Henry and Mary (Long) Perkey, are natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. The former was born April 17, 1805, and when about fourteen years old accompanied the other members of his father’s family to Perry County, Ohio. There they resided until 1821, then removed to Fairfield County where in 1826 he took to himself a wife. Three years later Mr. and Mrs. Perkey settled in Seneca County on eighty acres of land bought from the Government. This was improved and was their home until the fall of 1850, when they came to Eaton County with their family and established themselves in Eaton Township. Here they continued to reside until 1876 when they moved into Charlotte. There Mr. Perkey died March 18, 1889, and his widow still lives, she being now more than four-score and ten years old.
Henry Perkey was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for nearly fifteen years and served in a similar capacity in this State. Here he was also Township Treasurer and Supervisor. His political sympathy was with the Democracy and his religious faith that of the Baptist Church. He is gratefully remembered as one of the early pioneers of the township and one who was in favor of public improvements. To him and his wife eight children came, of whom seven survive, namely: Joseph, Mrs. Mary A. Bretz, Henry, Mrs. Sophia Turner, Samuel, Alfred and Mrs. Maria Perkins. Samuel is a practicing physician in Chicago; Henry lives in Eaton Township, and the others, except our subject, in Charlotte.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich; Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1891, pp 248-249.
Henry Perkey was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for nearly fifteen years and served in a similar capacity in this State. Here he was also Township Treasurer and Supervisor. His political sympathy was with the Democracy and his religious faith that of the Baptist Church. He is gratefully remembered as one of the early pioneers of the township and one who was in favor of public improvements. To him and his wife eight children came, of whom seven survive, namely: Joseph, Mrs. Mary A. Bretz, Henry, Mrs. Sophia Turner, Samuel, Alfred and Mrs. Maria Perkins. Samuel is a practicing physician in Chicago; Henry lives in Eaton Township, and the others, except our subject, in Charlotte.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich; Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1891, pp 248-249.
Henry and Mary (Long) Perkey, are natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. The former was born April 17, 1805, and when about fourteen years old accompanied the other members of his father’s family to Perry County, Ohio. There they resided until 1821, then removed to Fairfield County where in 1826 he took to himself a wife. Three years later Mr. and Mrs. Perkey settled in Seneca County on eighty acres of land bought from the Government. This was improved and was their home until the fall of 1850, when they came to Eaton County with their family and established themselves in Eaton Township. Here they continued to reside until 1876 when they moved into Charlotte. There Mr. Perkey died March 18, 1889, and his widow still lives, she being now more than four-score and ten years old.
Henry Perkey was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for nearly fifteen years and served in a similar capacity in this State. Here he was also Township Treasurer and Supervisor. His political sympathy was with the Democracy and his religious faith that of the Baptist Church. He is gratefully remembered as one of the early pioneers of the township and one who was in favor of public improvements. To him and his wife eight children came, of whom seven survive, namely: Joseph, Mrs. Mary A. Bretz, Henry, Mrs. Sophia Turner, Samuel, Alfred and Mrs. Maria Perkins. Samuel is a practicing physician in Chicago; Henry lives in Eaton Township, and the others, except our subject, in Charlotte.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich; Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1891, pp 248-249.
Henry Perkey was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for nearly fifteen years and served in a similar capacity in this State. Here he was also Township Treasurer and Supervisor. His political sympathy was with the Democracy and his religious faith that of the Baptist Church. He is gratefully remembered as one of the early pioneers of the township and one who was in favor of public improvements. To him and his wife eight children came, of whom seven survive, namely: Joseph, Mrs. Mary A. Bretz, Henry, Mrs. Sophia Turner, Samuel, Alfred and Mrs. Maria Perkins. Samuel is a practicing physician in Chicago; Henry lives in Eaton Township, and the others, except our subject, in Charlotte.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich; Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1891, pp 248-249.
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