Biographical Sketch of Nathan W. Perry, Johnson County, Missouri
Centerview Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

NATHAN W. PERRY

  Prominent among the worthy and substantial farmers of Johnson county
is the subject of this brief notice.  His well stocked and cultivated
farm is about three miles north of Centerview, in one of the most highly
productive regions in the state.  Col. N. W. Perry, as he is usually
called, was born in the sunny South, state of Tennessee, in the year
1830.  In the year 1842 he went to Georgia, and at the age of eighteen
he walked all the way to Clermont county, Ohio, for the purpose of
attending school.  After spending one year at school he went to St.
Louis, and thence to Lexington, Missouri.  When he came to this state he
had but seventy-five cents in his pocket; this was his capital stock. He
was first married to Miss Lizzie Houx, who lived but a short time
thereafter.  Two years after the death of his first wife he married Miss
Bettie Rice, daughter of Pleasant Rice, the first permanent settler of
this county.  They have one daughter, Lizzie, who is at home with her
parents.  Col. Perry has been one of the most successful school teachers
in the county.  He clerked in the United States Land Office about four
years.  He purchased his present farm of about 640 acres in the year
1858.  He raises large numbers of cattle, sheep, horses, mules and hogs.
During the war much of his personal property was lost.  His front lawn
is adorned with beautiful maples, which he planted twenty years ago.
Mr. Perry is a staunch Democrat, which party he has rendered lasting
service.  He is independent and fearless in his strict adherence to
those principles which he believes to be right, and for the good of
humanity.  He has long been a resident of this county, and stands high
in the estimation of all who know him.

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