Horton and Bryan Family History

Mahala E. Perry was born on 22 February 1804, in Woodford County, Kentucky, the eldest child of Roderick Perry II (1776-1821) and Susanna Brown (1785-1853). With her three younger brothers and two younger sisters, Mahala grew up in a large home overlooking Glenns Creek, near the home of Elijah Pepper. She married Elijah’s son, Samuel (1802-1874), on 5 February 1824. Because Mahala and Samuel were neighbors, they probably had known each other since childhood. Her portrait and that of Samuel, shown above, were painted in the month in which they were married.  Mahala and Samuel had one son and three daughters who lived to adulthood, including Mary Louise Pepper (1834-1874), nicknamed “Luta,” our great great grandmother. They lived in a beautiful home called Sweet Lawn. Mahala was 61 when she died in Frankfort, Kentucky on 4 March 1865.