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1883: Jan. 27th - The DeSmet Leader - DeSmet, S.D.
Thatcher Perkins, who died in Baltimore
recently, was the inventor of the valuable "Perkins ten-wheeler," still in
use for drawing heavy railway trains over steep grades.
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1884: Dec. 6th - Custer Chronicle - Black Hills, S.D.
H. A. Perkins, (Henry A. Perkins) one of
the owners of the Sioux City Journal, died at Sioux City, IA, November
22nd, aged 48 years. Hank, as he was universally known by his
acquaintances was a genial, liberal gentleman, possessing all the
qualities necessary to become the successful journalist which he was. To
the outside public he was always affable and agreeable. Ten years ago he
had the pleasure of making his acquaintance as a compositor on the Journal
and we know that his treatment of his employees was such that all were
willing to do any and everything to accommodate Hank. "Do unto others as
ye would be done by" was the motto that guided his life's actions and was
one which will secure him a seat at the throne of God. The Yankton Press
in referring to his death says: "Deceased was well known through his
connection with the prominent business firm with which he has been
associated for the past fifteen years. The Perkins Bros., began the
publication of the Daily Journal, in Sioux City, about the year 1869, and
by their untiring energy and enterprise have succeeded in the building up
one of the most promising publishing house in the west. During the first
few years of their business career, the brothers labored night and day,
and it was during these years of struggles that the health of Henry became
seriously impaired. Subsequently he rallied and for the past few years has
been able to devote himself to business, but not so zealously as in the
first few years of his Sioux City career. The deceased was a man who
possessed all the elements of popularity, and no citizen of Sioux City was
more generally esteemed. His death will be a serious loss not only to the
Journal, but to the community in which his labors have been so manifestly
advantageous".
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1886: Feb. 26th - The Mitchell Capital - Mitchell, S.D.
The firm of "Perkins Bros.," proprietors of the Sioux City Journal,
was succeeded on Saturday by the "Perkins Bros. Company", the
incorporators of which were George D. Perkins,
Sarah M. Perkins and J. M. Lye. The
three incorporators were also elected president, vice-president and
secretary respectively. Sarah M. Perkins is the Widow of
H. A. Perkins, of Perkins Bros., who died
in November, 1884, and this action was rendered necessary by his death.
The new company is capitalized for $100,000. The stock will be held by the
incorporators, and the management will remain the same. The Journal will
consequently maintain its present high standard and excellence, as the
best paper in Iowa, and with the exception of the DAILY REPUBLICAN, the
best morning daily for Dakotans of this section.
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1887: June 6th - Turner County Herald - Hurley, S.D.
Mr. Fairchild, brother of Mrs. J. D. Perkins,
is out from Illinois on a visit.
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1897: March 5th - The Black Hills Union - Rapid City, S.D.
Aaron Perkins of North Essex Mass., died
the other day, aged 99 years and 10 months. He was born, lived all his
life and died in the same house. He was famous for wearing through his
long life the high hat that he purchased when a very young man. He didn't
like new things and evidently believed there was no place like home.
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1888: Sept. 7th - Press and Daily Dakotaian - Yankton, S. D.
Norwich, Connecticut - Sept. 6th - Col. George L.
Perkins, aged 100 years, 1 month, died at the Ft. Griswold
house, Groton, last evening, of old age. Colonel Perkins was born in
Norwich then called "The Landing, "or "Chelsea's Landing", Aug. 5th, 1788,
and strange to say was rather delicate in boyhood. With his death passes
away the oldest railroad official in the world. He was treasurer of the
Norwich and Worcester railroad for fifty years. He has voted for every
president since Madison; was paymaster in the war of 1812, and organized
the first Sunday school in Norwich. He was a Republican in politics.
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1892: Nov. 25th - Hot Springs Weekly Star - Hot Springs, S.D.
