WILLIAM PERKINS.

William Perkins settled near Edna Grove in the summer of 1858, and James and M. M. Edwards located in the township in the following year, but none of them remained long.

From "Compendium and History of Cass County, Iowa." Chicago: Henry and Taylor & Co., 1906, pg. 120.

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William Perkins, hunter, backwoodsman and irregular farmer, came from Ohio in 1858 and located at Edna Grove, but in the spring of the following year settled at Newlon's Grove. He never attained prominence, and died and was buried in Union township. After his death his family removed.

From "Compendium and History of Cass County, Iowa." Chicago: Henry and Taylor & Co., 1906, pp. 137.