Perkins - E.W.
Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery
County, 1881 (Chicago: HH Hill) page 519'
E.W. Perkins, New Richmond, was born
December 4, 1831, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
His parents, William and Lydia
(Fitts) Perkins, were natives of New England, and died in Massachusetts when
their son E.W. was about two years of age.
The boy spent his years from two to
sixteen with his grandmother Fitts.
He then traveled in the jewelry
business in the interest of his cousin.
In 1850, in company with his
brother, Mr. Perkins started for California, but taking sick on the way he
remained in Indiana.
He hired by the month in Tippecanoe
County for some years.
In 1856 he was married to Margaret
Kincaid, daughter of William and Deborah (Kendall) Kincaid.
Mrs. Perkins was born in 1832, in
Coal Creek township, Montgomery County, Indiana, whither her parents had come
in a very early day.
After marriage Mr. Perkins rented
land for fifteen years in Tippecanoe County.
About 1871 he bought twenty acres in
Coal Creek township, to which has since added forty acres.
In politics Mr. Perkins is a staunch
republican, and has held a minor office.
During the civil war he offered
himself to his country, but was rejected on account of ill health.
He is a Mason, having joined Linden
Lodge, and then aided in the organization of Romney Lodge, to which he now
belongs.
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have two
children:
Frank M. and Mattie E.
Their home is well supplied with
papers, proving theirs to be a reading family.