MEDFORD, WI: While hunting in the woods west of Chelsea with a
companion, Richard Perkins ran into a
set gun, receiving its charge. His companion could do nothing to aid him,
so he started for the village about five miles away, for help. When the
party returned, Perkins was found dead and frozen stiff. During the
absence of his companion, strange tracks in the snow showed that some one
had visited the scene. The tracks were traced to a hunter's shanty not far
distant, but appearances showed a hasty departure of its occupant.
Officers and searching party started in hot pursuit. Perkins lived at
Chelsea and had been married six weeks.
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1901: March 8th - The Herald Advanced - Milbank, S.D.
The sixteenth month old child of John E. Perkins,
a bright little boy, was taken down with pneumonia about a week ago and
died on Wednesday. Mr. Perkins was working in Sisseton, but Mrs. Perkins
and the child were visiting with Mrs. Perkins's father, Mr. J. B. Johnson,
who lives on the Fairchild farm just west of town. Mr. Perkins brother, A.
R. Perkins from Revillo, and his mother from Madison, Minnesota, came to
Milbank Wednesday and the body was taken to Madison for burial.
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1902: Feb. 7th - The Mitchell Capital - Mitchell, S.D.
S. T. Green received word from the wholesale house that
Palmer Perkins died a few days ago at Hot
Springs, S.D. Mr. Perkins as known in this city, having come here on
regular trips for wholesale creamery supply house.
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1903: March 29th - Eureka Post - Eureka, S.D.
Mrs. Phebe Perkins,
wife of William Perkins, of this
place, died at her home Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the ripe old age
of 75 years, 3 months, and 14 days. Born in England, she married her
surviving husband. In 1865 the couple came to America where they settled
in Pennsylvania. About 12 years ago they started west, where they lived in
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and the Dakotas. Old age, aggravated by chronic
dropsy, was the cause of her death. The funeral took place on Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. H. Hetzer officiating. The deceased leaves
her husband and two children. Mr. William Perkins of Spring Creek
and Mrs. John Klein of Minneapolis.
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1903: Oct. 23rd - The Canton Leader - Canton, S.D.
The Sioux City Journal justly ranks as one of the leading Newspapers of
the country. It is owned and published by Perkins Bros. The reading world
knows that the Hon. Geo. D. Perkins is
one of the brothers, but what of the other? - Centerville Chronicle.
The editor of the Chronicle is laboring under a wrong impression with
reference to the firm name of Perkins Bros. for the reason that George D.
Perkins is the only one left of the brothers. It was away back in 1869
when George and Henry Perkins entered the journalistic field in Sioux
City. They were well fitted by nature for the work before them, and each
did his share in establishing and giving character to the young Journal on
the edge of civilization so long ago, which is today the best daily in the
great state of Iowa, and no paper in the entire northwest ranks higher in
reliability, news service or editorial expression.
Henry Perkins died many years ago, and
the firm name of Perkins Bros. today is a beautiful tribute to the memory
of that well beloved brother. Henry Perkins was the soul of honor. He was
one of the brightest, kind hearted and most genial and loveable gentleman
ever connected with the Iowa press. He was endowed with wonderful energy
and possessed splendid executive ability, and by his genial nature won the
hearts of all with whom he came in contact. It was in the summer of 1873
while in Sioux City, the writer met Henry Perkins and Chance Harris of the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, and it was not long until John Brennan, Charlie
Collins and Dan Scott joined us. It was decided that we should have a
little banquet of our own at the old Northwestern hotel that stood on the
levee near where the Milwaukee depot stands today. We had our banquet and
and no happier party ever sat down to feast. Four out of the six have
passed away - bright brilliant happy souls, while Dan Scott and the writer
alone remains.
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1910: March 12th - The Madison Daily Leader - Madison, S.D.
Washington:
After several weeks of critical illness Representative
James P. Perkins of Rochester, N.Y., died
at Garfield hospital in this city. Mr. Perkins who was sixty-two years of
age, was born at St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.
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1913: March 6th - Pierre Weekly Free Press - Pierre, S.D.
