LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
December 24, 1912

WILL PERON IS DEAD
FAMILIAR FIGURE HAS PASSED TO THE BEYOND
WAS ONE OF THE EARLY PIONEERS
Came Here in the Seventies and Homesteaded on a Farm in Lincoln Township,
Where He Lived for Over Thirty-five Years

William Peron, one of the picturesque figures of this section and an old
timer in Plymouth and Woodbury counties, passed the portals to the beyond on
Sunday after a long illness. He had been in failing health for some time and
never fully recovered from the shock of his wife's death, which occurred
very suddenly last June. They had spent fifty years of married life together
and bereft of his long time mate, his zest for living was practically gone,
and he was waiting for the summons which would reunite them.

William Peron was a native of New York and was born at Kinderhook on
September 30, 1843. He lived there until eleven years of age, when his
parents moved to Aurora, Ill. In 1858, William Peron came to Manchester,
Iowa, and there he met the young woman who became his wife, being united in
marriage on November 13, 1861, with Mary Jane Franklin, Rev. George
Burroughs, of Glen Haven, performing the ceremony.

Mr. and Mrs. Peron settled in Plymouth county in 1870 and in 1871 lived on a
farm near James. They homesteaded on section 20, in Lincoln township, where
they passed through the vicissitudes concomitant with pioneer days of
northwestern Iowa and by toil and perseverance reaped the reward of faithful
and constant service and about five years ago left the farm in the hands of
the younger generation and retired from active work, taking up their
residence in Hinton to spend the evening of their days in comfort and
pleasant retrospect.

To their union twelve children were born, of whom eight are living. Two
girls and two boys preceded their parents in death. The sons and daughters
are: Mrs. Henrietta Green, of LeMars; Mrs. Ida Harrison, of Bronson; Mrs.
Florence Harrison, Hinton; Mrs. Hattie McKibbin, Kingsley; Mrs. Alice
Thompson, Kingsley; George Peron, Earl Peron, Mrs. Olive Baily, Hinton.
There are thirty-nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mr. and
Mrs. Peron celebrated their golden wedding on November 13, 1911. On June
9th, Mrs. Peron was found dead in her home when her husband and family
returned from church.

William Peron was a familiar figure in LeMars and Sioux City in the early
days and had a wide acquaintance among the older residents. His death breaks
another link in the associations formed in the early days when the country
was sparsely settled and the friendships formed in the school of poverty and
hardship were lasting and not often broken.

The funeral will be held today at the Methodist church in Hinton.





Son of Deidrich Peron and Regina Heinrich. Was married to Mary Jane Franklin on November 13, 1861 in Delaware County, Iowa.