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1840 Ohio Biographical Sketches:

Ohio Biographical Sketches

JOHN H. PERKINS

John H. Perkins b.5.22.1819 MA d.3.15.1878 OH. His wife m.11.25.1841 Cuyahoga Co., OH ; ELIZA ANN (FITCH) b.ca.1820 d.7.26.1872 OH, daughter of Chester Fitch. They resided at Huron, Erie Co., Ohio - Dover, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio & Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. In 1841 he was listed on the OH Tax Records at Euclid, Cuyahoga Co., OH. In 1860-1870 at Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co., OH

Their known children were:

1. John Perkins Jr. b. ca.1841 OH m. Rhuemma (Coe)
2. Alfreda P. Perkins b. 7.11.1842 Huron, Erie Co., OH m. William Cousins
3. Betsey I. Perkins b.12.3.1844 Huron, Erie Co., OH d. 10.27.1856 Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co. OH
4. Chester H. Perkins b.8.14.1845 Huron, OH d.1913 Cuyahoga Co., OH m. Collisea (Coe)
        4a. Herman C. Perkins b.1867 OH
        4b. Burton S. Perkins b.1870 OH
        4c. Clayton F. Perkins b.1872 OH
        4d. Judson B. Perkins b.1874 OH
        4e. Infant Perkins b. & d. 1876 OH
        4f. Vernon N. Perkins b.1882 OH
        4g. Russell C. Perkins b.1848 OH m. Anna (Feuchter)
                1. Eva A. Perkins b.1885 OH
                2. Clarence Perkins b.1886 OH

5. Ernest D. Perkins b.4.29.1851 Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co., OH m. Pena (Wershing) *No Children*
6. Morgeana Perkins b.8.31.1855 Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co.OH d.9.5.1855 OH
7. Celia J. Perkins b.4.15.1857 Olmsted, Cuyahoga Co.OH d.7.31.1861 OH

Source: Genealogy of the Fitch Family in North America by John G. Fitch (1886)
Source: OH Marriage Records

WILLIAM W. PERKINS

William Wesley Perkins b.5.7.1813 KY d. OH. Son of William & Frances (Rice) Perkins. His wife FRANCES (MONEYHON). They removed from Kentucky to OH.

Their known children were:

1. William Perkins b.3.11.1841 d. 6.26.1924 m. 5.21.1865 OH; Lizzie Mary (Waterfield) b.12.12.1845 d.1.26.1928
       1a. William Amie Logan Perkins b.11.6.1866 OH d.8.26.1868
       1b. Frances Mary Perkins b.11.18.1870 OH d.8.18.1877
       1c. Bertha Kate Perkins b.4.25.1872 OH d.1.1919 m. Harry Brown
       1d. Lou Delia Perkins b. 12.19.1874 OH d.3.17.1901 m. Frank E. Nash
       1c. Julia May Perkins b.1.14.1877 OH
       1d. Sallie Ruth Perkins b.10.15.1879 OH m. E. Frank Nash
       1e. Lillian Ida Perkins b.12.16.1883 OH

Source: Family records from 48 Bibles -Copied in a Prize Contest 1932-1935. These records were presented to the Institute of American Genealogy - Chicago, IL - July 1939 by Mrs. George E. Malone a life memeber of the Institute of American Genealogy - Chicago, IL (1939)

GEORGE R. PERKINS

Dr. George R. Perkins b.1.6.1813 Roxbury, CT d. July 1846 Geneseo, Livingston Co., NY. Son of (Elijah H. & Julia H. (Hill) Perkins). He graduated in medicine at the Fairfield Medical College in Fairfield, NY. He practiced several years in Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. His wife m.1.4.1843 Lucas Co., OH; ELIZABETH JENCKS (ACRE). I find several deeds in the Lucas Co., OH Deed books in the 1830-1840's.

6.5.1837 George R. Perkins of Toledo, Lucas Co., OH to Elijah H. Perkins of Geneseo, Livingston Co., NY selling a parcel of land at Saginaw, Genesee Co., MI and another dated 6.9.1838 between George R. Perkins of Toledo, Lucas Co., OH and Elijah H. Perkins of Livingston Co., NY selling more land in Genesee Co.,MI

Source: Toledo and Lucas County, OH 1623-1923 by John M. Killits- Volume 1 (1923)

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