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Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT - March 9th, 1871
A Veteran Fallen. -
STEPHEN PERKINS died at Waits River, the 7th day of last
December, aged 93 years and 4 months. Mr. Perkins was born in Topsfield,
Mass, July 17th, 1777; but his parents moved to New Boston, N. H., when he
was a child. After he grew up, he worked in various towns in New
Hampshire, at his trade, which was that of carpenter and joiner. In 1801
he married, came to Plainfield, VT, when there were but few inhabitants in
town, and there his energetic nature found full scope for a time in
leveling the primeval forest, and providing a home for his family. In 1813
he began a new home in Eastern Plainfield, then an unbroken wilderness, to
which place he moved his family in 1819. Shortly after he erected
"Perkins" mills", and subsequently many other buildings, in the mean time
clearing numerous broad acres. In 1849 Mr. Perkins' wife became blind soon
after which he retired from business for a time. In 1850 or 51, when past
his three-score years and ten, he left his home in Plainfield temporarily,
for the purpose of building a mill in the then new town of Newport, but in
due time he returned again to Plainfield, where in 1857 he lost his wife,
to whom he had provided a kind husband and nurse in her blindness. The
last years of his life Mr. Perkins passed with a son, at Waits River. The
prominent point in the character of Mr. Perkins were energy, decision, and
perseverance. Those traits he exhibited in a wild and reckless boyhood,
and in active life in after years. Thus another link is broken which
served to bind the present to the past. Our fathers, where are they ? In
this case it is hoped the loss of his friends is his gain. Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT - Feb. 26th, 1879
In Barre, VT, Feb. 19th, at the
residence of Warren Nye, Esq, by Rev. J. Edward Wright, Mr.
EZRA K. PERKINS, of Montpellier and Miss
Alice A. Wheaton, of Barre, VT. Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT - May 21st, 1879
JOEL PERKINS,
died last week Monday, of pneumonia, after a sickness of little less
than a week.
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Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT - April 11th, 1888
Mrs. SARAH A.
PERKINS, widow of the late Joseph Perkins,
died last Saturday morning, in her 73rd year. She was born in Orange, and
was a daughter of Capt. Huse. She was twice married, her first husband
being named Martin, who lived and died in Williamstown. She leaves one
daughter, Mrs. H. Cook, of Lowell, Mass, who was present at her funeral,
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Perkins was a Methodist, but in the absence of
Rev. Mr. Beeman, Rev. Leonard Tenney, Congregationalist, of Waterbury,
attended her funeral.
In Montpellier, Feb. 27th, at the
residence of ELKINS PERKINS, by Rev. J.
Edward Wright, Andrew Webster, of Sudbury and
Adelaide Perkins
of Montpellier, VT.
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Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT - December 31st, 1890
Mrs. Cynthia Stickney, mother of
Mrs. Jonathan Perkins, died of pneumonia,
at the residence of her daughter, last Thursday morning, aged 81 years.
Several weeks ago she fell and badly sprained the ligaments in one hip,
since which time she has been confined to her bed. Her funeral was held
from the home of Mrs. Perkins last Saturday morning, Rev. J. J. Hall, of
Berlin, officiating, and the burial was in the cemetery at Berlin Corner.
Beside Mrs. Perkins, she leaves three children - William Stickney, of
Northfield, Mrs. Nancy Paddock, of Volo, Illinois, and Mrs. Abbie Stone of
Watertown, Mass.
Mrs. JARED D.
PERKINS, died last Thursday night, after a long illness. Mrs.
Perkins was among the few survivors of those who were residing at Bellows
Falls when the editor of the Argus and Patriot went there to commence his
business life in 1853. Argus and Patriot - Montpelier, Washington Co., VT - May 8th, 1895
Mrs. W. A. Packard and sister Carrie visited
Mrs. Martin Durkee, their aunt, in Barnard, last Friday, and attended the
funeral of Mrs. FRED PERKINS, who died
the previous Tuesday, leaving a husband and six little boys, the eldest
being nine years and the youngest a few hours old.
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