Bio of PERRA, Adrian (b.1857), Wright Co., MN
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444            HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

  Adrian Perra, a leading farmer of Marysville township, was born in the 
Province of Quebec, Canada, October 31, 1857, son of Moses and Harriet 
(St. Mary) Perra. He came to Wright county with his parents about 1879, 
and soon thereafter struck out for himself. A short time afterward he 
married Rose Gerrard, who was born in New York state, and came to Wright 
county with her parents, Louis and Rose Gerrard, locating permanently in 
Marysville township. Mrs. Rose Perra died at the age of twenty-eight, 
leaving five children: Octavia, Adolph, Ellen, Henry and Amelia (deceased). 
Soon after his marriage Mr. Perra purchased forty acres in section 4 from 
Louis Gerrard, and here he has since resided, having in the interim made 
many improvements and added twenty more acres. For his second wife Mr. 
Perra married Lillie Clairmont, who upon her death left three children: 
Adaline, Albert and Harriet. On June 17, 1902, Mr. Perra married Martha 
Lebo, born at Genoa, Wallace county, Illinois, daughter of Joseph and 
Catherine (LaPlante) Lebo, and widow of Moses Payne. Joseph Lebo was born 
in Quebec. His wife was born in New York. In 1882 they came to Minnesota, 
and located in Maple Lake township, in this county. William Payne was born 
in Quebec and became a farmer, in Maple Lake township, this county. 
He died in 1901 at the age of fifty-eight, leaving besides his wife one 
daughter, Eleanor. Adrian Perra has taken a prominent part in public 
affairs. For eight years he has been a director in the Montrose Farmers' 
Co-Operative Creamery, and he is also a stockholder in the Farmers' 
Elevator at that place. He has been school clerk for twelve years, and 
twice he has been called upon to serve as supervisor. He attends the 
Catholic church and belongs to the Modern Woodmen.