Bio of Perkins, Elisha (b.1835) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Perkins, Elisha, farmer, Zumbro, came to this county without capital in
1868, and secured sixty acres of land where he now resides, section
36-originally Mazeppa township. Besides this he now has forty acres in the
adjoining town of Farm Hill, half as much in the Mazeppa timber and a
quarter-section in Bigstone county. The same energy and business ability
that carried him through several struggles in the past are still leading
elements in his character, and he is known as an active and useful
citizen. He is an earnest exponent of the principles of the republican
party, and a leading member of the Wesleyan Methodist church at South
Troy. Joel Perkins, the father of Elisha, was born in Luzerne, Warren
county, New York, in 1813. His parents, Elkanah and Phoebe Perkins, were
natives of the same state. Joel Perkins married Sarah Van Wormer, who gave
birth to this subject at Stony Creek, Warren county, in 1835. The latter
was reared on his father's farm, and received his education in the common
schools. That he improved his opportunities is evident to all who meet
him, and he is well-known as a contributor to the press of the day.
October 10, 1857, he married Eliza A. Gallup, born in the same county as
himself. This union was disrupted by the cruel hand of death in January,
1866, and Mr. Perkins was left with four small children to care for.
Shortly after he suffered heavy losses in a lumbering contract, and
resolved to try his fortunes in the west. On March 29, 1869, he espoused
Frances J. Roberts, a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, who is a mother of
six living children, viz: Amanda E., Florence A., Alma A., Ernest H., Maud
A., and an infant daughter. Of the elder children: Ward B. dwells at
Waneta, Dakota; Ellsworth L. died when eight years old; Eliza J. and Fanny
M., twins, at home.