"Laura V. Perdew
was Laura V. Stallings, the daughter of John T. Stallings and his wife,
Eliza Ward. In 1860, Aaron, who was born in Pennsylvania,
was living in the household of John and Eliza, apparently as
a farm hand. His age is given as 25; Laura was twelve years old.
Allegany County, MD, Marriages,
Liber 3, page 74: Aaron D. Perdew, 34.6 year old male millwright of
Allegany County, MD to Laura
Virginia Stallings, 18.9 year old female maid (unmarried), of
Allegany County.
Married by M.G. Dean
on 16 May 1867. M.G. Dean was the Revernd Mathias Dean, a farmer/Methodist
minister from the Flintstone
area. At about the time of this marriage he was also anelected delegate to the
Maryland House of Delegates.
He was apparently a great favorite of the people,and performed many
marriges and funerals.
John T. Stallings was the son
of Samuel Stallings and his wife, Lurena Twigg, who was the daughter
of John and Rebecca Twigg.
Eliza Ward was the daughter of Isaac Ward and Sarah Burgess.
After Isaac's death, Sarah married, as his second wife, to John
McElfish Twigg, the son of John Twigg and Susannah McElfish.
He was the son of John and Rebecca Twigg, and a sister to
John T. Stalling's mother, Lurena.
After Sarah Burgess Ward Twigg
died, her estate was left to her grandchildren, the children
of Eliza Ward Stallings. There are several accountings of this estate
in the papers of the Orphans Court, Allegany County, Maryland,
with George Thurston acting as administrator. Several of these include
payments to "Laura V. Stallings, now Perdew". In Orphans Court Proceedings, Liber
J, page 280/281 is a petition for a payment of $104.33 to Laura
V. (Stallings) Perdew, as an advance on her share, in order that
she and her husband, Aaron, can pay a $100.00 note against them.
This petition was approved on 20 October 1868, so we do have
proof that Laura V. Stallings did marry Aaron Perdew, and that they
were married by that date.
I was working on Bedford
County censuses today, recopying information that I had gleaned
from Michael Caldwell's excellent transcription of the 1850 Census,
on the Bedford County GenWeb site. I found:
1850 Census, Southampton Township, Bedford County, PA
page 153B, D/F# 151 - Perdue, Mary H., 62 YO, b. PA
Wigfield,
Martha, 55 YO, b. PA
PERDUE, AARON D., 18 YO laborer, b. PA, attended school in
the year
While this does not quite fit with his age on the 1860 census
(25), it does fit in with his birthyear from his gravestone.
The relationship is not quite clear here. Mary could be his mother,
or his grandmother, or some other female relative that he is
working for. But it should give someone a direction to look in.
Hope this might be of interest to someone."
Donald Nazelrod
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Thank you very much Donald. I'm sure that this information will
be of interest to many Bedford County researchers! Donald is
also working on the Huff,
Ruby, Pennell, Wilson, and McDaniels
lines.
