Bio of Moses PERRA (b.1804), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
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be some typos.


443                HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

cMoses Perra, for many years a highly respected resident of Marysville 
township, was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, April 2S, 1804, 
son of Coussent S. and Margaret Perra, both natives of Canada. In the 
family there were three boys and three girls: Thomas, Moses, Edmund, 
Margaret, Lena and Eliza. Moses Perra was reared on a Canadian farm, 
and was there married to Harriet St. Mary, born in the Province of 
Quebec, in August, 1809, daughter of Peter and Susan St. Mary, of 
Canada. The Perra and St. Mary families were of French origin. The 
founders of the American families settled in Maine, but during the 
French and Indian wars were driven out of that region, and took up 
their residence in Canada, where many of the family may still be found. 
The children born to Moses and Harriet Perra were Moses, Jr., Luger, 
Tonored, Medrick, Adrian, Benefield, Sophrina, Elmira, Alfonsene, 
Silevear and Oclavia. The family came to the United States in 1877. 
After remaining there two years they came to Wright county and 
located on eighty acres in section 8, Marysville township, where he 
remained until his death in 1901. His wife died in 1895.