Perry, Thomas Russell 1826 -1914

PERRY, COUCH, RUTHERFORD

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/1/2017 at 15:35:33

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer September 25, 1914, FP, C5

The Honorable Thomas Russell Perry was born at Glenwild, Sullivan county, New York State, on December 30th, 1826, of Quaker parents. He attended a school that was under Quaker supervision in Chester county, Pennsylvania. He taught school for a period of time at Rocky Forest, New York, before entering Courtland academy at Homer, preparatory to the study of law at college at Schnectady.
On March 15th, 1850, be sailed for California and landed on the Isthmus of Panama at the mouth of the Shagres River where, with his party, he took small boats as far as navigable. He then went overland a distance of 80 miles and camped for sometime at a point now on the Panama Canal. At one time on this trip the party was lost for several days.
They took a bailing vessel on the Pacific and after 81 days, 79 of them never seeing land, they landed at San Francisco.
He engaged in farming and mining about Sacramento for a period of three years and returned to New York State in 1853. In 1851 he was united in marriage to Eunice Couch and the following year they came to make their home in Iowa and took up a claim in Howard Center township, where they lived for several years.

There was born to this union three children, one died in infancy and the others, a son and daughter survive him, the son living on the old home farm and the daughter, Mrs. Elsie Rutherford living in Cresco. . .

The funeral took place from the home of Mrs. Rutherford on the afternoon of Sept. 21, Dr. D. T. Robertson his pastor conducting the service and laying the body to rest at Oaklawn Cemetery.

Oak Lawn Cemetery
 

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