Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Perham, Charlotte April 1, 1909
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Jackson, Apr. 8, 1909
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, April 8, 1909 

DEATH OF MRS. PERHAM 

Another pioneer passes away in her 91st year in this city on April 1st, 1909 

Mrs. Charlotte Newton Perham died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. T. 
Cravens, on East Pleasant street, this city, Thursday, 6 o’clock p.m., April 
1, 1909, in her 91st year. She was one among Maquoketa’s oldest pioneers, a 
lady of culture, highly esteemed for her friendly qualities and refinement. 

Charlotte Newton was born in Hamburg, Erie County, New York, June 7, 1818; she 
was married to Russell Perham December 27, 1843. In the spring of 1849, they 
came to Iowa and located on government land, five miles south of Maquoketa, 
where they remained until 1858, when they came to Maquoketa, where she has 
since resided. Mr. Perham died in 1883. Had the deceased lived until April 5th 
she would have resided continuously for fifty years in the house in which she 
died. 

Surviving are her three children-George B., and Arch N. Perham of Chicago, 
Mrs. D. T. Cravens of this city and two brothers residing in Hamburg, New 
York. She was a woman possessing a high standard of intelligence, a remarkable 
memory, coupled with the descriptive faculties, all of which she retained to 
the last. 

Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. 
Rev. A. T. Foster officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery beside 
the grave of her husband and a son Julius, who died in early manhood. 




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