Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: PERRY, John Adams (published 1918) *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003643 September 9, 1999 *********************************************************************** "History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. (1918) Vol. II p. 152 photo p. 153 JUDGE JOHN ADAMS PERRY. Judge John Adams Perry, occupying the bench of the district court of the second judicial district of Colorado, and since 1884 an active member of the Denver bar, was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, on the 21st of August, 1857. His father, William Perry, was also an attorney, who was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Georgia, in 1854. He was a native of that state and after practicing his profession for a time in the south he removed westward to Kansas. He wedded Mary A. Riordan, a native of Castle Grace, Ireland, and they became early residents of Kansas, where Mr. Perry represented his district in the territorial legislature and also served as a member of the constitutional convention which framed the organic law of that state. His last days were passed in Denver, where his death occurred in October, 1861. Judge Perry of this review in the acquirement of his education attended the Montreal Academy at Montreal, Quebec, and afterward became a student in the St. Louis University and was graduated in law from Columbia in 1882, having pursued a thorough law course in Washington. He was then admitted to the bar in the District of Columbia and in 1884 was admitted to the bar in Denver, in which year he opened an office in this city and has since continued in the practice of law. His practice was always extensive and of an Important character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases and his ability in handling knotty legal problems, combined with his devotion to the highest professional ethics and standards, led to his selection for the bench, he being one of the candidates recommended by the Bar Association. His legal learning, his analytical mind, the readiness with which he grasps the points in an argument, all combine to make him a capable jurist and the public and the profession acknowledge him to be the peer of any man who has sat upon the bench of the district court. Judge Perry belongs to the Denver County and City Bar Association and the Colorado State Bar Association. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party, but he holds public interests above partisanship and the general welfare before personal aggrandizement. For recreation he turns to languages and is a linguist of superior ability. He speaks French, German, Italian and several other languages and he has been appointed by Italy to care for Italian interests in this city. He early recognized the fact that the keenest joy is that which comes from Intellectual stimulus and reading and study have largely constituted his recreation. His personal qualities command for him the respect and honor of colleagues and contemporaries in the profession and of all who have met him in other relations of life.