shenandoah River some miles east of Berryville. This marriage produced some 14 children. Perry evidently, from family lore, was never known as a "very nice man," and because of this reputation evidently being "well earned"--his wife Mary Elizabeth always told her children after Perry's death in 1908, that "they were never to bury her with her husband" there in Ebenezer Church graveyard. Upon her death on 30 Jan 1928, her wish was granted and she was buried with her son Perry, Jr. in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, MD.
Evidently, no family member ever put a gravestone on Perry's place of burial there at the Ebenezer Church graveyard--hence it has been lost forever.
Perry married Mary Elizabeth (Griffith) on 29 Jun 1873 in Berryville, Clarke County., VA; she was at that time approximately 17 years old. Mary Elizabeth's parents were Thomas W. and Martha A. GRIFFITH. Perry worked as a carpenter, farmer, and finally as a ferry boat Captain at 'Castleman Ferry'--near where Rt. 7 crosses the Shenandoah River some miles east of Berryville. This marriage produced some 14 children. Perry evidently, from family lore, was never known as a "very nice man," and because of this reputation evidently being "well earned"--his wife Mary Elizabeth always told her children after Perry's death in 1908, that "they were never to bury her with her husband" there in Ebenezer Church graveyard. Upon her death on 30 Jan 1928, her wish was granted and she was buried with her son Perry, Jr. in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, MD.
Evidently, no family member ever put a gravestone on Perry's place of burial there at the Ebenezer Church graveyard--hence it has been lost forever.
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