McCauley, Lanier, Hankins, Hopkins & Taylor Families

William Perry "Perry" HANKINS ^434,1484

  General Notes:

According to a newspaper clipping of his obituary, Perry had been in Denver for 7 weeks when he died. He had gone there to recover from Tuberculosis. So, Perry apparently died between Apr 1922 & Oct 1922. His obituary doesn't list the date of his death and the date it was published is unknown but it states he was 23, indicating he died before his 24th birthday in Oct 1922. The obituary mentions his young son who was born in Jan 1922 and Perry wrote his niece a letter dated 23 Feb 1922 from North Carolina [where he was hospitalized for treatment of tuberculosis at Oteen before he went to Denver]. He had been in Denver for 7 weeks so he couldn't have died before April, 1922.

  More Information:

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Lee Hankins household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Perry was living with his parents in Dalton. He was listed as William P. Hankins, son, age 1, born Oct 1898 in Kentucky. ¹⁴⁸⁴

• 1910 United States Federal Census, Tom L. Hankins household, Hopkins County, Kentucky: Perry was living with his parents. He was listed as William P. Hankins, son, age 11, born in Kentucky, working as a farm laborer. ¹⁵⁰²

• Photo: Perry, ca. 1913, Hopkins County, Kentucky.

• World War I Military Service, 3 October 1916-5 August 1920: Perry enlisted in the US Army on 3 Oct 1916 at Madisonville, Kentucky and was discharged on 5 Aug 1920 at Oteen, North Carolina. He was a Corporal and was stationed in France for a time during World War I. ^1512,1513

• Photo: Jefferson Barracks Army Base, 24 September 1919, Missouri. Jefferson Barracks was a large recruitment depot located just south of St. Louis. Corp. Perry Hankins is in front row on the right.

• 1920 United States Federal Census, William Johnson household, Mingo County, West Virginia: Perry was boarding with William Johnson and his family at 625 Vinson Street in Williamson. He was listed as Perry Hankins, age 22, born in Kentucky, working as a RR car repairer.

[This is almost certainly the same Perry Hankins because he did not get married until 1921; his marriage record shows he worked for the railroad & he was not found in census records in Kentucky for 1920.] ¹⁵¹⁴

• Photo: Hankins Brothers: John, Perry & Elvie, ca. 1920.

• Physical Description: At age 22, Perry was described as 6' tall with fair complexion, brown eyes and light hair. [This description from the records of U. S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee where he spent 3 months being treated for Tuberculosis.]
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• Obituary: Published in Hopkins County, Kentucky. ¹⁵¹⁶ PERRY HANKINS DIES AT DENVER, COLORADO
Advises were received by relatives at Earlington Saturday of the death of Perry Hankins, 23, formerly of that city who died of tuberculosis at Denver, Colo., Friday morning. He had been residing in Denver about seven weeks where he went in the hope of recovering from the disease.

The body was shipped from Denver to Earlington Saturday morning. It was expected to reach there Sunday night. Plans were made to have the funeral Monday and burial was to be in the Catholic cemetery. A military funeral was to be held.

The deceased is survived by his wife, little son, four brothers, one of whom is John Hankins, of this city and one sister.

Perry Hankins was in the United States army for five years and during the world war was s sergeant in France. He contracted tuberculosis while in army service.

[2nd Clipping]
Funeral Tuesday: It was stated Monday that the body of Perry Hankins, formerly of Earlington, who died at Denver, Colorado, would arrive at Earlington on No. 51 that afternoon. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning.

[Name of newspaper and date of publication is unknown.]

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Perry married Margaret HILL on 12 April 1921 in Hopkins County, Kentucky ¹⁵⁰⁶.^,1507 (Margaret HILL was born ca. 1896 ^1517,1518.)

• Photo: Perry & Margaret Hankins, ca. 1921.

• Children: Perry & Margaret had 1 son.