A life, recovered
Lula A. Sherrod Perry
Lula Sherrod Perry: the Sherrod–Perry connection
User-supplied animated portrait identified as Lula Sherrod Perry. Appearance, movement, voice and dialogue are artistic interpretations, not historical recordings.
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A mother in the direct line
Lula A. Sherrod Perry was the mother of James Albert “Jim” Perry. Jim’s 1943 Texas death certificate names his mother as Lula Sherod/Sherrod; the parent information was supplied by an informant.
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The marriage in Burleson County
An indexed Burleson County marriage places Lula Sherrod and J. Daniel Perry together on November 28, 1888. The original county marriage entry remains a research target.
The published index points to Marriage Record Volume VII, page 48. Retrieving the complete original entry will allow the license, ceremony and return dates to be distinguished.
Sources: Burleson County marriage index: Lula Sherrod and J. Daniel Perry
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The questions still open
The family chronology places Lula’s life in 1871–1926; those endpoints remain subject to verification against her own records. Project research identifies Carr Bowers Sherrod and Sarah Bernice “Sallie” Woodruff Lawless Sherrod as her likely parents, but an original record naming Lula’s parents is still needed.
Julia Mae Riddle Perry’s 1979 family history recalls meeting Jim in 1912 at the Peacock home of “Dan and Lula Perry.” That recollection must be reconciled with the repeated, unproved 1899 death date for Dan. It does not by itself resolve the household’s identity or Dan’s death date.
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The portrait film
Clayton supplied this animated portrait as Lula Sherrod Perry. The appearance, movements, voice and dialogue are modern artistic interpretations, not historical recordings. This profile-video series is reserved for his direct ancestors.
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Sources & further reading
These sources support the biography and its continuing research.
- J. A. Perry, Texas death certificate, 1943
Stonewall County; died February 14, filed February 18, file no. 5. Parent fields name Daniel Perry and Lula Sherod/Sherrod. Research-use scan supplied by Texas Tech Southwest Collection; the restricted scan is not reproduced here.
- Burleson County marriage index: Lula Sherrod and J. Daniel Perry
November 28, 1888; Volume VII, page 48. Original entry not yet inspected; microfilm reel 956568 is the retrieval target.
- A History of Stonewall County (1979), p. 254
Julia Mae Riddle Perry’s first-person “Jim & Julia Perry” account. A retrospective family recollection, to be correlated with contemporary records.