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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers
Lakeside Building
1883
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Casey Twp. -
FRANK PERKINS, farmer, P. O. Casey,
was born Dec. 18, 1841, in Madison County, Ind. He is
the third son and eighth child of his parents, George
Perkins and Aggie Allen. George Perkins,
the father of Frank, is a Virginian by birth, and
subsequently settled in Madison County, Ind., where the
family lived until their removal to this county in 1865.
Frank was early in life inured to farm labor, and
continued with his parents until his majority, and shortly
after started out upon life's journey for himself.
Dec. 31, 1863, he formed a matrimonial alliance with
Nancy Stinson, a native of Madison County, Ind.
After his marriage, he located on a portion of his
father's land and engaged in farming until January, 1865,
when he came with his parents to this township. He has
100 acres of land, 80 of prairie and the remainder timber.
His farming land lies on the south half of Section 9.
He has no children. Has one adopted son named
Rudolph Stinson, a relative of his wife.
Source: History of Crawford & Clark Cos., Illinois -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical
Publishers, Lakeside Building - 1883 ~ Page 96 |
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