Galveston and Emma Leaman, Wray
EMMA'S FAMILY
In 1880 Livingston County, Michigan, William Clark is 45,
Ann 42, Emma 15, all born in England, Susan 10 was born in Michigan.
"1880 Jun 10, Humboldt, Springvale twp, Humboldt Co IA -- family (all b PA): John PERKINS 58, farmer, wife Catherine 57, chr: **Luther 19, Catherine 19, Geo 17, Henry 16, Wm 11"
Emma Clark, 24, daughter of William Clark
and Ann Off, married M. G. Perkins, 26,
son of John Perkins and Catharine Myres,
on December 13, 1887 in Pochontas County, Iowa.
Emma and Martin L. Perkins divorced in
Yuma County on June 27, 1899.
Martin Luther Perkins 1861-1914 is buried in Worthington, Pennsylvania # 177875674.
"s/o John & Katheran (MOYER) PERKINS, both b PA; Luther was single; occup: day laborer"
GALVESTON
Samuel Leaman was born 10 July 1826 in
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, dying 17 May 1884 in Noble County, Indiana.
Elizabeth A Crumley was born
15 March 1835 in
Fulton, Stark County, Ohio, dying 29 November 1924 in
Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana.
In 1880 Whitley County, Indiana,
S. Leaman is 55, born in Ohio,
Elizabeth A. Leaman 45 Ohio,
Galveston Leaman 22 Indiana,
Wayne Leaman 21 Indiana,
Horcanus Leaman 15 Indiana,
Emma J. Leaman 13 Indiana,
Laura Leaman 12 Indiana,
Isaac Leaman 10 Indiana,
Rosa Leaman 8 Indiana, and
Massillon Leaman 6 Ohio.
Galveston Leaman arrived in Wray on March 24, 1888.
1891 Wray "Looking through the advertising columns of this old copy
of the Rattler, we find that W. C. Grigsby was running a general store,
A. D. Hay was president and C. C. Tylor cashier
of the Bank of Wray. Howard Klugh ran the drug
store, Fred Johnson the lumber yard,
Sniveler & Son the Emigrant livery barn,
Harry Hendre the Howard lumber yard,
Gal Leaman the shoe repair shop,
Ed. Porter the dray line, S. W. Strong & Son were
carpenters, J. D. McKee was justice of the peace,
M. W. Rogers ran the barber shop,
C. C. Stevens was the jeweler and
A. W. Lawrence was a plasterer.
There were two passenger trains each way daily on the Burlington."
Galveston proved up a quarter in 13, 1N 44W in 1898.
February 1900 " Galveston Leaman was kicked
by a hog he was butchering Tuesday , bruising his limb."
1904 "Galveston Leaman, one of Yuma county's contented farmers,
is a native of Indiana, where he was born in 1858. In the Hoosier State,
he followed farming, threshing and the saw-mill industry. In March, 1888,
he came to Colorado and located on a homestead nine miles north of Wray.
Subsequently he relinquished this and filed on another homestead southwest
of the city where he engaged in farming pursuits. After many years he sold
this homestead and he is now living six miles north of Wray. He devotes his
principal attention to stock and dairying, of which he is making a pleasing
success. He owns fifteen horses, a herd of thirty cattle and thirteen milch cows.
He owns, also, a well bred shire stallion.
In 1900 Mr. Leaman married Miss Emma Clark, an excellent lady, and they have one child.
The gentleman is delighted with Yuma county and its possibilities, and he could not be induced to engage in farming in the East again. He is an industrious citizen who merits his prosperity."
In 1910 West Wray, Galveston is 52, born in Indiana, married 11 years to Emma
43 born in Michigan. She's had six kids, two living. Flora 9 and
William John Perkins 16 were both born in Colorado.
March 1911 "Galveston Leaman, north of town about four miles,
has purchased the Shroyer house in the south part of Wray and will
shortly move therein."
June 1911 "Gal Leaman will be out with his new wagon next week.
He will serve the people with J. I. Watkins Remedies, Extracts, Spices, Perfumes,
and Toilet Soaps."
1914 Wray 
March 1915 "Because of the wet weather yesterday,
the Rattler force took dinner at the office and were served
with hot sandwiches and coffee from Leaman's Narrow Gauge on the corner,
and we can vouch for it that Gal is an artist at making both ."
