James Goodwin Perkins Biography from History of Rockingham County, NH From: Ranee Egee - raneeegee@hotmail.com Surname: PERKINS Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 925 JAMES GOODWIN PERKINS, general farmer and dairyman of the town of Rye, was born in this town September 24, 1876, a son of James Henry and Mary Charlotte (Goodwin) Perkins. His parents reside in Rye, the father being an apple merchant, doing business largely in Boston. Their children were: Ada, who died in her twelfth year; James, the subject of this sketch, and Christina, wife of Fred L. Dow; Josephine and Elizabeth, twin sisters, both of whom are married. Jose- phine is the wife of William Parker Straw, and her children are Ezekiel Albert, Mary Parker and Josephine. Elizabeth is the wife of Joseph P. Connor and has three children, Elizabeth, Geraldine and Joseph P., Jr. James G. Perkins began his education in the common schools of Rye, N. H., afterwards attending school at South Berwick, Me., and still later taking a commercial course in Boston. He has since devoted his attention to farming and dairying, renting the home farm, which con- tains 100 acres, from his father. He was married February 11, 1911, to Agnes Emerson, who was born in Bradford, Me., a daughter of Dr. Frederick and Mary (Duff) Emerson. Her father died in 1904, her mother being now a resident of Portland, Me. Their children were Agnes, Theodora and John C. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have one son, James Abram. Mr. Perkins and family attend the Congregational church. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics. ************************************************************************ * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.