Perkins, Charles Edgar – Perkins, Orson
Perkins, Charles Edgar
lawyer, jurist, was born July 22, 1821, in Hartland, Vt. In 1856 he settled in Galesville, Wis.; has been registrar of deeds for Trempealeau county, Wis., for six years; was clerk of the court for four years; county judge for seven years; county clerk for two years; has been town clerk of Galesville, Wis., and town clerk of Arcadia, Wis.; and justice of the peace in Galesville and Arcadia for fourteen years.
Perkins, Charles Elliott
railroad president, was born Nov. 24, 1840, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 1881 he has been president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad; and of the Burlington and Missouri River railroad in Nebraska. ma-
Perkins, Charles Henry
chinist, inventor, was born Aug. 27, 1830, in Taunton, Mass. In 1867 he discovered an entirely new process for making horseshoes, and commenced their manufacture under the name of the Rhode Island Horseshoe company, Providence, R. I.
Perkins, Edwin Hazen
musician, composer, was born Sept. 28, 1840, in Stockbridge, Mass. He has been a successful teacher of singing in Vermont and Massachusetts, and is the author of several compositions.
Perkins, Elias
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 5, 1767, in Norwich, Conn. He was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1801 to 1803. He was subsequently chosen judge of the court for the county of New London, which office he held until he became ineligible from his advanced years. He was mayor of the city of New London from 1829 to 1832. He died Sept. 27, 1845, in New London, Conn.
Perkins, Eliza B
educator, minister, was born May 17, 1849, in Indiana. For many years she was engaged in educational work. She subsequently entered the ministry, and was the first woman of the congregational church ordained in Nebraska. Her whole time is now devoted to ministerial work, and she fills with distinction a pastorate in Hastings, Neb.
PERKINS, MRS. ELMIRA [JOHN- SON], missionary, poet, was born in 1814 in Maine. She was a missionary among the Indians in Oregon. Her later life was passed in Boston. She was the author of Harp of the Willows, a volume of verse.
She died in 1896.
Perkins, Frederic Beecher
librarian, author, was born Sept. 27, 1828, in Hartford, Conn. He is a librarian; and the author of Scrope, or the Lost Library, a novel; Devil Puzzlers, and Other Studies; My Three Conversations with Miss Chester; Life of Dickens; and Check List of American Local History.
Perkins, George Clement
banker, legislator, governor, United States senator, was born in 1839, in Kennebunkport, Maine. At the age of twelve years he went to sea as a cabin boy; followed this calling and that of a sailor for several years; and in 1855 shipped before the mast on a sailing vessel bound for San Francisco, Cal.
He engaged in business at Oroville and was very successful; and subsequently engaged in banking, milling, mining, and the steamship business, in which he has been engaged during the past twenty-three years, operating steamships on the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska and Mexico. In 1868 he was elected to the state senate, serving eight years. He has been president of the Merchants' exchange in San Francisco.
In 1879 he was elected governor of California, serving until January, 1883. He was appointed United States senator in 1893 to fill, until the election of his successor, the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Leland Stanford, and took his seat Aug. 8, 1893. He was re-elected in 1897 for term ending in 1903. was
Perkins, George D
soldier, journalist, state senator, congressman, born Feb. 29, 1840, in Holly. N. Y. He moved to Sioux City, Iowa, in 1869, and has been editor of the Journal since. He was a member of the Iowa senate in 1874- 76; and was appointed United States marshal for the northern district of Iowa. He was elected to the fifty-second, fiftythird and fifty-fourth congresses and reelected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Perkins, George Hamilton
naval officer, was born Oct. 20, 1836, in Hopkinton, N. H. He became lieutenant-commander in 1862. During 1865-66 he was superintendent of ironclads in New Orleans, and became commander in 1871. He resides in Boston, Mass.; and his portrait hangs in the new library building of the New Hampshire state capitol.
Perkins, George Henry
naturalist, author, was born Sept. 25, 1844, in East Cambridge, Mass. He is a naturalist, state entomologist of Vermont; and the author of The Injurious Insects of Vermont; and The Flora of Vermont.
