Izard Co., AR - Biographies - James Perrin

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James Perrin is one of the wealthy agriculturists of this region, and at the
present time is the owner of a fine tract of land consisting of 900 acres, of
which there are about 100 acres under cultivation, all being the result of his
energy, determination and attention to details. He was born in Lexington, Ky.,
December 1, 1844, but was educated in Independence County, Ark., to which place
his parents moved at an early date. He was there also married, his wife being a
Miss Ellen Street, and a daughter of William and Anna Street, their nuptials
being celebrated on the 2d of March, 1869, at Batesville. To them were born four
sons and three daughters, the following of whom are living: Jessamine, Claud B.,
Horace, and William F., all residing at home. During the rebellion Mr. Perrin
served in the Third Arkansas Cavalry from 1862 to 1865, the first hard battle in
which he participated being at Helena. After his return home he engaged in
grist-milling, and now in addition to his farm work he is furnishing railroad
timber supplies, such as telegraph poles and ties. He and wife belong to the
Presbyterian Church and are worthy and honored citizens of the county. He is one
of three surviving members of a family of two sons and three daughters born to
the marriage of David Perrin and Nancy M. Baldwin, the former a native of
Michigan, born in 1786. He was also educated in that State, but moved to Ohio,
and was there married, his wife being a sister of Rev. S. D. Baldwin, who was
the author of the “Baldwin's Prophecy,” and was pastor of the McKendry Church at
Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Perrin was a millwright by trade, and was a member of the
Masonic lodge, and at the time of his death, on the 2d of April, 1869, he was
buried with Masonic honors in the cemetery at Batesville. He removed from the
State of Indiana, where he had resided for some time, to Arkansas, in 1850,
settling near Batesville, where he erected the first bridge ever built over Polk
Bayon. His wife died May 28, 1877, both being members of the Old School
Presbyterian Church.