Perkins, Samuel Elliott – Perry, Madison S
Perkins, Samuel Elliott
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Dec. 6, 1811, in Brattleborough, Vt. He was judge of the superior court of Marion county, Ind., in 1873-76, and in the latter year was again placed on the supreme bench, of which he was chief justice at his death.
He was professor of law in the Northwestern Christian university, and editor and proprietor of The Jeffersonian, a democratic paper, and published Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Indiana. He died Dec. 17, 1879, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Perkins, Sarah Maria Clinton
editor, lecturer, was born April 23, 1824, near Cooperstown, N. Y. Early in life she was engaged in educational work; and subsequently married a New England clergyman. For many years she was one of the national organizers of the Woman's Christian Temperance union; has been district president, and filled various other positions in reform associations. She is a brilliant lecturer, and the editor of A True Republic, published in Cleveland, Ohio.
Perkins, Simon
pioneer, was born Sept. 17, 1771, in Norwich, Conn. He was the first postmaster in the Western Reserve, at Warren, Ohio, and was intrusted with the arrangement of other postoffices in that region. In 1807, at the request of the government, he established expresses through the Indian country to Detroit. He died Nov. 19, 1844, in Warren, Ohio.
Perkins, William Oscar
musician, composer, was born May 23, 1831, in Stockbridge, Vt. He has taught voice and harmony for many years in New York city, and is the author of a large number of singing books.
Perkins, William Rufus
educator, author, was born in 1847 in Pennsylvania. He was an educator and poet, and professor of history in the Iowa State university in 1887-95. He was the author of two careful historical monographs, History of the Trappist Abbey of New Melleray; and History of the Amana Society; and of Eleusis and Lesser Poems, a striking collection of musical meditative verse. He died in 1895.
Perkins, William Young
farmer, mine owner, legislator, was born March 8, 1849, in Grayson county, Va. In 1866 he moved to Texas, and there served two years in the ranger service against the Comanche Indians. In 1877 he was a member of the famous Virginia state convention. In 1887 he moved to Idaho, where he is a successful farmer and miner at Soldier. In 1889 he was elected to the territorial legislature; to the Idaho state legislature in 1890-97; and took an important part in the deliberations of that body. He has been a member of nearly every territorial and state convention in Idaho since 1888.
Perley, Ira
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Nov. 9, 1799, in Boxford, Mass. He was a member of the New Hampshire state legislature. He died Feb. 26, 1874, in Concord, N. H.
Perley, Sidney
lawyer, author, was born March 6, 1858, in Boxford, Mass.
He has written and compiled a number of works on a great variety of topics, among which are the following: History of Boxford, Mass.; Goodridge Memorial; Poets of Essex County, Mass.; Historic Stories in New England; Principles of Law of Interest; and Mortuary Law.
Perot, Thomas Morris
merchant, philanthropist, was born May 8, 1828, in Philadelphia, Pa. He bore an active part in founding the Woman's Medical college in Philadelphia, the first institution of the kind in the world, and has been for many years its president.
Perrill, Augustus L
congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1845 to 1847.
Perrin, Abner Monroe
soldier, was born in 1829 in Abbeville county, S. C. He entered the confederate army as captain of the fourteenth South Carolina volunteers, and was promoted colonel in 1863, and brigadier-general in 1864, with the command of an Alabama brigade. He died May 11, 1864, in Spottsylvania, Va.
Perrin, Henry Martin
lawyer, financier, jurist, legislator, was born June 23, 1830, in Berlin, Vt. He received his education at the Dartmouth college, and the Albany Law school. He was known in his adopted state as the poor man's friend. He was judge of probate, and served with distinction as a member of the Michigan state senate. He was successful financier and real estate agent a of St. John's, Mich., where he died, Jan. 7, 1896; and at the time of his death he was one of the oldest and most highly respected members of the Clinton county bar.
Perrin, Raymond S
author, was born in 18-. He was the author of The Student's Dreams; and The Religion of Philosophy, or the Unification of Knowledge.
