Dr. James Madison Perrin was born in Garrard County, Kentucky October 2, 1813. He studied medicine under his brother, Isaac Newton, and then graduated at Columbus, Ohio in the first class of 7 in 1839. He then married Temperance Ann Elizabeth Virginia Gardner on April 6, 1841 in Tennessee. Prior to July 1, 1845, he came to Peters Colony (Texas) with brothers Isaac and William, as a family man, but left before receiving a land certificate. Hunt County, Texas, land records show that he obtained 4 and a half sections of land in and around the area that became Celeste.
In 1850 his son, Columbus, was born on a Mississippi steamboat during a trip to Tennessee. James and his family, with Columbus, are listed in the 1850 census for Weakley County, Tennessee.
In 1852 James buried his son, Columbus, in the Compton Cemetery, south of Roxton, Lamar Co., Texas. Isaac had already buried two sons there, John G. in 1850, and James M. in 1852. The Compton Cemetery would eventually be the resting place of Isaac and his wife Louisa Anne Carney, and two more of Isaac's sons, Galen and Christopher Columbus; and C.C.'s wife, Ella Braly.
James was listed in the 1860 census in Titus Co., Tx as a farmer with his family. The household included his wife, T.A.E. Virginia, and children Alfred C., Catharine, Victoria, Susan, and James Ed. In 1861, they had another son, William Joseph. James appears also in the 1870 Titus Co. census as a "Physician retired" with children Susan, James, William and Alfred as an adult (James' wife is not listed). In 1875, the portion of Titus County where they resided was formed into Franklin Co. The 1880 Franklin Co. Census lists James M. Perrin as a Physician with Susan and William Joseph as the only family remaining there.
James Madison Perrin, his wife, and other family members are buried at the Perrin Family Cemetery in Franklin County, Texas. The cemetery is on the land once owned by the Perrin family. |
