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Perrine, William Henry – Perry, John J
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, 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.