Charlotte Newton Perham (1818-1909)

NEWTON, PERHAM, CRAVENS, FOSTER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/9/2010 at 15:44:23

Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, April 8, 1909

DEATH OF MRS. PERHAM

Another pioneer passes away in her 91st year in this city on April 1st, 1909

Mrs. Charlotte Newton Perham died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. T. Cravens, on East Pleasant street, this city, Thursday, 6 o’clock p.m., April 1, 1909, in her 91st year. She was one among Maquoketa’s oldest pioneers, a lady of culture, highly esteemed for her friendly qualities and refinement.

Charlotte Newton was born in Hamburg, Erie County, New York, June 7, 1818; she was married to Russell Perham December 27, 1843. In the spring of 1849, they came to Iowa and located on government land, five miles south of Maquoketa, where they remained until 1858, when they came to Maquoketa, where she has since resided. Mr. Perham died in 1883. Had the deceased lived until April 5th she would have resided continuously for fifty years in the house in which she died.

Surviving are her three children-George B., and Arch N. Perham of Chicago, Mrs. D. T. Cravens of this city and two brothers residing in Hamburg, New York. She was a woman possessing a high standard of intelligence, a remarkable memory, coupled with the descriptive faculties, all of which she retained to the last.

Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. A. T. Foster officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Hope Cemetery beside the grave of her husband and a son Julius, who died in early manhood.

Charlotte Newton Perham Grave
 

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