The descendants (myself included) of one George W(ashington?) Perrett are in desperate need of any further clues to his origins.

Supposedly born in 1852 in Mississippi, married in 1881 in Alabama to a Mary Elizabeth Bell (b. 1865 in MS, d. 1908 in Tarrant Co, Texas), George Perrett first shows up on a census in 1900 in Tarrant County Texas. He resides there for several decades and then moves to LA in the late 1920s where he dies.

Before 1900, the man appears pretty much invisible. If you've any clues, please let me know!