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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.
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