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Pert married John Milton Binns.

Here is the daughter listed as Pert in 1880. Pert is the ancestor of researcher Ginger Smith. From an unidentified newspaper clipping, probably the Advance Monticellonian which was the local paper at the time.
“MRS. J. M. BINNS FUNERAL TO BE HELD TODAY
Death cut short by five days the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr.and Mrs John Milton Binns of Monticello. Mrs. Binns had been seriosly sick in the hospital for several days and death came Tuesday afternoon about four o’clock.
Next Monday, November 9, Mr and Mrs Binns would have been married fifty years. Elaborate plans for the celebration that had been made by the children were canceled when she was taken seriously sick.
Mrs. Binns was the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. I. L. Brooks prominent pioneer Drew County citizen. She was born in Monticello, April 12, 1873 in a house where the Christian Science Church now stands, and had lived here all of her life.
Mrs. Binns was a devoted member of the Baptist Church and was an admirable woman. Her life centered around her family, her church and her friends. Despite years of semi-invalidism she managed to keep a bright and cheerful outlook on life and she remained a source of pleasure to her family.
Surviving besides her husband are seven children, Roy Milton of Monticello, James Howard of Little Rock, John Brooks of Fort smith,Capt. Van C. Binns in foreign service, Byron Zack, flight surgeon of Lubbock, Texas; Mrs. W. C. Brashears of Clifton, Texas and Mrs. W. F.Whitaker of Eudora.
Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the chapel of the Stephenson Funeral Home conducted by Dr. T. W. Croxton and Rev. C. D. Wood. Funeral will be in Oakland cemetery.”

Had Pert lived another 5 days the family would have been celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. She married her husband, John Milton Binns in Drew County, Arkansas, November 10, 1892, and she was buried November 10, 1942. As it turned out, Pert’s husband lived another 19 years, enough to celebrate his 90th birthday!

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John Milton Binns, b. 17 Jan 1868, Drew Co, AR; d. 8 Oct 1961, Drew Co.
Oakland Cemetery, Monticello, Drew Co
Pert is listed as Perthinia Eula Lee Brooks Binns, b. 12 Apr 1873, d. 3 Nov 1942.

Birth	12 Apr 1873
Death	3 Nov 1942	Monticello, Drew County, Arkansas

Father	Iverson Lee Brooks (1829 - 1876)
Mother	Bettie A. Lee (1838 - 1907)
Sibling	Louella Irene Brooks (1856 - 1930)
Sibling	Percy Lee Brooks (1860 - )
Sibling	Iva L. Brooks (1863 - )
Sibling	Lizzie K. Brooks (1866 - )
Sibling	Mary G. Brooks (1871 - )
Sibling	Hill Brooks (1876 - )