Perkins, George Roberts
educator, mathematician, author, was born May 3, 1812, in Otsego county, N. Y. He was an educator of New York state, who published Plane and Solid Geometry, and other mathematical text-books. He died Aug. 22, 1876, in Hartford, Conn.
Perkins, Henry Bishop
financier, state senator, was born March 1, 1824, in Warren, Ohio. He is best known as president of the First National bank of Warren, vice-president of the Republic Iron company, and promoter of other industries. In 1879 he was elected a member of the Ohio state senate, and was re-elected in 1881.
Perkins, Henry Southwick
musician, was born March 20, 1833, in Stockbridge, Vt. Since 1872 he has lived in Chicago, Ill., and in 1875-76 he visited Europe for study. He has conducted more than two hundred musical conventions and festivals in various parts of the United States, is known as a composer of vocal music, and has published a large number of music collections.
Perkins, Jabez
physician, surgeon, legislator, was born Oct. 20, 1820, in Defiance, Ohio. For ten years he practiced medicine in Springville, Mich., and since 1860 in Owosso. In 1862 he took charge of a hospital in Nashville; became surgeon of Kentucky volunteers; and medical director of the second army corps, and subsequently of the cavalry corps, army of the Cumberland. During 1858- 59 he served with distinction as a representative in the Michigan state legislature.
Perkins, Jacob
mechanician, inventor, was born July 9, 1766, in Newburyport, Mass. Among his inventions is a machine for cutting and heading nails at a single operation. He was the originator of using steel, instead of copper plates, for engraving banknotes.
Perkins, James Breck
lawyer, author, was born Nov. 4, 1847, in St. Croix Falls, Wis. He is a lawyer of Rochester, N. Y.; and the author of France Under Mazarin; France Under the Regency; and France Under Louis XV.
Perkins, James Handasyd
clergyman, author, was born July 31, 1810, in Boston, Mass. He was a unitarian clergyman of Cincinnati, very active in the cause of prison discipline reform; and the author of Annals of the West. He died Dec. 14, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Perkins, Jared
state legislator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He held the position of state councilor from 1846 to 1849; was a state representative in 1850; was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1851 to 1853. He died Oct. 14, 1854, in Nashua, N. H.
Perkins, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 1, 1819, in Louisiana. He was chosen a judge of the circuit court of Louisiana; and held this position until elected to congress in 1853, where he advocated democratic measures, and remained until 1855.
Perkins, Jonathan Cogswell
lawyer, jurist, state senator, author, was born Nov. 21, 1809, in Ipswich, Mass. He practiced successfully at Salem for thirteen years, when he became judge of the court of common pleas of Massachusetts.
He served in the state senate in 1846-48.
He assisted in editing Digest of Decisions of the Courts of Common Law and Admiralty. He died Dec. 12, 1877, in Salem, Mass.
Perkins, Justin
missionary, author, was born March 12, 1805, in West Springfield, Mass. He was a congregational missionary in Persia; and the author of Residence of Eight Years in Persia; and Missionary Life in Persia. He died Dec. 31, 1869, in Chicopee, Mass.
Perkins, Maurice
educator, author, was born March 14, 1836, in New London, Conn. He was a professor of chemistry at Union college; and is the author of a Manual of Qualitative Analysis.
Perkins, Nathan
clergyman, author, was born May 14, 1749, in Lisbon, Conn. He was a minister of West Hartford Congregational church in 1772, where he remained till his death. He published Four Letters on the Anabaptists, a volume of sermons; and thirteen occasional sermons and discourses. He died Jan. 18, 1838, in West Hartford.
Perkins, Orson
singer, composer, was born Dec. 17, 1802, in Hartland, Vt.
He was a successful singing class teacher for forty years, and a conspicuous chorister; and also a composer of church music. He died April 17, 1882, in Taftsville, Vt.
PERKINS, SAMUEL. lawyer, author, was born in 1767 in New Lisbon, Conn.
He was a lawyer of Windham, Conn.; and the author of History of the Late War between the United States and Great Britain (1825); General Jackson's Conduct in the Seminole War; and Historical Sketches of the United States. He died in September, 1850, in Windham, Conn.
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