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1885 - Daily News, Batavia, New York J. M. Hamilton, the marble dealer has contracted to place in the Byron Cemetery a monument upon which will appear these two inscriptions: Dwight W. Perkins died Sept. 10th, 1864, aged 30 years. Dwight E. Perkins died Sept. 10th, 1893, aged 30 years. The elder Mr. Perkins was a soldier and died in the service of his country.
_________________________________ Mrs. Mahala Perkins, widow of Harlan Perkins, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lucius Mann of South Byron, this morning from typhoid pneumonia, aged 82 years. She leaves a son, John L. Perkins of McBride, Michigan and one daughter, besides Mrs. Mann; Mrs. R. O. Arnold of Metachen, N.J. She was a sister of Mrs. Cynthia Perkins of Batavia, NY. The deceased had lived in Byron, NY since she was a child, having removed to that town from Canada, where she was born. The funeral will be held on Sunday at 2 pm. from the house. *See below Obituary of "Mrs. Cynthia
Perkins" 1901 - April 22nd - Daily News - Batavia, NY April 21st: Miss Cynthia Perkins died at 6:45 o'clock last evening at the residence of her niece, Mrs. John C. Hale of No. 310 Washington Avenue, after an illness of about nine years from consumption. Miss Perkins was born in Dunham, Canada on Aug. 12th, 1814, and for seventy years had resided in Byron and Batavia, New York. For nine years she has resided with Mrs. Hale. She is survived by a (half) brother, William Taggart of Battle Creek, Michigan, and a sister Mrs. E. F. Manley of Kalamazoo, Michigan. She was an aunt of Mrs. Charles A. Seaver and Captain Linus Beecher of Batavia and Mrs. James Ferguson, Mrs. Lucius Mann, Mrs. Horace Searles, Mrs. George Speed and Frank Taggart of Byron, NY. The funeral will be held from the house at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, and the interment will be at Byron Center. [From : Sprit of the Times, Batavia, NY - Newspaper- April 22, 1901] She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Perkins. When quite young her parents removed to Avon, NY and shortly afterwards moved to Byron, NY, she having resided in Genesee Co., over 70 years. She is survived by a half brother, Wm. Taggart of Battle Creek, MI and a half sister Mrs. E. F. Manley. *See above obituary of Mahala Perkins* 1902 - March 27th - Daily News, Batavia, NY. March 26th - Mrs.
Margaret Foland Perkins, wife of
Samuel F. Perkins died at her home, No. 415
Ellicott Street at 3:20 p.m. yesterday, aged 68 years. Mrs. Perkins had
been in ill health for two years following a stroke of apoplexy, and about
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon suffered another stroke, which was the
immediate cause of her death. Mrs. Perkins was born in Kindersook, but had
lived in Batavia 38 years. She was a prominent member of the Methodist
Episcopal church and many friends will sincerely regret her death. Besides
her husband, she is survived by one son, Edward
Perkins of Canandiagua, NY ; three daughters, Mrs. E. E.
Leavenworth of Batavia; Mrs. F. T. Walling and Mrs. Charles E. Harris of
Buffalo, NY; six grand children; one brother, Isaac Foland of Lainsburg,
Michigan, and one sister Mrs. Thomas Angell of Oneida, NY. The funeral
will be held from the house at 3 p.m. on Saturday, the Rev. Dr. L.E.
