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(Transcript of Cumberland Co.,Ky.Court Order-Book H page 445.)
This indenture made this 14th day of September 1835 witnesseth that
Milton King,Clerk of the Cumberland County Court by and with the advise and consent of the Justices of the peace for said county composing the county court, have and do by these present put and place Nancy O Perryman aged 7 years, infant of Peter Perryman, apprentice of Mathew Baker of said county and with him to serve until she attain the age of 18 according to law,during which time said apprentice shall faithfully serve in all things demanded and behave herself to her said master during her continuence, and the said Baker binds himself and his heirs forever to and with said King,Clerk of Court and his successors in office, that he will teach and cause to be taught said Nancy O Perryman the art of seamster and allow said apprentice sufficient meat and drink and apparel of every description according to the law and that she be of no charge to the
county and at the end of her said service pay said apprentice 3 pounds 10
shillings and A new suit of clothes.
Signed:--M.King----&----Mathew Baker

"Mormon Enigma, Emma Hale Smith" By authors Linda King Newell & Valeen Tippetts Avery.
Before the Civil War started,Lewis Bidamon had enthusiastically tried to
introduce A new crop to the Nauvoo farmers to supplement their income from the grapes. He brought equipment into Nauvoo to process sugar cane, but with the advent of war the project died. In 1864 sixty year old Lewis was still a handsome man. His attraction to women would soon bring changes to the family.
A widow 24 years younger than Emma lived on A farm near Nauvoo.Nancy Abercrombe was born in Kentucky on Nov. 16,1828.When Nancy was 7 years old she was indentured,when she grew to the age of 17 she broke the indenturement, then married William Brooks. They had one son. Either the marriage failed or Brooks died (March, 1851),but Nancy married again .Her second husband, William Abercrombe (married 2 Jun 1852, Henry Co), died in Sep 1852 and left Nancy with a daughter, Elizabeth Jeanett, b. 26 May 1953.
Nancy Abercrombe had boarded with her children at the Thomas Luce tavern in Sonora Township adjacent to Nauvoo since sometime before 1859. During her stay with the Luce family she gave birth on Sept.9,1859 to an illegitimate daughter named Mary whose father is unknown.
In years to come her grandchildren would remember her as petite with dark hair and eyes, a soft voice and a self-effacing manner. She was "a sweet
woman," although a little shy .In the fall of 1863 she became pregnant again and a son,Charles Edwin, was born March 16,1864; Lewis Bidamon was the father.
Emma was 59 years old and would turn 60 in July.While she left no record of her personal feelings,her subsequent actions indicate that with personal courage she accepted the facts as they existed and apparently did not dwell on them with rancor. That she opposed plural marriage, but accepted Lewis's infidelity seems puzzling. But an important difference existed. Joseph Smith insisted that Emma set the example for other women to follow, while Lewis expected no such action. Lewis and Emma continued to live together in a general atmosphere of kindness and consideration. When Emma expressed her love for Blue Damson Plums, Lewis ordered plum trees from Massachusetts. A relative remembered that Emma regularly served Lewis his favorite corn bread. Emma's forthright personality was not diminished by her years with Lewis,however.
She kept the milk cool in a low stone cellar with rickety stairs that Lewis
kept promising to fix. He put off the repairs until Emma delivered an
ultimatum: fix the steps or she would not carry any more milk down. He still
delayed and in exasperation she threw the milk into the cellar, then quietly
proceeded with the kitchen duties. The major mended the steps.
Emma's compassion was the moderating force in almost all of her
relationships. In a surprising but characteristic manner, she extended it to
Nancy Abercrombe, who ultimately benefited most from Emma's strength of
character .As Charles Edwin grew older, Emma employed Nancy, enabling her to be closer to her son.
Nancy married Major Lewis Crum Bidamon in May 1880 and lived in the
Riverside Mansion in Nauvoo,Ill.until 1906 when she went to live with her
daughters in Kansas City.Major L.C.Bidamon died in 1891.

Birth	16 Nov 1828	Cumberland County, Kentucky
Marriage	20 May 1880	Hancock County, Ohio - Lewis Crum Bidamon
Death	30 Jul 1908	Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Spouse	Lewis Crum Bidamon (1804 - 1891)
Child	Charles Edward Bidamon (1864 - 1944)

Father	Peter A Perryman (1788 - 1865)
Mother	Rhoda Harrison (1791 - 1865)