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THOMAS M. PERKINS
(Dr.) Thomas M. Perkins b.4.17.1787 VA. d.1841 OH. He came to Xenia, Greene Co., OH in 1800/1806. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. His wife is ELIZABETH (Unknown). He is buried at Xenia, Greene Co., OH. Buried in Woodland Cemetery - Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio

His known children were:

1. William W. Perkins b.1803 OH d.1830 Xenia, Greene Co., OH  
*Buried at Woodland Cemetery - Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio
2. John Sale Perkins b. ca.1811         *Mentioned in the probate record for the estate of William W. Perkins who died 1830 Xenia, Green Co., OH
(*Probable) Thomas M. Perkins b. 1813/1814 Xenia, Greene Co., OH 
 

Source: Soldier in the War of 1812 - History of Greene County, Ohio; embracing the organization of the county, its division into townships, sketches of local interest gleaned from the pioneers from 1803 to 1840, together with a roster of the soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, who were residing in the county, also, a roster of ten thousand of the early settlers from 1803 to 1840 (1902) - By: George F. Robinson
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio: Its people, Industries and...., Vol. 1 by Michael A. Broadstone
Source: History of Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., OH by: S.B. Nelson
Source: Thomas M. Perkins  was the Administrator of the estate of his sons estate - William M. Perkins d.1830 Xenia, Greene Co., OHIO = OHIO Wills & Probate Records

 

THOMAS M. PERKINS
Thomas M. Perkins b. 1813/1814 Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio d.1860 Nebraska City, Otoe County,  Nebraska. *Probably* Son of (Thomas M. & Elizabeth (Unknown) Perkins). His wife MARY J. (PARKINSON). They were listed on the 1850 Census at Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio. They removed from Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio to Eldora, Harding Co., IA and also at Oskaloosa, in Mahaska Co., Iowa and Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa. After a short time in California mining, in 1856 they eventually settled at Nebraska City, NE where they died at Nebraska City, Otoe Co., NE. He at age 46 and she age forty-nine a year later.

Their known children were:

1. Willis P. Perkins b.9.16.1838/1839 Xenia, Green Co., OH
2. Harriet Elizabeth Perkins b.1840 OH
3. Albert Perkins b.1842 OH
4. Uriah Perkins b.1845 OH
5. Clara Perkins b.1854 Iowa

Source: Biographical Sketch of Willis P. Perkins - Portrait and Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska ..., Part 2
Source: History of Greene County, Ohio; embracing the organization of the county, its division into townships, sketches of local interest gleaned from the pioneers from 1803 to 1840, together with a roster of the soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, who were residing in the county, also, a roster of ten thousand of the early settlers from 1803 to 1840 (1902) - By: George F. Robinson
Source: 1850 OH Census Records
Source: 1860 NE Census Records

 

WILLIS P. PERKINS
Willis P. Perkins b.9.16.1839 Xenia, Greene Co., OH. Son of (Thomas M. & Mary J. (Parkenson) Perkins). His wife GERTRUDE W. (WOOD). They were married and resided at Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Their children were:

1. Emery Perkins b. ? NE    died age 3
2. Minnie E. Perkins b. ? NE
3. Horace M. Perkins b. ? NE
4. Edith Perkins b. ? NE
5. Ida Perkins b. ? NE m. Harry Hugo
6. Elizabeth Perkins b. ? NE
7. Thomas Perkins b. ? NE
8. Lula Perkins b. ? NE
9. Ella Perkins b. ? NE
10. Bessie Perkins b. ? NE
11. Roy Perkins b. ? NE

Source: Biographical Sketch of Willis P. Perkins - Portrait and Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska ..., Part 2

 

ISAAC S. PERKINS

(Dr.) Isaac S. Perkins b.1796 d.1843 OH. Son of (Robert G. & Ann (Unknown) Perkins). Came to Xenia, Greene Co., OH about 1826. His wife m. 1835 Highland Co., OH;  NARINA (WICKERSHAM). m. 2nd: SOPHRONIA L. (Unknown).  Buried at Woodland Cemetery - Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio.
 

