O. F. Perkins

PERKINS

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 1/15/2006 at 15:08:37

O. F. Perkins has been engaged in the hardware business in Kensett since 1880. He is a native of New York, born Feb. 15, 1840. His parents moved to a farm near Madison, Wis., in 1852, where they remained four years. They came to Hartland township, Worth county, in June, 1856. He enlisted in company F, 4th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, serving two years and six months. He then veteranized, was promoted to corporal Dec. 1, 1864, served till the close of the war, and was mustered out at St. Paul. He was with the 15th Army Corps, and participated in the battles of luka, second battle of Corinth, Miss., Champion Hill, Jackson, Miss., the siege of Vicksburg, Benton Cross Roads, of Savannah, and the surrender of Gen. Jackson, at Galesburg, N. C. Was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He then went to Washington, thence to Louisville, Ky., and from there to St. Paul, Minn. He then came to Iowa, purchased 160 acres on section 25, upon which he lived six years. He then removed to Kensett, and embarked in his present business, in which he is successful, his trade being steadily on the increase. He married Martha J. Remore, Feb. 2, 1867. She is a native of New York, born Feb. 2, 1852. They have one child—Gracie, born March 23, 1878. He is a member of the G. A. R., Post Randall, North wood.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 785.