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JOHN R. PERKINS
John R. Perkins b.1829 NY d.1907 Suffolk Co., NY. Son of (John & Marion (Velsor \ Van Velsor) Perkins). His wife ALICE O. (PIERSON).

Their known children were:

1. Edward W. Perkins b.1865 NY
2. Grace Perkins b.1869 NY
3. Alice P. Perkins b.1871 NY
4. George H. Perkins b.1873 NY
5. Clara S. Perkins b.1879 NY

Source: Descendants of Thys Van Velsen
Source: Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York- Chapman Publishing Co. - 1896

 

J. (JACOB) HENRY PERKINS
Jacob Henry Perkins b. 4.8.1839 Upper Mills NY d. 1.30.1902 NY. Son of (John & Marion (Velsor \ Van Velsor) Perkins). His wife ELIZABETH "Eliza" M. (SKIDMORE).

Their known children were:

1. John H. Perkins Jr. b.1862 NY d. 1907 NY m. Emma (Duryea)
2
. Mary Perkins b.1865 NY  m. William M. Litchard

Source: Source: Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York- Chapman Publishing Co. - 1896
Source : Death of J. Henry Perkins - Publication : Suffolk County News (Sayville) - 1888-1942 - Date Jan. 31st, 1902
Source: Death of J. Henry Perkins - Publication : Port Jefferson = The Echo - 1892-1931; Date: Feb. 1s, 1902
Source: Death - J. Henry Perkins - Newspaper - Obituary - 1.31.1902 - The New York Press - New York, NY

 

JOHN PERKINS Jr.
John Perkins Jr. b.1817 VT d.1898 NY. Son of (John & Wealthy (Grinnell) Perkins). His wife LORINDA\ORINDA (CUTTING). He moved from VT in 1830 to Parishville, St. Lawrence Co., NY with his parents.

Their known child was:

1. Ira H. Perkins b.1850 Moriah (Elmira ?), NY d.1917 Clinton, MA m. Eldora (Jewett)     *Removed to Clinton, MA
       
1a. Charles Theodore Perkins b.1879
        1b. Albert Perkins b.
        1c. Sidney F. Perkins b.
        1d. Laura E. Perkins b.1885
        1e. Orinda Maude Perkins b.1889
        1f. Eldora L. Perkins b.1892
       
2. Salina\Salom Perkins b.1859 NY d.1937 NY m. Silas Lucas
3. Samuel Perkins b.1861 NY d.1933 NY m. Cynthia (Bartlett)
4. Sydney\Sidney A. Perkins b.1865 NY
5. Frederick C. Perkins b.1867 NY

Source: NY Census Records
Source:
Martha J. Loss - Perkins Research Notes
Source: Death of Salom Perkins: Potsdam, NY -
Herald-Recorder

 

HERVEY\HARVEY PERKINS
Hervey\Harvey Perkins b.1804 Pownal, Bennington Co., VT d.1865 Wayne Co., NY. His wife SARAH (WEATHERLY). He and his wife were known to have lived at Rose, Wayne Co., NY in 1832. They were listed on the 1850 Census at Sodus, Wayne Co., NY

Their children were:

1. George Perkins b.1832 NY
2. Henry Perkins b.1835 NY m. Elizabeth _________
3. Charles Perkins b.1837 NY d.1864  
*Civil War - Key West, FL*
4. John L. Perkins b.1839 NY  d. 1864 
*Civil War - Danville Prison, VA*
5. Polly H. Perkins b.1841 NY
6. Sophia Perkins b.1843 NY d.1879
7. Hervey Perkins b.1846 NY
8. Samuel Perkins, Rev. b. 1849 NY d.1877

Source: NY Census Records
Source:  Raymond Perkins

 

NATHAN S. PERKINS
Nathan Salisbury Perkins b. 11.14.1810 Rochester, Monroe Co., NY d. 6.2.1867 Money Creek, Houston Co., MN.  Son of (Levi & Hannah (Salisbury) Perkins).  His wife NANCY (GILLETT). When he was young he removed with his parents to Sullivan Co., NY where he married his wife in 1836. They are listed on the 1850 Census at Wawarsing, Ulster Co., NY. In 1864 they moved to Money Creek, Houston Co., Minnesota where he soon afterward drowned in the Root River.

His children were:

1. Norman Perkins b. 1.10.1839 Lackawack/ Wawarsing township, Ulster Co., NY d. 1912 Washington, D.C. m. Helen L. (Barlow)    *Resided in WI and MN *Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
2. Edgar Alonzo Perkins b. 1841 NY m. Cynthia E. (DeWitt)   *Resided at Bertha, MN in 1912
3. Benjamin Franklin Perkins b. 1843  NY
4. George Perkins b. 1845 NY d.1851
5. Eugene G. Perkins b. 1848 Lackawack/Wawarsing, Ulster Co.,NY d.1912 La Crosse, Wisconsin
6
. Jerome Perkins b. 1850 NY d.1851 NY
7. Darius L. Perkins b. 1856  NY   
*Resided at Huron, S.D. in 1912
8. George G. Perkins b.1858 NY
*Died prior to 1912
9. [Male] Perkins
10. [Female] Perkins

Source: NY & MN Census Records
Source: The Family - History of Houston Co., Minnesota - Minnesota Historical Company, 1882
Source: Number of children - Nancy (Gillett) Perkins Obituary - Click Here

Source: Biography of Norman Perkins - Source: The book of Minnesotans,  a biographical dictionary of Leading Living men of the state of Minnesota. 1907. By: Albert N. Marquis.
Source: Nathan S. Perkins & Nancy Perkins - Money Creek Cemetery -  Find-A-Grave.com
Source: Obituary of Eugene G. Perkins - La Cross Tribune - Oct. 7th, 1912 - La Cross, Wisconsin
Source: Obituary of Nancy (Gillett) Perkins - 7.10.1900 - Winona Daily Republican - Winona, MN

 

EUGENE G. PERKINS
Eugene Gillett Perkins b. 1848 Ulster Co., NY d.1912 La Crosse, WI. Son of (Nathan S. & Nancy (Gillett) Perkins). His 1st wife m.1871;  ALICE M. (THOMPSON), his 2nd wife VIOLA (UNKNOWN). He removed as a child with his parents from NY to Houston, MN. He was the Superintendent of the Southern Minnesota Division of the Chicago & Milwaukee railroad.

His known children  w/1st wife were:


1. Eugene Gillett Perkins b.1877 d.1886 WI
2. (Capt.) George T. Perkins b.1878 WI   
*Resided at Fort Adams in 1912
3. Willis D. Perkins b.1882 WI          *Resided at Sudden, CA in 1912



His known child w/2nd wife was:

3. Robert Perkins b.1906 WI        
*Resided at La Crosse, WI in 1912

Source: Obituary of Eugene G. Perkins - La Crosse Tribune - Oct. 7th, 1912 - La Crosse Wisconsin
Source: Burial - Eugene G. Perkins - Oak Grove Cemetery - La Crosse, WI

 

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