Judge D. A. W. Perkins has disposed of
his paper, the Holabird News, and in his valedictory says: "We are
inclined to think he was not cut out for a newspaper man anyhow, because
he has his own ideas about running one, and believes they are correct."
However that may be, this department has always reud the judge's paper
with much interest, because his theory of running a paper, while not
always in accordance with acceptable standards, nevertheless resulted in
making "mighty interesting reading".
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1914: Feb. 13th - Dakota Farmers Leader - Canton, S.D.
Sioux City, IA - George Douglas Perkins,
editor of the Sioux City Journal, died at St. Joseph's hospital Tuesday
morning, February 3rd, from cardiac embolism. He would have been 74 years
old February 29th. Funeral services were conducted at the family home 820
Jackson street Friday afternoon, and interment was made at Floyd cemetery.
Rev. Wallace M. Short, of the First Congregational church, delivered the
address, and Past Grand Master Charles C. Clark, of the Iowa grand lodge
of the Masonic order, participated in the services. Members of the Sioux
City Typographical union and of the G. A. R. marched in the funeral
possession, and the services at the cemetery were conducted by the Masons.
The honorary pall bearers were selected from among the old friends of Mr.
Perkins. they were: John M. McDonald; Earl T. Hoyt; W. H. Beck; E. w.
Cadwell; E. C. Peters; and E. P. Heizer. The pall bearers selected from
the Masonic order were: W. D. Irvine; John R. Carter; L. L. Kellogg; R. D.
Kellogg; O. B. Talley and Judge David Mould. The active pall bearers were
chosen from among members of the editorial staff of the Journal who have
been associated with Mr. Perkins and the paper for a long time. They were;
A. F. Allen; Fred P. Davis; Henry Cody; S. J. McCullough; John A. Coughlan
and John W. Carey.
George D. Perkins was born in Orleans county, New York, Feb. 29th,
1840. His father was a lawyer. On account of the father's ill health the
family moved to Indiana, while the subject of this sketch was yet a small
boy; then to Milwaukee, where they remained two years and then to Baraboo,
Wisconsin, where Mr. Perkins passed his boyhood. The father died in 1852,
leaving the mother to look after a family of two sons and two daughters.
Henry A. Perkins, the older son, entered a printing office. Geo. D.
expected to become a farmer and hired out to pitch hay at $10 a month. The
agricultural life failing to appeal to him, he followed in the footsteps
of his brother, his first pay as a printer being $1 a week (without
board). Before he left Baraboo, however, he was earning $1 a day, the
journeyman's wage at that time. Henry A. sold his interest in the Baraboo
Republic, and they moved to Iowa in the winter of 1860. In March of 1861
they issued the first number of the Cedar Falls Gazette. On August 12th,
1862, Geo. D. enlisted in Company B., 31st Iowa infantry. That same winter
he was taken sick and was confined in Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. So
serious was his illness he was not allowed to go to the front with his
regiment and on Jan. 12th, 1863, was honorably discharged and taken home
by his brother to die. The doctors had said he could not possibly live
more than a few weeks. The Cedar Falls Gazette passed into other hands in
the summer of 1866, and the brothers went to Chicago, opening a gummed
label house, the first concern of the kind in the United States, with the
exception of a small establishment in Ohio, which they absorbed. Geo. D's
next venture was as agent for the Northwestern Associated Press, a news
distributing agency which served papers in Illinois (out-side of Chicago),
Iowa and Nebraska. Longing still to own his own paper, Mr. Perkins began
looking around for a location and decided upon Sioux City. It was in the
spring of 1869 that he purchased from Mahlon Gore (now living at Orlando,
Fla) the Journal, which Mr. Gore had operated several years with
indifferent success as a Republican paper. The first number under Mr.
Perkins' management was issued May 1st, 1869. The Journal at that time was
a weekly paper. Sioux City was but a frontier village, most of the
business houses being on or in the vicinity of the Missouri river bank.