Source: History of Greene County, Ohio: Its people, Industries and...., Vol. 1 by Michael A. Broadstone
Source: OH Marriage Records
Source: Buried at Woodland Cemetery, Xenia, Green  Co., Ohio : Cemetery Records: Green County, Ohio (incomplete) by: Lindsay M. Brien
Source: Isaac S. Perkins - Last Will and Testament - OH Wills & Probate Records

 

THOMAS S. PERKINS
Thomas S. Perkins b.1800 d.5.10.1886 OH. Son of (Unknown & Unknown (Unknown) Perkins).  His wife is Unknown. He was listed on the 1830 Census at Xenia, Greene Co., OH. He is buried at Woodland Cemetery - Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio

*More research is needed*

Source: History of Greene County, Ohio; embracing the organization of the county, its division into townships, sketches of local interest gleaned from the pioneers from 1803 to 1840, together with a roster of the soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812, who were residing in the county, also, a roster of ten thousand of the early settlers from 1803 to 1840 (1902) - By George F. Robinson

 

ELISHA PERKINS
Elisha Perkins b. 1772 Topsfield, MA d.1823 Ohio. Son of (Joseph & Anna (Batchelder) Perkins) [Jacob, Elisha, Thomas, John, Sr. of Ipswich]. His wife is NANCY (TUCKER). He came from Topsfield, MA to Unity, N.H. He was an early settler of the "Plains", Canaan, Madison Co., OH. In 1815 he removed to Derby Creek, Madison Co., OH. He lived for a time at North Charlestown, VT (CT?) where his father owned a gristmill.

His known children were:

1. Isaac Perkins b.1796 N.H. d.1862 Madison Co., OH m. Pyrinthia (Adams)
      
       1s. Chester Hulber Perkins (Rev) b. 1821OH d.1874 Delaware Co., OH m. Eliza (Dunlap)
      
1b. Louise M. Perkins b.1824 OH
       1c. Louisa A. Perkins b.1826 OH

       1d. Isaac Handford Perkins b.1828 OH m. Rosannah C. __________
       1e. Charles Pinkney Perkins b.1835 Madison Co., OH m. Clarissa (Newton)    
 *Removed to Hume, MO
                 1d.a. Anson Eugene Perkins b.5.5.1860 Madison Co., OH d.6.13.1912 Hume, Bates Co., MO

       1f. Hannah J. Perkins b.1838 OH
 
2. James Perkins b.1806 N.H
3. Eli Perkins b.1809 N.H. m. Elizabeth __________
       3a. Mary V. Perkins b.1859 OH

4. Horace Perkins b. ?     
 *Did not reside in Madison Co., OH (1883)
5. Hiram Perkins bapt. 1817 VT or CT
6. [Female] Perkins b. ?

Source: OH Census Records
Source: History of Madison County, OH (1883) by: Robert C. Brown
Source: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA by: George Augustus Perkins (1889)
Source: Marriage of Isaac Perkins - Madison Co., OH Marriage Index
Source: Charles P. Perkins marriage information - MO Death Records of son Anson Eugene Perkins
Source: Isaac Perkins - Ohio Wills and Probate Records

 

JAMES PERKINS
James Perkins b.7.24.1806 N.H. d.4.19.1867 Madison Co., OH. Son of (Elisha & Nancy (Tucker) Perkins). His wife JANE W. (MILLS) b.ca.1815 OH. They were known to have lived near Marietta, Belmont Co., OH in 1833 where their son Hiram M. Perkins was born. They later removed to Darby Creek, Madison Co., Ohio. In 1870 Jane Perkins is living with her daughter Sarah and her husband Clinton Howard at Goshen, Champaign, Co., OH. She, with her daughter and son-in-law then removed to Pana, Christian Co., IL where she died.

