Emma Catherine Blocker was a daughter of James Madison Blocker and Isabella MORRISON Blocker, and the first wife of Samuel Perrin. She grew up at Belle Vieu, her family's plantation in Edgefield District, and was married there to Samuel Perrin on 12 May 1846.
They had seven children during their fourteen years of marriage, three of whom died young. Emma died within a week or two after the birth of her seventh child, probably as a result of complications or infection following the birth.
Her obituary in the July 14, 1860 edition of the Baptist Newspaper reported, "Died at Belle Vieu, Abbeville District on the 7th of June. Emma Catharine, wife of Saml. Perrin, Esq., and daughter of James Blocker, late of Edgefield, leaving a bereaved husband, four children, a mother and three sisters."
Her grieving mother, Isabella Blocker, wrote in her prayer book on June 26, 1860, "This day one month ago, the precious babe was conveyed to heaven (Emma's child); since then the mother, my Emma, my darling precious daughter. O, thanks....to my heavenly Father, for his kind Providence" Five years later, her thoughts once again turned to her daughter and granddaughter with this entry: "Truth my beloved Emma is where no tears are shed. O precious one, I trust ere long I shall meet thee and thy dear little babe in glory"
The children of Samuel Perrin and Catherine Emma BLOCKER Perrin were:
Anna Isabella Perrin, b. 2 July 1847, m. Dr John Barrett Watts, d. 22 June 1927
James Blocker Perrin, b. 19 March 1850,d.19 March 1855, "on his birth night, eldest son of Samuel and Emma Perrin, age five years"
Louis Henry Perrin, b.9 December 1851, m.Mary Letticia Yeldell and Mary E. Gilcrist, d. 2 March 1923
Julia Elizabeth Perrin, b. 19 March 1853, m. Elijah Francis Waldrop on 16 April 1873, and d.1 May 1874. [Her burial location is unknown,so she is not linked to her parents.]
Arthur Berwick Perrin, b.18 June 1855, d.6 September 1859 "at Belle View, the home of his maternal grandparents, of a brain infection."
Catherine Emma ("Kate")Perrin, b.30 May 1859, m. John A. Minick,Jr., d.18 July 1935.
Infant daughter Perrin, d. 26 May 1860, a few days old.
They had seven children during their fourteen years of marriage, three of whom died young. Emma died within a week or two after the birth of her seventh child, probably as a result of complications or infection following the birth.
Her obituary in the July 14, 1860 edition of the Baptist Newspaper reported, "Died at Belle Vieu, Abbeville District on the 7th of June. Emma Catharine, wife of Saml. Perrin, Esq., and daughter of James Blocker, late of Edgefield, leaving a bereaved husband, four children, a mother and three sisters."
Her grieving mother, Isabella Blocker, wrote in her prayer book on June 26, 1860, "This day one month ago, the precious babe was conveyed to heaven (Emma's child); since then the mother, my Emma, my darling precious daughter. O, thanks....to my heavenly Father, for his kind Providence" Five years later, her thoughts once again turned to her daughter and granddaughter with this entry: "Truth my beloved Emma is where no tears are shed. O precious one, I trust ere long I shall meet thee and thy dear little babe in glory"
The children of Samuel Perrin and Catherine Emma BLOCKER Perrin were:
Anna Isabella Perrin, b. 2 July 1847, m. Dr John Barrett Watts, d. 22 June 1927
James Blocker Perrin, b. 19 March 1850,d.19 March 1855, "on his birth night, eldest son of Samuel and Emma Perrin, age five years"
Louis Henry Perrin, b.9 December 1851, m.Mary Letticia Yeldell and Mary E. Gilcrist, d. 2 March 1923
Julia Elizabeth Perrin, b. 19 March 1853, m. Elijah Francis Waldrop on 16 April 1873, and d.1 May 1874. [Her burial location is unknown,so she is not linked to her parents.]
Arthur Berwick Perrin, b.18 June 1855, d.6 September 1859 "at Belle View, the home of his maternal grandparents, of a brain infection."
Catherine Emma ("Kate")Perrin, b.30 May 1859, m. John A. Minick,Jr., d.18 July 1935.
Infant daughter Perrin, d. 26 May 1860, a few days old.
