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 1860 Wisconsin Biographical Sketches

CHARLES G. or S. PERKINS
Charles G. Perkins b.1830 N. H. Son of (James W. &  Frances G. (Cochran) Perkins). He was listed on the 1860 WI Census at Chester, Adams Co., WI with his wife RUTH S. (STEARNS). Moved to Onawa, Monona Co., Iowa.

Their Known Children were:

1. Mary W. Perkins b.9.20.1854 N. H.
2. Charles W. Perkins b.9.13.1856 WI
3. John F. Perkins b.8.17.1858 WI d.1865
4. David S. Perkins b.9.18.1861 WI d.1865
5. Ada M. Perkins b.6.2.1862 WI
 

Enlisted in 1862: Co. G. 19th WI - discharged 1865. Member of the 14th assembly in IA.

WI Census Records
Source:
Biographical Sketch - C.G. Perkins -  See page 256
 of History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth: A Comprehensive Compilation of Progressive Events Concerning the Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages--biographical Sketches of the Pioneers and Business Men, with an Authentic History of the State of Iowa 
Source: Biographical Sketch of Charles G. Perkins - History of Monona County, Iowa; containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States (1890)
Source: Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of John White - Vol. 1
Source: Stearns genealogy and memoirs, volume 2 by: Avis S. Van Wagenen(1901)

 

JAMES W. PERKINS
(Rev.) Dr. James Woodbury Perkins b.1795/98 N.H. d. 1874 New Chester, Adams Co., WI. Son of (Joseph & Hannah (Woodbury) Perkins).  His wife FRANCES G. (COCHRAN) b.7.12.1796 N. H. They removed from Mount Vernon, Hillsborough Co., NH and were listed on the 1860 WI Census at Chester, Adams Co., WI.

Their known children were:

1. James W. Perkins b.1826 N.H. d.1827 N.H.
2. Charles G or S. Perkins b.1830 N.H.
3. George Perkins b.1831N.H d.1831 N.H
4. Lewis Smith Perkins b.1835 N.H.
5. James W. Perkins b.1841 N.H.

WI Census Records
Both are Buried at New Chester Cemetery, Adams Co., WI - Find-A-Grave.com
Source: The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, MA - George Augustus Perkins
Source: Biographical Sketch of Charles G. Perkins - History of Monona County, Iowa; containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Governors of Iowa, and of the Presidents of the United States (1890)
Source: Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of John White - Vol. 1
Source:
History of New Boston, New Hampshire by: Elliot Colby Cogswell (1864)
Source:
Marriage  - Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Family and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, MA by Henry Bond, M.D. Vol. I (1855)

 

LEWIS S. PERKINS
Lewis Smith Perkins b.1835 N.H. Son of (James W. &  Frances G. (Cochran) Perkins). He was listed on the 1860 & 1870 WI Census at Chester, Adams Co., WI. with his 1st wife MARTHA (McCLYMAN) b.1837 N.Y, his 2nd wife m. 1892; Mrs. MARY (Unknown) NORCOTT.  In 1860 they were living in the household of his father James W. Perkins (above). In 1886 they settled in Wilmot, Roberts Co., South Dakota where the father and oldest son ran the Wilmot Reporter newspaper at Wilmot, SD.

Their known child was:

1. Fanny O. Perkins b.1859 WI
2. Sarah Lavina Perkins b.1860 WI d.1903 MO m. John H. Malugen

3. Lewis Woodbury Perkins b.1866 WI
4. Lucretia Ray Perkins b. 1868 WI
5. John Cochran Perkins b.1870 WI
6. Charles Andrew Perkins b.1873 WI
7. Roy Watson Perkins b. 1877 WI

WI Census Records
Source:
Children's names & wives maiden name - Biographical Sketch of John C. Perkins - History of Morrison and Todd counties, MN - vol. 2 (1915)
Source:
Source: Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of John White - Vol. 1

 

JAMES W. PERKINS
James Woodbury Perkins b.1841 WI. Son of (James W. & Frances G. (Cochran) Perkins). His 1st wife. MIRA MARY (ATKINS) d.1874 WI ; 2nd wife. MARTHA (KELLER).

