PERKINS, William W.

PERKINS

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 6/2/2021 at 22:01:05

William W. Perkins
born Jan 6, 1850, Ohio

W. W. PERKINS, one of the prominent and well-known citizens of Ida County, Iowa, resides on a farm of 160 acres near Holstein. A brief sketch of Mr. Perkins' life is as follows: W. W. Perkins was born in Belmont County, Ohio, January 6, 1850, son of Pemphrey Perkins, a native of Ohio, and a grandson of E. Perkins, who was born in Pennsylvania and who settled in Belmont County, Ohio, when a boy. Pemphrey Perkins married Permelia Groves, also a native of Belmont County. Ohio, and they had three children, namely: W. W.;
Hannah, who lives in Ohio; and James, on the old homestead. The father was a farmer, a Republican, and a member of the Christian Church.
The subject of our sketch was reared on his father's farm. Although quite young at the time of Morgan's raid in Ohio, he took part in the pursuit after that noted leader. At the age of seventeen we find him at work in Noble County, Ohio. at $9 per month. From there he went to Henry County, Illinois, where his wages were increased to $20 per month. He afterward resided near Clarence, Cedar County, Iowa, and in 1886 came from that place to his present locality. He bought and improved a farm and sold it at a good profit. Now he owns 160 acres of fine land in section 15, Logan Township, which he has improved and has under a high state of cultivation, devoting it to general farming, stock raising and feeding. Mr. Perkins married a Miss Dodson, a native of Warren County, Illinois, and a daughter of B. S. and Cynthia (Thresher) Dodson. Her mother is deceased and her father is now a resident of Cedar County. Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have three children: Eva Pearl, Earnest Clifford, and Erven. Mr. Perkins is an active worker in the ranks of the Republican Party. He takes a deep interest in educational affairs and has served as President of the School Board. In the prime of life, of a jovial nature, frank and cordial with all, he is one of the most popular men in Logan Township.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.234