Thomas M. Perkins b.1836 OH to IA
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SOURCE: Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose counties, Iowa containing; a condensed history of the state of Iowa; portraits and biographies of the governors of the territory and state; engravings of prominent citizens in Wayne and Appanoose counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families, and a concise history of Wayne and Appanoose counties; Published 1886
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THOMAS M. PERKINS, senior member of the firm of Perkins & Son, has been engaged in his present grocery business since March, 1877. He was born in Licking Co., Ohio in 1836, a son of William and Henrietta Perkins. He is numbered among the pioneers of Wayne Co., IA, having come here in 1855 when but nineteen years of age. He made his home with John Dowel till his marriage, both having come to this county together. Mr. Dowel settling in South Fork Township, Wayne Co., IA. Mr. Perkins was married in the fall of 1857 to Miss Alice A. Ackley. They have two children living; Rose Perkins and William B. Perkins. Their eldest son, Frank Perkins, died March 7th, 1882, at the age of twenty-three years. He was a promising young man, and his death was a deep affliction to his parents. After coming to Wayne Co., IA, Mr. Perkins followed farming in South Fork Township, IA, in 1877, his mother having previously died in Ohio. There were five children in the family of William Perkins, of whom our subject is the only one living in Iowa.
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NOTE: I have NO further information to provide on this family. The source of where this information was obtained is listed at the top of this article.
Sincerely,
Denise Perkins Ready
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