Their known children were:

1. James M. Perkins b.8.22.1832 OH d.76.19.1851 Madison Co., OH
2. Hiram Mills Perkins b.1833 Belmont Co., OH m. Caroline Barkdull  
*Donated the money to have the Perkins Observatory at Delaware, OH built.
3. Sarah Jane Perkins b.3.27.1836 OH d.1918 IL m. Clinton Howard   
*1870 Resided at Goshen, Champaign Co., OH *Removed to Pana, Christian Co., IL

Source: OH Census Records
Source: IL Death Record of Sarah J. (Perkins) Howard. Her parents are listed as James "Pirkins" & Jane (Mills) - FamilySearch.org
Source: Memoir of Prof. Hiram Mills Perkins - (1924)
Source: Burials - Mound Cemetery - Pana, Christian Co., IL

 

BENJAMIN C. PERKINS
Benjamin Chaplin Perkins b.1775 Becket, MA d. 1845 Rochester, Loraine Co., OH. Son of (Ephraim & Mary (Chaplin) Perkins) [Matthew, Joseph, Jacob, John Sr., of Ipswich, MA). His wife ELIZABETH ANN (WALDEN). He was a farmer at Becket, MA and in 1833 removed to Rochester, Loraine Co., OH.

His known children were:

1. Benjamin Chaplin Perkins Jr. b.1810 Berkshire Co. MA
2. Ephraim B.W. Perkins b. MA
3. Ebenezer W. Perkins b. ?  died before 1845
4. Mary Chaplin Perkins b. MA m. Hamilton P. Cady
5. Elizabeth Ann Perkins b. MA m. ______ Hollister

Source: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA by: George Augustus Perkins (1889)
Source: Benjamin C. Perkins - Last Will and Testament - OH Wills & Probate Records

 

BENJAMIN C. PERKINS JR.
Benjamin Chaplin Perkins Jr. b. 1810 Berkshire Co., MA. Son of (Benjamin C. & Elizabeth Ann (Walden) Perkins). His wife HANNAH (COLE). They removed from Rochester, Lorain Co., Ohio to Chicago, Cook Co., IL, where they died.

Their known children were:

1. Elizabeth Perkins b. ? OH  m. John C. French         *Removed to Chicago, IL
2. Bishop Walden Perkins b.1842 OH m. Louisa Cushman   
*Removed to Oswego, KS  - Lawyer, Circuit Judge, Nominated for Congress                           
3. Benjamin Chaplin Perkins III b. ? OH                           
*Removed to Chicago, IL
4. Julia Perkins b.1846 OH m. Charles McCumber           
*Removed to Racine Co., WI
5. Maria Perkins b. ?   m. J. P. Clay                       
*Removed to Pleasant Hill, MO
6. Elgin Perkins b. ?                                          
*Removed to Chicago, IL
7. Nellie Perkins b. ? m. E. W. Scott                     
*Removed to La Grange, Cook Co., IL

Source: Portrait of Charles McCumber - Portrait and Biographical Album of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin
Source: Bishop W. Perkins -
The United States Biographical Dictionary: Kansas Volume : 1879
Source: Bishop W. Perkins - A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas
Source: Bishop W. Perkins - History of Montgomery County, Kansas. By its people.1901

 

JOHN PERKINS

John Perkins b. ca. 1801-1810 ?. *Probably**Son of William Perkins/Parkins listed on the 1820 Mifflin, Pike Co., Ohio Census). His wife m. 1826 OH; SARAH (CLAY). They were listed on the 1830 Census at Mifflin, Pike Co., Ohio.

