Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Henry C. Perdue (b. 1835)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p.636



HENRY C. PERDUE

Henry C. Perdue was born in Buckingham county, Virginia, October 12, 1835, and is the
son of Josiah and Virginia Perdue, natives of the same state. The family emigrated to
Missouri in the year 1845, and settled on a farm in Ray county. His father died in 1859,
and our subject, in consequence, received only limited advantages for acquiring an
education. Mr. Perdue was married on the 1st day of June, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Ballard,
daughter of W. H. and Jane Ballard, natives of Albemarle county, Virginia. Five children,
now living, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Perdue. Their names, with dates of birth, are the
following: Henry D., born March 3, 1863; Minnie, born February 27, 1865; Mary E., born
December 12, 1868; Emmett, born August 3, 1873; Melvin, born July 28, 1877. Mrs. Perdue
died April 26, 1879. She was a very estimable lady, greatly beloved by her friends, and
her death was deeply mourned by her bereaved husband and family. Prior to the year 1861,
Mr. Perdue was engaged almost exclusively in farming. At the commencement of war between
the states, he joined his fortunes with the cause of the south, and enlisted in
company A, commanded by Captain (afterward Lieutenant-Colonel) Reeves. He participated
in the battles of Carthage and Wilson’s Creek, besides other skirmishes. At the last
named fight he received a wound, which disabled him, and he was absent in consequence,
from the command until Christmas, following the date of the battle. He was discharged at
Springfield, Missouri, in January, 1862, and returned home to this county, where he was
soon after taken by the Federal authorities, and thrown into prison at Lexington, from
which he was subsequently paroled. Mr. Perdue is now engaged in business in company with
Mr. M. S. Laforgee, at Orrick, in this county, under the firm name of Perdue & Laforgee,
druggists.







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