His children w/1st wife were:

1. James F. Perkins b.1866 WI
2. Fred H. Perkins b.1868 WI
3. Leon R. Perkins b.1870 WI d.1928 Spokane, WA m. Katherine (Cheney)
4. George A. Perkins b.1872 WI

His children w/2nd wife were:

5. Claude B. Perkins b.1877 WI
6. Edith M. Perkins b.1880 WI d.1880 WI
7. Charles E. Perkins b.1880 WI d.1880 WI
8. Mae F. Perkins b.1881 WI
9. Jesse W. Perkins b.1884 WI
10. Donald B. Perkins b.1886 WI
11. Merle G. Perkins b.1888 WI
12. Olive F. Perkins b.1891 WI

Source: WI Census Records
Source:
Source: Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of John White - Vol. 1
Source: Death of Mira M. Perkins - New Chester (Brooks) Cemetery - New Chester Township, Adams Co., WI
Source: Death of Leon R. Perkins - WA Death Records
Source: The Cheney Genealogy by: Charles H. Pope (1897)

 

JOHN C. PERKINS
John Cochran Perkins b.3.14.1870 Newchester, Adams Co., WI. Son of (Lewis S. & Martha (McClyman) Perkins). In 1886 he removed to South Dakota. His wife LILLIAN P. (PERKINS) b. Fillmore Co., MN who moved with her "unknown" Perkins parents to South Dakota when a small child. John C. Perkins ran the newspaper, the "Bertha Herald" in Todd Co., MN.

Their children were:

1. Clifford R. Perkins b. ? MN
2. J. Basil Perkins b. ? MN

Source: Parents names,  wives maiden name & childrens names- Biographical Sketch of John C. Perkins - History of Morrison and Todd counties, MN - vol. 2 (1915)
Source: Genealogy of the Ancestors and Descendants of John White - Vol. 1
WI Census Records

 

RILEY PERKINS
Riley Perkins b.1821 England. He was listed on the 1860 WI Census at Richfield, Adams Co., WI. with his wife MARY (Unknown) b.1810 England.

Their known children were:

1. Thomas Perkins b.1845 England
2. Sarah Perkins b.1846 N.Y.
3. John Perkins b.1847 N.Y.
4. Samuel Perkins b.1852 N.Y.

WI Census Records

 

JOHN PERKINS
John Perkins b.1810 England. He was listed on the 1860 WI Census at Harrisson, Calumet Co., WI with his wife MARY (Unknown) b.1815 England. No children are listed in their household.
WI Census Records

 

ASA PERKINS
Asa Perkins b.1826 Ira, Cayuga Co., N.Y. (probably) Son of (Francis & Alice (Kelly) Perkins). He was listed on the 1860 WI Census at Columbus, Columbia Co., WI with his wife SARAH CATHERINE (GEORGE) b.1836 IN, daughter of Reuben & Nancy George of IN and WI.

Their known children were:

1. Mary Perkins b.1854 WI m. Stephen B. Marvin  *Removed to Redwood, MN
2. Randall K. Perkins b. 1856 WI 
 *Removed to Redwood, MN
3. Francis "Frank" Perkins b.1858 WI
4. Charles M. Perkins b.1860 WI
5. Arthur R. Perkins b. 1866 WI

Source: Biographical Sketch of Asa Perkins -  History of Columbia County, Wisconsin: p. 975
WI Census Records

 

JOHN E. PERKINS
John E. Perkins b.1830 Cayuga Co., N.Y. d.9.22.1897 Hampden, Columbia Co., WI.  Son of (Francis & Alice (Kelly) Perkins). He removed to Wisconsin in 1854 settling at Hampden, Columbia Co., WI. They were listed on the 1855 & 1860 WI Census at Columbus, Columbia Co., WI, with his wife LAURA A. (MORTON) b.11.3.1834 NY - d. 5.26.1879 Hampden, Columbia Co., WI, daughter of Loyal & Rhoda Morton of Franklin Co., N.Y.

Their known child was:

1. Alice Perkins b.1859 WI
2. Warren M. Perkins b.9.9.1863 WI d.5.24.1914 WI
3. Ellen G. Perkins b. ? WI

Source: WI Census Records
Source: Biographical Sketch of John E. Perkins -
 History of Columbia County, Wisconsin: p. 986
Source: Burial Records - Hampden Cemetery - Hampden, Columbia Co., WI

 

SANFORD R. PERKINS
Sanford Riley Perkins, DDS b. 1845 Medina, OH. Son of (Josiah S. & Elizabeth (Conklin) Perkins).  His wife MARY J. (LOWERRE). They resided at New Lisbon, Juneau Co., WI in 1867 and removed to Palmyra, Waukesha Co., WI and Peoria, IL and then at Milwaukee, WI.

Their children were:

1. Robert S. Perkins, DDS b.1867 WI m. Clara (Debord)
2. Edward A. Perkins b. ? WI

Source: Robert S. Perkins - Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, WI - 1894
Source:
Sanford R. Perkins - Portrait & Biographical Album of Peoria, Illinois - 1890
WI Census Records

 

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