May 1915 "Gal Leaman purchased the small building standing east of the
Odd Fellow building and will move it on to the Butts lots on the west
side of Chief street and immediately north of the mill race.
This he will put on piling, bringing it up to the sidewalk grade
and will occupy it with his lunch room. "
June 1916 " Gal Leaman and Family left for an Extensive Trip.
Gal Leaman and family left Wednesday in their Ford car for a trip of
indefinite length. They go through Burlington; Great Bend, Kansas;
Lahoma, Oklahoma; Chicopee, Kansas; Fort Scott , Kansas; Mammoth Springs, Arkansas;
Eureka Springs, Arkansas; and West Plains, Missouri. Mr. Leaman says that they
will live in a rag house while on this trip and that possibly they will
locate somewhere on this route."
1917 
June 1915 "Bertha Brown, niece of Mrs. Galveston Leaman is
visiting in the Leaman home. The young lady is from Oklahoma and is a
daughter of Horace Brown, a former resident of this county."
October 1913 "G. Leaman, who has had charge of the
west line delivery, has resigned the position,
the same having been accepted by Guy Keller,
who assumed his duties this morning."
June 1939 "Dave Fisher and daughter
Mrs. Pearl Egolf of Columbia City, Ind.,
visited last week at the Gal Leaman and
Orville Smith homes. Mr. Fisher is a brother-in-law,
and Mrs. Egolf a niece of Mr. Leaman."
July 1939 "Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gregory and family and Mrs. Rosa McKown of
Lahoma, Okla., were visiting last week at the Gal Leaman and Orville Smith
homes. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory and family went to Weldona to visit
relatives and Mrs. McKown remained in Wray for a longer visit.
She is a sister of Mr. Leaman and an aunt of Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. McKown left for her home Monday night.
December 1946 "Last week was a pleasant occasion
for Mr. and Mrs. Gal Leaman when two of Mrs. Leaman's
nephews came Wednesday for a visit.
They were Horace E. Brown of Kansas City,
a railroad engineer, and
Frank E. Brown of Chicago,
employed by the department of interior,
brothers who had not seen each other for
twenty years. Their parents were Horace E. Browns
who homesteaded north of Wray many years ago.
The Thanksgiving dinner was served at the home of
the Leaman's daughter, Mrs. Orville Smith, in west Wray. "
Galveston 1858-1947 is buried in Wray # 74496852,
with Mary Emma 1864-1950 # 64657783.
"Funeral services for Galveston Leaman, a resident of Wray for
fifty-nine yean who died January 22, 1947,
Wednesday night of last week at the Community hospital where he was a
patient, after sustaining a fractured hip, were held Sunday afternoon
at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. Rex E. Kinsell.
Burial was in Grandview cemetery.
Mr. Leaman, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Leaman, was born at Columbia
City, Ind., on April 5, 1858, and died at the Community hospital in
Wray on January 22, 1947, at the age of 88 years, 9 months and 17 days.
He was the oldest of a family of ten children, all of whom preceded him
in death.
At the age of 30, on March 24, 1888, he came to Wray where he
homesteaded and endured the many hardships of those early pioneer days.
In 1899, he waa united in marriage with Emma Perkins and to this
union three children were born, two of whom died in infancy.
He had been in falling health for several years and fell at his
home on December 18, suffering a fractured hip from which he did not
recover.
Mr. Leaman united with the Christian church on December 28, 1931,
and kept his faith until the last.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his widow, Emma, of Wray;
one daughter, Mrs. Flora Smith of Wray;
one stepson, William J. Perkins at Silverton, Oregon,
and many less near relatives."
"Mrs. Emma Leaman, a resident of Colorado since 1888,
died June 14, 1950, Wednesday morning of this week at the Parsons
Convalescent Home in Wray where she had been cared for for some time.
Her death followed a period of declining health due to her advanced age.
Mrs. Leaman was born August 13, 1864, in England. She came to the
when she was 2 1/2 years old. In 1888 she came to Colorado
and had since been a resident of this community where she was held in
high esteem.
She was married to the late Gal Leaman in 1899.
