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"Uncle Dink" William H. PERKINS - age 98 years, 1 month, 10
days
"Mr. William H. Perkins, familiary known as "Uncle Dink"
and one of the last Civil War veterans of this section, died at his home
near Summer Shade last Thursday afternoon. Death was caused by
infirmities of old age and complications. He was 98 years, 1 month and
10 days of age.
"He was a beloved and outstanding citizen and an unusually large
crowd attended his last rites at Summer Shade Friday afternoon. The
funeral was held at the Summer Shade Baptist Church at 3 p.m., the Rev.
Ernest L. Dixon in charge. Interment followed in the Summer Shade
Cemetery.
"Mr. Perkins was born in Barren county, in a portion later cut off
for Metcalfe and except for three years he served in the Union army,
during the Civil War, he had resided in and around Summer Shade. He was
a first private in Company G, 6th Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers,
commanded by Capt. Edward R. Phillips. He enlisted on August 1, 1862,
and was discharged Juy 14, 1865, at Edgefield, Tenn. He was wounded
during the battle of Chickamauga and later taken prisoner at
Hopkinsville.
"Following the Civil War, Mr. Perkins returned to Summer Shade
where he has been engaged in farming and the timber business since.
Throughout his life, he had enjoyed good health and was stout, healthy,
and jovial prior to being stricken with influenza a month ago. He was a
man of high standing in his community, plain spoken, a man of his word,
and a citizen that will be missed by his neighbors and friends.
"He was married to Miss Mary Word when a young man, and to that
union were born ten children, five of whom survive: Mrs. S. F. Pedigo,
Mrs. J. W. Shirley and Mr. E. H. Perkins, all of Summer Shade; Mr.
Robert Perkins, of Clark's Hill, Ind., and Mr. Sam Perkins, of
California. He was the last surviving member of his immediate
family."
Undated Glasgow KY newspaper, ca 1941
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