Perkins, Solomon

PERKINS

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 17:03:00

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.730

PERKINS, SOLOMON, farmer, Greenfield Township, Sec. 7, P. O. Norwalk; born in Kentucky February 1, 1801, and when he was yet a small boy his parents emigrated to Illinois, where he remained till he came to this State, and first settled at Burlington, where he lived for a number of years; he crossed on the first ferry boat that ever crossed at that place, and was one of the first two sheriffs the State ever had; he came to this county in November, 1853, and settled at Greenbush; he was married in the State of Illinois, in 1820, to Miss Mary Ogle, a native of Virginia, whose parents came to Illinois in an early day; they have a family of twelve children living; six sons and six daughters: Isaac O., E. M., B. O., I. R., E. M., Joel, Solomon, Jr., Rachel, Anna M., Isabella, Elizabeth, and Mary, and one deceased.