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Perry's fence post cache (TN. or PA.)
Perry Winphres5 Myracle (Jacob4, Frederich3 Merkel, Laurens2 Merckel, Johann Friedrich1) was born in Perry Co., TN 9 Feb 1827. Perry died about 1865 in Decatur Co., TN.
He married Barbara Allen in Decatur Co., TN, about 1850.(29) Barbara was born in Tennessee 4 Feb 1833. Barbara died 8 Feb 1908 in Decatur Co., TN, at 75 years of age. Her body was interred in Campground Cem., Decatur Co., TN.
Occupation: Farmer. Family legend reports Perry was a Union spy during the Civil War, reporting on Confederate troop movements on the Tennessee River. After the War Perry went PA to collect an inheritance. [Could this be from his mother's Long family? Census reports in 1850 she was born in PA.] He hid the money under a fence post, according to legend, and was later lynched by a gang of outlaws that tried, but failed, to get him to reveal the money's location. His family searched for the money, but it was never recovered.
Perry Winphres5 Myracle (Jacob4, Frederich3 Merkel, Laurens2 Merckel, Johann Friedrich1) was born in Perry Co., TN 9 Feb 1827. Perry died about 1865 in Decatur Co., TN.
He married Barbara Allen in Decatur Co., TN, about 1850.(29) Barbara was born in Tennessee 4 Feb 1833. Barbara died 8 Feb 1908 in Decatur Co., TN, at 75 years of age. Her body was interred in Campground Cem., Decatur Co., TN.
Occupation: Farmer. Family legend reports Perry was a Union spy during the Civil War, reporting on Confederate troop movements on the Tennessee River. After the War Perry went PA to collect an inheritance. [Could this be from his mother's Long family? Census reports in 1850 she was born in PA.] He hid the money under a fence post, according to legend, and was later lynched by a gang of outlaws that tried, but failed, to get him to reveal the money's location. His family searched for the money, but it was never recovered.