Henry A. followed to Sioux City in the same year and joined in the
enterprise. He looked after the business end of the paper up to the time
of his death in 1884, Geo. D paying special attention to the editorial
end. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Boehmler, a sister, for many years was
society editor but lent her assistance in getting out the paper long
before it attained to the dignity of a society department. She now lives
in Alpine, Calif. The Journal started issuing daily on April 19th, 1870.
Up to his last illness, Mr. Perkins continued to do six full days' work a
week (to say nothing of a half day on Sunday). In spite of his advanced
years he was spoken of as the hardest working man about the plant. He kept
in close touch with all the departments of the paper, was a stickler for
accuracy and attractive makeup and found his chief delight in rummaging
through the exchanges day after day, carrying on a battle of wit with
brothers in the profession. He wrote all his articles on the typewriter,
generally puffing a pipe as he pounded them out, and his letter perfect
copy was the delight of the printers and the envy of the reporters and
under editors. Mr. Perkins was prominent in Republican politics. He became
state senator in 1873 and secured an appropriation of $50,000 for
northwest Iowa sufferers from the grasshopper plague. Gov. Gear appointed
him commissioner of immigration in 1880, and he served until 1882. Under
appointment by President Arthur, on Senator Allison's recommendation, he
served as United States Marshall from 1882 to 1885. He was in congress
form 1890 to 1898, being a member of that historic Iowa delegation which
included Dolliver, Cousins, Hepburn, Lacey, Henderson and other notables.
Five times he was a delegate-at-large from Iowa to Republican national
conventions - in 1876, 1880,1888, 1908 and 1912. In 1901 he was candidate
for governor and withdrew from the race. In 1806 he made a memorable
contest for the Republican gubernatorial nomination against Albert B.
Cummins, but was defeated. On July 2nd, 1869, he married
Louise E. Julian. He is survived by her
and the following daughters and sons; Mrs. Florance Ludlum;
Samuel J. Perkins; Mrs. Clara Sammons; William Perkins
and Thomas J. Perkins, all of Sioux City.
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1916: May 26th - Sisseton Weekly Standard - Sisseton, S.D.
L.S. Perkins
died at his home in Wilmot, Monday the 22nd, age 81 years 7 months after
an attack at pneumonia. Deceased was born at New Hampton, N.H., Nov. 5th,
1834 and in July 1858 was married to Martha
McClyman of New Chester, Wisconsin. In 1873 the family moved to
Friendship, Wisconsin, and there Mr. Perkins was elected Register of Deeds
of Adams County. He held this office for four years and the following two
years he held the office of Clerk of Courts. In 1882 the family moved to
Westfield, Wisconsin, where Mrs. Perkins died in 1884. In February 1862
Mr. Perkins enlisted in Co. G. 19th Wisconsin and served until April 30th,
1865 when his company was mustered out. In 1886 the Perkins family moved
to Wilmot, where he purchased the Wilmot Reporter which he edited for 24
years. He was a member of the Masonic Order and the funeral services were
held at Wilmot Thursday afternoon under direction of the Masons. The
deceased is survived by his wise, four sons, Lewis Perkins of
Spokane, WA; John Perkins of Bertha, MN; Roy Perkins of
Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Charles Perkins of Sisseton, S.D. and one
daughter, Fanny who resides at Grants Pass, Oregon.
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1916: June 9th - The Mellette County Pioneer - Wood, S.D.
Wilmot, S.D. - Lewis Smith Perkins,
veteran newspaper man, and soldier of the Civil war, is dead at the age of
82 years. Born in New Hampshire in 1834, a descendant of a family coming
over in the Mayflower, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in his native
state, after quitting school, until 1855, when he removed to New Chester,
Wisconsin. He enlisted in the Union army in 1862, and served through the
remainder of the war. After the war he farmed, and served as register of
deeds of Adams county, Wisconsin, for four years, and as clerk of courts
for two years. In 1886, he came to Wilmot, and in January, 1887, with his
eldest son, purchased the Wilmot Reporter, which he published until 1908,
when he sold the paper and retired. He was prominent in Masonic circles.
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