Elijah Perkins b. 1810 NH. Lived in Iowa
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SOURCE: The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879
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Perkins, Elijah, Lincoln twp., farmer, Sec. 14; P.O.
Winterset; born in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, May 30,
1810; he emigrated to Ohio when a young man, and was
engaged in teaching school for several years; he came to
this State (Iowa) in 1848,and to this county in 1849, and
settled on the land where he now resides, and made the
greater part of the improvements; he owns 207 acres of
land, on which he has a valuable sugar maple grove,
affording all the sugar and syrup they wish for home use;
he married Miss Julia A. Ansley in February, 1850; she was
born in Pennsylvania, and died in December, 1867; he
afterward married Mary A. Lukecart in 1869; she was born
in Illinois; has one son by first marriage: Wesley J. C.;
lost one daughter: Clara J., aged twelve years.
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I am not researching this family, I have no further information.
Denise Perkins Ready
(Transcriber)