Congdon officiating. The interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
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1909: Sept. 22nd - Daily
News, Batavia, New York Sept. 23rd - North Byron, NY -Charles A. Perkins died yesterday at the home of Martin Knight, where he had been boarding. His death was due to the infirmities of age, aggravated by a short illness with pneumonia. Mr. Perkins was born in Batavia on April 20th, 1837, and came to Byron, NY with his parents when four years old, and here, except for a few years spent in Attlea and Fillmore, Allegany Co., NY, he had lived. During his sojourn at Fillmore he was married to Miss Phoebe Smith, who died in 1871. Mr. Perkins was a Civil War veteran, having enlisted April 24th, 1861 in Company F, 28th New York. He was wounded at Cedar Mountain on Aug. 9th, 1862, and after spending some time in a hospital, received his discharge and was brought home by his brother, Dwight Perkins, who afterwards gave his life for his country. Mr. Perkins was the last of three brothers who served in the war. He is survived by a son, Grant Perkins of Dalton, Livingston Co., New York, and a daughter, Miss Pearl Perkins of North Java, NY, who at present are traveling in the west; and two sisters, Mrs. Lucy M. Huyck of Claredon and Mrs. Hattie Goodrich of Des Moines, IA. The funeral will be held at the Free Baptist church on Friday at 2 p.m. ____________________________________ 1910: April 25th - Daily News, Batavia, NY Corfu, NY - Mrs. Gibbs (Phila M.) Perkins, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.J. Groshans of Darien Center, NY at 2:30 p.m. yesterday, from the infirmities of age. Mrs. Perkins was born in Connecticut, 94 years ago and in 1825 settled in Alexander, NY, where she had since lived until four weeks ago, when she went to make her home with Mrs. Groshans. At 19 years of age she was married to Gibbs Perkins who died in 1873. Besides Mrs. Groshans, Mrs. Perkins is survived by three sons; Grove Perkins of Kansas; Eugene Perkins of Pennsylvania; and Cassius Perkins of Darien Center, NY; a daughter, Mrs. Saulsbury of Pennsylvania. The funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from the home of Mrs. Groshans, the Rev. F.R. Davis, pastor of the Alexander M. E. Church officiating. The interment will be at Alexander. ___________________________________________ 1910 - Dec. 20th - Daily News, Batavia, New York South Byron, NY - Mr. John L. Perkins died at the county home this morning at 11 o'clock. He was in his 76th year and had been in feeble health for several years. Mr. Perkins was born in Byron, NY, and until middle life was a resident of this town. He then went to Michigan and remained there until a few years ago, when he returned here. He was taken to the county home two weeks ago, helpless as the result of a shock of paralysis. He suffered another shock on Friday morning and never regained consciousness. His funds were insufficient to hire a nurse and care for him here for any length of time. As it is, there is enough to pay all expenses and he will not be a charge on anyone. His wife died some years ago and there are no children. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Helen Mann of South Byron, NY. *Son of
Harlan & Mahala (Perkins) Perkins*
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1915: Sept. 10th - Daily News - Batavia, New York.
Mr. Jones Perkins
died yesterday at Bath, NY, where all of the seventy years of his
life had been spent. 1915: Dec. 21st - Daily News - Batavia, New York
Bath, NY - Dec. 20th - Mrs.
Jennie C.
Perkins, widow of Charles W. Perkins, died yesterday at Bath, NY. She was
born in 1847. 1916: Jan. 28th - Daily News, Batavia, New York Warsaw, NY - Jan. 27th - Mr. Aurora S. Perkins died yesterday on the farm near Warsaw, NY on which he was born 83 years ago. _______________________ 1927: May 14th - Daily News, Batavia, New York Inmate of Hallowell City Home Receives Insurance Fortune of Long-Lost Son. Mrs. Lizzie Rankin, 72, who for more then half her lifetime has been an inmate of the Hallowell City Home, at Hallowell, ME, is incline to believe there may be such things as fairies and the like, after all. The aged woman has just been informed that a son whom she had not seen since infancy and who was a World War Veteran is dead, and she is entitled not only to compensation of $20 monthly, but also she is to receive $8,000 remaining from a $10,000 government life insurance policy which he carried. Adopted by Family in Maine Thirty-five years ago, Mrs. Rankin’s husband, Lorenzo Rankin, left his wife and infant sons and disappeared. Mrs. Rankin was forced to go to the city home with her child. Later the boy was sent to a children’s home and finally adopted by Mr. and Mrs. George Perkins, of Parsonsfield, ME. After the war, Perkins died, and his insurance payments were made to his foster mother. She was killed in an accident, and the insurance money then went to the foster father. When he died, attorneys began hunting for the boy’s real mother, after a long search she was found. Mrs. Rankin will continue as boarder. “I’m going to stay right here in this home.” Mrs. Rankin says when friends asked her what her future plans are. “I can enjoy the distinction of being a boarder with the insurance money. ____________________________________________
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