Emma Catherine Blocker was a daughter of James Madison Blocker and Isabella MORRISON Blocker, and the first wife of Samuel Perrin. She grew up at Belle Vieu, her family's plantation in Edgefield District, and was married there to Samuel Perrin on 12 May 1846.
They had seven children during their fourteen years of marriage, three of whom died young. Emma died within a week or two after the birth of her seventh child, probably as a result of complications or infection following the birth.
Her obituary in the July 14, 1860 edition of the Baptist Newspaper reported, "Died at Belle Vieu, Abbeville District on the 7th of June. Emma Catharine, wife of Saml. Perrin, Esq., and daughter of James Blocker, late of Edgefield, leaving a bereaved husband, four children, a mother and three sisters."
Her grieving mother, Isabella Blocker, wrote in her prayer book on June 26, 1860, "This day one month ago, the precious babe was conveyed to heaven (Emma's child); since then the mother, my Emma, my darling precious daughter. O, thanks....to my heavenly Father, for his kind Providence" Five years later, her thoughts once again turned to her daughter and granddaughter with this entry: "Truth my beloved Emma is where no tears are shed. O precious one, I trust ere long I shall meet thee and thy dear little babe in glory"
The children of Samuel Perrin and Catherine Emma BLOCKER Perrin were:
Anna Isabella Perrin, b. 2 July 1847, m. Dr John Barrett Watts, d. 22 June 1927
James Blocker Perrin, b. 19 March 1850,d.19 March 1855, "on his birth night, eldest son of Samuel and Emma Perrin, age five years"
Louis Henry Perrin, b.9 December 1851, m.Mary Letticia Yeldell and Mary E. Gilcrist, d. 2 March 1923
Julia Elizabeth Perrin, b. 19 March 1853, m. Elijah Francis Waldrop on 16 April 1873, and d.1 May 1874. [Her burial location is unknown,so she is not linked to her parents.]
Arthur Berwick Perrin, b.18 June 1855, d.6 September 1859 "at Belle View, the home of his maternal grandparents, of a brain infection."
Catherine Emma ("Kate")Perrin, b.30 May 1859, m. John A. Minick,Jr., d.18 July 1935.
Infant daughter Perrin, d. 26 May 1860, a few days old.
They had seven children during their fourteen years of marriage, three of whom died young. Emma died within a week or two after the birth of her seventh child, probably as a result of complications or infection following the birth.
Her obituary in the July 14, 1860 edition of the Baptist Newspaper reported, "Died at Belle Vieu, Abbeville District on the 7th of June. Emma Catharine, wife of Saml. Perrin, Esq., and daughter of James Blocker, late of Edgefield, leaving a bereaved husband, four children, a mother and three sisters."
Her grieving mother, Isabella Blocker, wrote in her prayer book on June 26, 1860, "This day one month ago, the precious babe was conveyed to heaven (Emma's child); since then the mother, my Emma, my darling precious daughter. O, thanks....to my heavenly Father, for his kind Providence" Five years later, her thoughts once again turned to her daughter and granddaughter with this entry: "Truth my beloved Emma is where no tears are shed. O precious one, I trust ere long I shall meet thee and thy dear little babe in glory"
The children of Samuel Perrin and Catherine Emma BLOCKER Perrin were:
Anna Isabella Perrin, b. 2 July 1847, m. Dr John Barrett Watts, d. 22 June 1927
James Blocker Perrin, b. 19 March 1850,d.19 March 1855, "on his birth night, eldest son of Samuel and Emma Perrin, age five years"
Louis Henry Perrin, b.9 December 1851, m.Mary Letticia Yeldell and Mary E. Gilcrist, d. 2 March 1923
Julia Elizabeth Perrin, b. 19 March 1853, m. Elijah Francis Waldrop on 16 April 1873, and d.1 May 1874. [Her burial location is unknown,so she is not linked to her parents.]
Arthur Berwick Perrin, b.18 June 1855, d.6 September 1859 "at Belle View, the home of his maternal grandparents, of a brain infection."
Catherine Emma ("Kate")Perrin, b.30 May 1859, m. John A. Minick,Jr., d.18 July 1935.
Infant daughter Perrin, d. 26 May 1860, a few days old.
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