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Perkins, Frederic Beecher – Perkins, Jared
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 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.