Ida-Cedar County IA Archives Biographies.....Perkins, W. W. 1841 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

W. W. PERKINS, one of the prominent and well-known citizens of Ida county, Iowa,
resides on a farm of 160 acres near Holstein. A brief sketch of Mr. Perkins'
life is as follows:

   W. W. Perkins was born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 6, 1850, son of
Pemphrey Perkins, a native of Ohio, and a grandson of E. Perkins, who was born
in Pennsylvania and who settled in Belmont county, Ohio, when a boy. Pemphrey
Perkins married Permelia Groves, also a native of Belmont county, Ohio, and they
had three children, namely: W. W.; Hannah, who lives in Ohio; and James, on the
old homestead. The father was a farmer, a Republican, and a member of the
Christian Church.

   The subject of our sketch was reared on his father's farm. Although quite
young at the time of Morgan's raid in Ohio, he took part in the pursuit after
that noted leader. At the age of seventeen we find him at work in Noble county,
Ohio, at $9 per month. From there he went to Henry county, Illinois, where his
wages were increased to $20 per month. He afterward resided near Clarence, Cedar
county, Iowa, and in 1886 came from that place to his present locality. He
bought and improved a farm and sold it at a good profit. Now he owns 160 acres
of fine land in section 15, Logan township, which he has improved and has under
a high state of cultivation, devoting it to general farming, stock raising and
feeding.

   Mr. Perkins married a Miss Dodson, a native of Warren county, Illinois, and a
daughter of B. S. and Cynthia (Thresher) Dodson. Her mother is deceased and her
father is now a resident of Cedar county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have three
children: Evva Pearl, Earnest Clifford, and Erven.

   Mr. Perkins is an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party. He
takes a deep interest in educational affairs and has served as President of the
School Board. In the prime of life, of a jovial nature, frank and cordial with
all, he is one of the most popular men in Logan township.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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