Sophia M. Perry

b. 12 November 1818, d. 25 September 1897
  • Sophia M. Perry was born on 12 November 1818 in Alabama.
  • Sion Luther Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Sophia M. Perry. Also in the household were one male age 5-9 and one female age 0-4 whose identities are as yet unknown. The presence in the household of two females and a male aged 20-29 may indicate that Sion Perry had children from an earlier marriage. Maybe Sophia was one of the older ones and Lacy may have been the first or second wife, not sure whether she was sophia's mother.
  • She married Luther S. Skinner on 21 October 1840 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
  • Luther S. Skinner and Sophia M. Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Wilson P. Skinner, Sion Perry Skinner and Lucy C. Skinner.
  • Luther S. Skinner and Sophia M. Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sion Perry Skinner, Lucy C. Skinner, Luther S. Skinner, Fannie Skinner and Eugenia B. Skinner.
  • Luther S. Skinner and Sophia M. Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Sion Perry Skinner, Luther S. Skinner, Lucy C. Skinner and Eugenia B. Skinner.
  • Sophia M. Perry became a widow at the between 1870 and 1880 death of her husband Luther S. Skinner.
  • Sophia M. Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Eugenia B. Skinner.
  • Sophia M. Perry died on 25 September 1897 at age 78.
  • She was interred at Morton Cemetery, Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 1 Mar 2011

Family: Luther S. Skinner b. circa 1803, d. between 1870 and 1880