Perrine, William Henry
clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1827 in New York. He was a methodist clergyman, professor for some years in Albion college, Mich.; and the author of The Principles of Church Government with Special Application to the Polity of Episcopal Methodism. He died in 1880.
Perry, Amos
author, was born Aug. 12, 1812, in South Natick, Mass. He is a Providence writer, who was superintendent of the state census in 1865; and is the author of Carthage and Tunis.
Perry, Arthur Latham
educator, author, was born Feb. 27, 1830, in Lyme, N. H. He is a professor of history and political economy at Williams college from 1853, and a prominent advocate of free trade. He is the author of Elements of Political Economy; Introduction to Political Economy; Principles of Political Economy; and Origins of Williamstown.
Perry, Benjamin Franklin
lawyer, governor, author, was born May 20, 1805, in Pendleton district, S. C. He entered upon the practice of law in Greenville, S. C.; and in 1835 was elected a state senator. After the close of the war he was elected governor of South Carolina. In 1870 he was elected United States senator, but was not permitted to take his seat; and in 1872 was elected a representative in congress, but was again refused admission to a congressional seat.
He was the author of Reminiscences of Public Men; and Sketches of Eminent Statesmen. He died Dec. 3, 1886, near Greenville, S. C.
Perry, Bliss
educator, author, was born Nov. 25, 1860, in Williamstown, Mass. He now holds a professorship in the Princeton university. He is the author of The Plated City; Salem Kittredge, and Other Stories; and The Broughton House. He has edited Selections from Burke, and Scott's Woodstock and Ivanhoe.
Perry, Charles W
merchant, manufacturer, state legislator, was born Jan. 9, 1845, in Ludlow, Vt. Since 1872 he has been a merchant and manufacturer of Pierport, Mich.; and since 1895 has served two terms as a member of the Michigan state legislature.
Perry, Charlotte Augusta
author, poet, was born in 1848 in Wisconsin. She is a poet of Milwaukee; and the author of Carlotta Perry's Poems.
Perry, Edward Aylesworth
soldier, lawyer, governor, was born March 15, 1833, in Richmond, Mass. At the commencement of the civil war he entered the confederate service as captain; and was afterward commissioned as brigadier-general. He was elected governor of Florida for the term of four years, from January, 1885. He died Oct. 15, 1889, in Kerrville, Texas.
Perry, Edward Delevan
educator, author, was born in 1854 in New York. He is a professor of Sanskrit in Columbia college; and the author of Indra in the Rigveda; and A Sanskrit Primer.
Perry, Eli
banker, congressman, was born Dec. 25, 1799, in Cambridge, N. Y.
He received a good education, commenced business as a dealer in provisions, and continued it for twenty-five years. He was elected alderman and member of the assembly of the state. In 1851 he was elected mayor of Albany, which office he held twelve years.
He was elected a representativefrom New York to the fortysecond and forty-third congresses. He died May 17, 1864, in Albany, N. Y.
Perry, Elmer Arthur
educator, lawyer, legislator, was born March 31, 1861, in Mt. Sterling, Ill. He was city attorney for Mt. Sterling, Ill., for three terms; and served as a member of the thirtyninth and fortieth general assemblies of the Illinois state legislature.
Perry, Enoch Wood
artist, was born July 31, 1831, in Boston, Mass. He exhibited first in the Academy of Design in 1858, was elected an associate in 1868, and academician in 1869. Among his genre pictures are The Weaver; Fireside Stories; Lost Art; and Thanksgiving Time. was
Perry, John J
lawyer, state legislator, state senator, congressman, born Aug. 2, 1811, in Portsmouth, N. H.
He was elected to the Maine legislature in 1839, 1842 and 1843; and was afterward, for seven years, major-general of the Maine militia. In 1846 and 1847 he was elected to the state senate; and was a representative in congress from 1855 to 1857. He was elected a representative from Maine to the thirty-sixth congress.
Perry, Mrs. Lilla Cabot
author.
She published a volume entitled The Heart of the Weed.
Perry, Madison S
governor. He was governor of Florida from 1857 to