Peron, William (1843-1912)

PERON, FRANKLIN, GREEN, HARRISON, MCKIBBON, THOMPSON, BAILY

Posted By: Linda Linn (email)
Date: 3/4/2011 at 13:13:15

NOTE: Mr. Peron is listed as a Civil War veteran buried in Plymouth County, but there is no mention of this in the obituary and no record was found. If you have any information, please contaat submitter.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
12-24-1912

WILL PERON IS DEAD
FAMILIAR FIGURE HAS PASSED
TO THE BEYOND
WAS 0NE 0F 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 Person 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 twenty, in Lincoln township, where they passed through the vicissitudes concomitant with the 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 of Hinton; Mrs. Hattie McKibbon, Kingsley; Mrs. Alice Thompson, Kingsley; George Peron, Earl Peron, Mrs. Olive Baily, Hinton. There are thirty-nine grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Peron celebrated their golden wedding on November 13, 1911. On June 9, 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 wide acquaintance among older residents. His death breaks another link in the associations formed in the early days when the county was sparsely settled and friendships formed in the school of poverty and hardship were lasting and not often broken.

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