He died on January 22, 1947.
Two children survive Mrs. Leaman. They are William J. Perkins of
Silverton, Ore., and Mrs. Flora Smith of Wray.
Funeral services for Mrs. Leaman will be held at the Christian Church in Wray Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. R. J. McKowen officiating. Interment will be at Grandview cemetery. The Lockwood Mortuary is in charge of arrangements."
"Out-of-town relatives attending funeral services for Mrs. Emma Leaman
were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Perkins and two children of Silverton, Ore.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yauney of McCook."
Charles Daniel Yauney was born in Hyannis, Nebraska,
and registered for WWII in Hyattville, Wyoming, next of kin mother Glen Chapin.
Charles Daniel Yauney, born 16 Jan 1918, died 6 Dec 1985, buried Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside, Riverside County, California, 20-A, 1341, Memorial ID # 3860754.
WILLIAM
Gracie E. Matson is in Valley precinct in 1910, 11, with Lewis F. 36 and Nellie M. Matson 35. Sylvia I. is 9, Estella M. 7, Clifford L. 6, Hazel F. 4, and Clyde B. 2.
W.J. Perkins, 22 and Grace Matson, 16, married in Wray on January 18, 1916.
" License to marry was issued to W. J. Perkins and Miss Grace Matson Monday.
Both parties are from north of Wray."
In 1920 Hitchcock County, Nebraska, W. J. is 25, Grace 20, and Fern 1.
Grace is in McCook, Nebraska in 1930, 31, now married to J. Gus Pade, 33, with EUgene C. 4. Fern B. Perkins is 12.
June 1927 "Billy Perkins and family are in Wray
at the home of Billy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gal
Leaman. Billy and family have been residing at
Thedford, Neb., but are planning to make Yuma
county their future home."
In 1930 William is living on North Albany in Yuma, a day laborer, 36, with Mildred 24 born in Kansas. Wm. Jr. is 6, Richard M. 3 and Vern L. nine months,.
Mildred probably was in Red Willow County, Nebraska in 1920, daughter of Burl Abbott 39 and Ethel 31. Mildred Abbott is 14, Howard 11, CLyde 8, Edna 5, Velda 2, an dnewborn Emery.
Burl is buried in McCook, 1881-1926 # 69724265. Ethel 1888-1924 # 92136266.
February 1934 Hill Top (4N 46W township) of Yuma "Visitors at the L. D. Brady home Sunday were Dallas Crisp and Bill Perkins of Eckley and Miss Gladys Dohner."
January 1940 "Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Perkins and family of Silverton, Ore.,
returned to their home Friday after visiting over the Christmas holidays
here with Mr. Perkins' mother, Mrs. Gal Leaman, and his sister, Mrs. Orville Smith."
In 1940 Marion County, Oregon, William is a farm laborer,
46, born in Colorado, with Mildred G. 34 born in Kansas. William J. 16, and Richard 13 were born in Nebraska,
Vern 11, Cletus 9, Merle 8, and Franklin 5 were all born in Colorado. They were in Yuma County in 1935.
Delous Crisp is a laborer, 49, born in Missouri, single.
March 1946 "Mrs. W. J. Perkins and little daughter visited here last week with
the lady's parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gal Leaman, and at the Orville Smith home.
They left last Thursday for points in Iowa and Missouri where they will visit
before returning to their home at Silverton, Oregon. "
November 1963 "Graveside Services were conducted
at the Yuma cemetery on Tuesday of last week for
Delous Crisp of Silverton, Ore., a former resident of
Yuma and Eckley. Burial was in the family plot of his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Perkins of Silverton,
with whom he had made his home for many years,
accompanied the body to Yuma and remained until
Saturday to spend some time with Mr. Perkins'
sister, Mrs. Flora Smith of Wray."
William John Perkins, Sr. 1893-1981 is buried in Marion County
# 6324440, with Mildred V. Perkins 1905-1988 # 6324437.
September 1948 Wray "Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Yauney of McCook, Nebraska were Sunday visitors at the Orville Smith home. Mrs. Yauney is a daughter of W. J. Perkins who had been visiting in Wray for the past week. Mrs. Yauney is also a niece of Mrs. Smith."
William J. Perkins and Lena L. Workman married on January 28, 1948 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.
