| Christopher Columbus Perrin |
| Their graves are located at Compton Cemetery, south of Roxton, Lamar County, Texas. |
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| Greenville Morning Herald, Greenville, Texas, Tues., Feb.12, 1918. |
| C. C. Perrin is incorrectly reported to be over 75 years old at death. He was 69 years old. |
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| Greenville Morning Herald, Greenville, Texas, April 4, 1948. |
| Ella's birth year is incorrectly listed as 1860. |
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| C. C. and Ella Perrin in front of their house in Celeste, Texas. We are not sure when the house was built, but a picture of the house was published in the Dallas Morning News on June 3, 1916. The date in the article on the left incorrectly reports that the house was built in 1918. |
| Picture provided by Henry Sims, Jr. |
| Christopher Columbus Perrin was born in the Paradise Community, Lamar County, Texas in 1848. Later in life he was known as Professor C. C. Perrin. He started the first school in Celeste, Texas (Hunt County) in 1887. It was called Perrin School and he was one of the 3 teachers on the faculty. The school later changed hands and names. He would remain "Professor Perrin" even after his death. C.C. Perrin married Ella Braly on May 14, 1890 in Hunt County, Texas. |
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| McKinney Enquirer lists C.C. as an authorized agent for Farmersville, Texas (Collin County) in 1878. Joseph W. Baines, listed as the Plano agent, was LBJ's grandfather. |
| My first cousin 3 times removed |
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| Trenton Tribune, Trenton, Texas, February 15, 1918 |
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| The Funeral Notice was given to us by Beth Collyar and is from the collection of her grandmother, Palmer Braly Wallace, niece of Ella Braly Perrin. |
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| C. C. Perrin Picture provided by Joyce Newton Fuller. |
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