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ROYAL J. PERKINS
Royal J. Perkins b.1829 Jefferson, Coos Co., NH. Son of (Richard & Sybil (Dean) Perkins). His wife NANCY (HALL). They were listed on the 1850 Michigan Census in Saranac, Ionia Co., MI.

Their known children were:

1. Henry P. Perkins b.1851  m. (His 2nd cousin) Laura E. Perkins
       1a. Royal Perkins b.1872 MI
        1b. Nancy Perkins b.1873 MI
        1c. David Perkins b.1876 MI
        1d. Eva Perkins b.1879 MI

2. Olin Perkins b.1852
3. Frances V. Perkins b.1853 m. William H.S. Berry
4. Laura T. Perkins b.1854
5. Olive S. Perkins b.1855 PA d. 9.23.1901 Campbell, Ionia Co., MI m.  H. Throwbridge

6. Richard J. Perkins b.1858 MI m. 1st. Flora M. Bailey, m. 2nd. Orpha (Green) Chollar
7. Mary I. Perkins b.1864
8. Nancy L. Perkins b.1869 m. (Her 2nd cousin) Richard Joslin Perkins

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Source of death on Olive S. Perkins:  MI Death Records
Source: MI Marriage Records

 

CHARLES PERKINS
Charles Perkins b.8.12.1808 Otsego, NY d. 12.11.1860 MI. Son of (Josiah & Polly (Johnson) Perkins).  His wife m. Medina Co., OH ; HANNAH (GRANT) b. 1.2.1812 Smithville Flats,  NY d.6.29.1874 Woodland, MI. They removed from Medina Co., OH and were listed on the 1860 MI Census at Woodland, Barry Co., MI. In 1870 Hannah Perkins was listed as the head-of-house hold at Woodland, Berry Co., MI.

Their known children were:

1. Chester Johnson Perkins*  b. 12.1.1831/1832 Homerville, OH d. ? Wilton, WI          *Removed to Monroe Co., WI
2. Hannah Rebecca Perkins b. 11.5.1834/35 Homerville, OH m. ________ Baker    *Removed to Lincoln, NE
3. Josiah William Perkins*b. 2-12-1836 Homerville, OH d.7.20.1905 MI {MI Death Records}     *Removed to Eaton Co., MI
4. Sarah Perkins b. 12.28.1838 Homerville, OH d.
2.3.1912 Sunfield, Eaton Co., MI m. William Vandyke Smith   *Removed to Bennington, KS & *Removed to Sunfield, MI
5. Abigail Perkins b.5-6-1841 Homerville, OH - d. 3.17.1916 MI  m. William R. Hager/Hayes {MI Death Records}    *Removed to Sunfield, MI
6. Charles W. Perkins b.2.21.1844 Homerville, OH d. Civil War

7. Wilson Mahan Perkins* b.1843 Homerville, OH d.4.4.1865 Battle near Dinwiddie Courthouse, VA - Michigan Cavalry
8. Permilia\Pamelia Jane Perkins b. 3.8.1850 OH m. Samuel E. Grant 
*Removed to Sunfield, MI
9. Louisa\Lomira Perkins b. 9.9.1855 MI m. Elisha Vanderberg   *Removed to Bennington, KS
 

Source: Charles Perkins fathers name was found in the book:  Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Co., MI p. 335
Source: Charles Perkins parents names as well as Charles and Hannah's birth and death dates, were found in the book: The Grant Family: a genealogical history of the descendants of Matthew Grant, Windsor, Conn 1601-1898 by Arthur Hastings Grant

Source: Marriage of Abigail Perkins: Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Co., MI p. 687
Source: Death of Sarah (Perkins) Smith & Abigail (Hager) Perkins: MI Death Records
Source: Family of Charles Perkins - The Grant family : a genealogical history of the descendants of Matthew Grant, of Windsor, Conn.1601-1898 (1898) by Charles Hastings Grant p.234 - *Also lists that Delilah Danles, wife of Chester Perkins, was a [wid] - Widow)*See below for her maiden name.
Source:
**Delilah Rowley, (dau. of Ananias Rowley) b. c. 1836 m. 2 Jan 1860 in Medina County, Ohio, Chester Perkins b. c. 1832 Ohio. Enumerated in Homer, Medina County in 1860, farmer. [See: Early Families of Wells Township and a few early families of Northern Columbia Township, Bradford Co., PA by Kelsey Jones 2001] 
Source:  TRACY GENEALOGY - Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, MA - By: Mattie Liston-Griswold Hunt - (1900)
Source: Burials - Woodland Cemetery - Woodland, Berry Co. ,MI - Find-A-Grave.com

 

CHESTER J. PERKINS
Chester Johnson Perkins b. 12.1.1831 or 1842 ? Homer(ville), Medina Co., OH d. 1893 Wilton, Monroe Co., WI.  Son of (Charles & Hannah (Grant) Perkins). His wife m. 2 Jan 1859/1860 in Medina County, Ohio DELILAH (ROWLEY) DANLES b.ca.1836 OH  d.1892 WI, widow of Mr. DANLES. They removed from Medina Co., Ohio and are listed on the 1870 Census at Wellington, Monroe Co., WI and on the 1880 Census at Wilton, Monroe Co., WI. They are both buried at the Hillside Cemetery, Wilton, Monroe Co., WI

Their known children were:

1. Lydia May Perkins b. ca. 1862 OH (probably m. Franklin A. Schindler)  *
2. Louisa Perkins b. ca. 1866 OH  (probably m. Gustav A. Schindler) *
3. George Perkins b. ca. 1869 WI  (probably m. Anna Louise Boetzel) *

CIVIL WAR Soldier - 124th Reg. Ohio Infantry - Source: Monroe Co., WI Civil War Veteran's Index
Source:
Family of Charles Perkins - The Grant family : a genealogical history of the descendants of Matthew Grant, of Windsor, Conn.1601-1898 (1898) by Charles Hastings Grant p.234 - *Also lists that Delilah Danles, wife of Chester Perkins, was a [wid] - Widow)*See below for her maiden name.
Source:
**Delilah Rowley, (dau. of Ananias Rowley) b. c. 1836 m. 2 Jan 1860 in Medina County, Ohio, Chester Perkins b. c. 1832 Ohio. Enumerated in Homer, Medina County in 1860, farmer. [See: Early Families of Wells Township and a few early families of Northern Columbia Township, Bradford Co., PA by Kelsey Jones 2001] 
Source: Monroe Co., WI Death Records - Hillside Cemetery - Wilton, Monroe Co., WI
Source:  TRACY GENEALOGY - Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Tracy of Lenox, MA - By: Mattie Liston-Griswold Hunt - (1900)
Source: *(Probable Marriages of children - Wisconsin Marriage Records, 1835-1900 - Monroe Co., WI

 

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