Their known children were:

1. [Male] Perkins b. ca. 1824-1830
2. [Male] Perkins b. ca. 1824-1830

*More Research is needed*

Source: Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994 @Familysearch.org

 

JOHN S. PERKINS
John Sale Perkins b. 12.18.1810 Xenia, Green Co., Ohio d.1895 OH. Son of (Thomas M. & Unknown (Unknown) Perkins) His wife ELIZABETH CHARLTON (BEALL) b.1814 Maysville, KY d.1888 OH. This couple removed to Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH in 1845. History of Cincinnati & Hamilton Co., OH stated that his family numbered 6 children. Representative Citizens of Ohio state that his family numbered 7 children.

Their known child was:

1. William Thomas Perkins b.12.8.1834 Xenia, Green Co., Ohio
2. Charles Grover Perkins b.1837 OH            
*Steamboat Captain at Henderson, KY
3. Mary Perkins b. ? OH d. before 1895
4. John James Perkins b.1841 OH d. before 1895       
*Of the firm John J. Perkins & Co.  at Xenia, Green Co., Ohio
5. Cornelia Perkins b. 1839 OH
d. before 1895
6. Otway C. Perkins b.1848 OH
d. before 1895
7. Ella Perkins b. 1850 OH
d. before 1895

Source: Marriage information to ELIZABETH C. BEALL: History of Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., OH by: S.B. Nelson AND ALSO....
Source: Representative Citizens of Ohio - Memorial -Biographical - By G. Frederick Wright - The Memorial Publishing Company, Inc - Cleveland, Ohio & New York, N. Y. 1917
Source: Obituary -
Cincinnati Commercial  Gazette - Cincinnati, OH

 

WILLIAM T. PERKINS
William Thomas Perkins b. 12.8.1834 Xenia, Greene Co., OH d.1906 OH. Son of (John S. & Elizabeth C. (Beal\Beall) Perkins). His wife SALLY E. (DeCAMP).

Their known children were:

1. William DeCamp Perkins b.1860 OH d/y
2. George B. Perkins b.1865 OH m. Olive C. Reamy
3. Hiram Homans Perkins b. 1868 OH d/y
4. Elizabeth Perkins b.1873 OH d/y

Source: Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley - Personal and Genealogical with Portraits - Published at Madison, WI (1905)
Source: History of Cincinnati and Hamilton Co., OH by: S.B. Nelson
Source: Representative Citizens of Ohio - Memorial -Biographical - By G. Frederick Wright - The Memorial Publishing Company, Inc - Cleveland, Ohio & New York, N. Y. 1917

 

CHARLES G. PERKINS
Charles Grover Perkins b. 1837 Ohio. Son of (John S. & Elizabeth (Beal\Beall) Perkins). His wife ANNIE (TERRY). They are listed on the 1870 & 1880 Census at Henderson Co., KY in the household of his in-laws Nathaniel & Sarah Terry.

Their known children were:

1. John Royal Perkins b.1865 OH
2. Sarah T. Perkins b.1866 OH
3. Elizabeth C. Perkins b. 1868 OH
4. Ella Perkins b.1873 KY
5. Charles Grover Perkins Jr. b.1876 KY
6. Mary Perkins b.1878 KY
7. Edwin T. Perkins b.1881 KY

Source: Representative Citizens of Ohio - Memorial -Biographical - By G. Frederick Wright - The Memorial Publishing Company, Inc - Cleveland, Ohio & New York, N. Y. 1917
Source: KY Census Records

 

JOHN J. PERKINS
John James Perkins b.1841OH d.1891 Cincinnati, OH.  Son of (John S. & Elizabeth (Beal\Beall) Perkins). His wife HELEN (CLEARWATER). They are listed on the 1870 Census at Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH.

Their known children were:

1. Laura Perkins b.1870 OH  d. before 1917
2. William Rhoads Perkins b. 1872 OH

Source: Representative Citizens of Ohio - Memorial -Biographical - By G. Frederick Wright - The Memorial Publishing Company, Inc - Cleveland, Ohio & New York, N. Y. 1917
Source: OH Marriages
Source: OH Census Records

 

 

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