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Transcribed From: Various Other News Paper
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The Daily Cleveland Herald, (Cleveland, OH) Monday, January 24, 1859. Jan. 12th: (Mr.) Jacob Perkins, died. A letter has been received by Joseph Perkins from Junius Dana of Warren who went out with Mr. Perkins to announce the death of his brother, saying the remains will leave for New York or Charleston about the 25th. Mr. Dana, Doctor Harmon and Mr. Joseph Perkins will accompany the remains home. Mr. Perkins died of consumption a disease which has been making it's insidious progress for some years, but rapidly so since the death of Mrs. Perkins, a year and a half ago. Mrs. Perkins was the daughter of Doctor Tod, physician to the Marine Hospital, she also fell victim to consumption. One child is left. _____________________ Lowell, MA Daily Citizen and News, Friday, July 30, 1875. (Mr.) Apollos Perkins, died. He was a native of Vermont where his early years were spent teaching in Thetford, Orange Co., VT. Since his removal to Lowell, MA he has been for many years an industrious worker in the Lowell Bleachery. He leaves a widow and two children. ______________________
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Unknown News Paper. (General) Simon Perkins, one of the earliest settlers of the Western Reserve, died on the 15th at Warren, OH. He was a native of Norwich, CT, but removed to Western New York in 1795 and to Northern Ohio in 1798. He has resided in Warren, OH from 1801 until his death. For many years he had the supervision of the post offices and routes in Northern Ohio and Michigan. In 1809 he explored the mail route between Cleveland and Detroit which was generally through an unsettled county, and so nearly impossible that the mail between Lower Sandusky and the Maumee was carried by men on foot. Gen. Perkins commanded a a body of Ohio militia on the frontier, in the early part of the War of 1812. He also assisted in building the stockades at Lower Sandusky and Fort Meigs. ____________________ Bangor, ME Daily Whig & Courier, (Bangor, ME) Tuesday, February 22, 1887. Winthrop, ME : Feb. 21st: (Capt.) Oren Perkins who died in New York last week, was interred here today. He was a native of Winthrop, aged about sixty and has followed the sea from his youngest years. He has various relatives here and in other parts of Maine. ______________________
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The Atchison Daily Globe, (Atchison, KS) Tuesday, March 05, 1889. (Mr.) Charles Perkins, died at his home in Rochester, New York. He was 55 years old. He is survived by a wife in Rochester, NY and a son George Perkins of Minneapolis, MN. He was one of the best known sporting men in the country. He was the principal backer of Ryan, in the Ryan & Sullivan fight. He was an expert in all games of "chanwas the principal backer of Ryan, in the Ryan & Sullivan fight. He was an expert in all games of "chance". Poker, Horse racing, Billiards and was never afraid to "sit in" with the best of them. _____________________ |
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