William, 84, died July 23, 2008 in Multnomah County, Oregon.
Richard R. Perkins, 19, born in Nebraska to W. J. and Mildered Perkins, married Betty
Jean Fields on May 2, 1946 in Clark County, Washington.
"Sandy resident, Cledus Alden Perkins was born on November 4, 1930 in Yuma, Colorado to William and Mildred Perkins. He passed away on October 21, 2017 in Gresham at the age of 86. Cledus was raised in Silverton, Oregon where he attended Victor Point Grade School, Evergreen Grade School and Silverton High School. Cledus married his wife, Shirley, of 59 years in Silverton on July 25, 1958.
Cledus worked for the Oregon State Department of Transportation for 30 years, retiring in 1985. He also worked at Government Camp before retiring in Mitchell, Oregon.
Cledus had a passion for genealogy. He enjoyed arts and crafts, camping and gardening. Cledus belonged to the Boy Scouts of America, National Guard, and Future Farmers of America.
He is survived by his wife Shirley Perkins of Sandy, daughter Laura Bair and son in law Tom Bair Jr. of Rhododendron, sister Joyce Cates of Silverton, and brother Vern Perkins of Tigard.
Cledus' wife Shirley writes:
"As a couple, we enjoyed taking our motor home and going south in the winter to California and Arizona and visiting different history sites and a lot of ghost towns. We also went to antique and classes car shows in our travels in Oregon. We enjoyed rock hounding in Central and Eastern Oregon."
His daughter Laura writes:
"I watched my dad spend hours designing and creating elaborate wind spinners. He loved bright colors and things that light up. My dad decorated everything; his hats, his wind spinners, even his cane. It gave him pleasure to make something uniquely his. He loved to drive. Dad never went down a road he didn't like. He always had a curiosity about where it went. He enjoyed going for a drive simply for the joy of being on the road.""
Merle Clayton Perkins, born April 8, 1932 in Eckley, Colorado, to William J. Perkins and Mildred V. Abbott, died September 26, 2006 in COos County, Oregon, # 53809402, buried there.
"Merle was married on 13 June 1982 in Reno, Nevada to Martha J. Dingus of California, born in 1941."
Franklin Delano Perkins, born Setp 24, 1934, died in Linn County, Oregon on October 19, 1989, spouse Elvira.
FLORA
Flora married Orville Smith.
September 1948 "Mrs. Orville Smith was the guest of honor Saturday
afteroon when employees at the Wray exchange of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph Company held a party at the telephone
office to celebrate Mrs. Smith's twenty-fifth anniversary as an employee
of the company.
She began her career as an operator when she was Flora Leaman
in 1923, the year after the telephone building was built.
She has been a highly competent operator and for many years has been the
'night' girl, winning the confidence of both her employers and the
public. There were refreshments at the party, and Mrs. Smith was
presented with her 25 year service pin and 25 American Beauty roses by
C. M. Gumeson, local manager. Mr. Gumeson was also the chef who baked the big angelfood cake that was cut at the party."
December 1959 "Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. G. Arland Johnson, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon for Orville Smith, a life-long resident of Wray. An Odd Fellow commitment followed at Grandview cemetery. Orville Cleveland Smith was born on a farm southwest of Wray, Colorado, on October 28. 1888, and died at his home in Wray on December 16. 1959, at the age of seventy-one years, one month and eighteen days. He was the youngest of nine children bom to Allen S. and Sarah Workman Smith. He received his education in Yuma county schools. In 1907 the family moved from the farm to Wray where he and his father were associated in the blacksmith shop which Orville continued to operate for a number of years. On November 1, 1923. he was married to Flora Leaman of Wray. He became a member of the Wray Christian Church in 1908. during the ministry of P. W. Walthell. and remained a faithful member j all his life. He served the church in positions >f leadershio through the years and had been an elder of the church for more than thirty years. His loyalty and dovonen were qualities that were an inspiration to many. He had been a member of the 1.0.0. F. Lodge for fifty years, having joined that order November 13. 1909. His work as a mechanic and at the Co-Op Lumber Yard preceded his retirement in 1953. He is survived by his wife. Flora, and by seventeen nieenn and nephews."
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