Joshua Carter Perkins b 24 Sept 1817 Carter TN d 29 Nov 1894 Taylor, Loup NE; s/o Joseph Perkins and Elizabeth Unknown. Joshua Carter Perkins served as the Captain of Co "C" of the Harlan KY Battalion in 1861-1862. Joshua Carter Perkins m. 17 Sept 1842 Washington TN to Sarah Cooper b 16 May 1818 NC d 26 Jan 1903 Taylor, Loup NE. (1850 Letcher Co KY Census and 1860 Letcher Co KY Census). She and her oldest daughter, Hannah Amanda, died within days of one another because of a flu epidemic. Two other daughters died in Kentucky, her three youngest children would migrate to Washington and Oregon, and one, Highly, would remain in Nebraska. Children of Joshua Carter Perkins and Sarah Cooper;

I. Hannah Amanda Perkins b 17 MAY 1845 TN d 19 Jan 1903 Taylor Co NE in the flue epidemic died within a few days of her mother, who also died in the flu epidemic; buried Kent Cemetery, Loup Co NE

II. Mary Polina Perkins b 1847 Letcher Co KY d after 1868 Estill Co KY; m. Unknown King.

III. Highly Perkins b 17 JUL 1850 Letcher Co KY d 21 Jul 1934 Taylor, Loup Co NE; occupation, school teacher, Hall and Adams Co NE schools; m. 27 Dec 1876 Fayette Co IL to Joshua Frye Perkins b 18 Jul 1844 Monroe Co TN d 30 Mar 1920 NE; buried Kent Cemetery, Taylor, Loup Co NE; s/o Amos Perkins and Nancy Pierce. Children of Joshua Frye Perkins and Highly Perkins;

1. Claud S Perkins b 5 OCT 1877 Hall Co NE

2. Hannah Ellen Perkins b 1 JAN 1880 Hall Co NE

3. Mary Perkins b MAR 1882 Hall Co NE

4. Laura Belle Perkins b 1 JUN 1884 Grand Island, Hall Co, NE

5. Clara S Perkins b 29 MAR 1886 Hall Co NE

6. Sidney G Perkins b 21 JUL 1891 in Custer Co NE

7. Perry Seward Perkins b 11 SEP 1893 in West Union, Custer Co, NE

IV. Nancy Perkins b 31 DEC 1852 Letcher Co KY d Mar 1853 Letcher Co KY

V. John "Amos" Perkins b 23 APR 1856 Letcher Co KY d Oct 1932 Roy, Pierce Co WA; never married, lived with his brother, and they were partners in a ranch.

VI. Sarah Elizabeth Perkins b 25 DEC 1859 Letcher Co KY d 13 May 1936 Spokane, Spokane Co WA; buried High View Cemetery, Morrow Co OR; m. 27 Mar 1880 Howard Co NE to James H Smouse b ? d 21 Apr 1884 Chicago, Cook Co IL. Children of James H Smouse and Sarah Elizabeth Perkins;

1. Henry Vincent Smouse b Feb 1881 NE

2. Daily Smouse b Apr 1882 NE

Sarah Elizabeth Perkins m. 1889 Howard Co NE to William H Piggott. Children of William H Piggott and Sarah Elizabeth Perkins;

1. Howard Piggott

2. Florence B Piggott b May 1890 NE

VII. William H. "Bill" Perkins b 23 APR 1861 Letcher Co KY; d 16 Feb 1931 Roy, Pierce Co WA; never married, lived with his brother Amos, and they were partners in a ranch.