OHN E. PERISHO is the owner of a fine
farm containing 160 acres, located on section
1, Seven Hickory Township, where he is
chiefly engaged in stock-growing. He was
born Feb. 20, 1850, in Edgar County, Ill., and is the
son of Isaac and Rosana (O’Hair) Perisho. Isaac
Perisho was born May 2, 1818, in Washington
County, Ind., and was about eight years of age
when he came with his parents, Joseph and Barbara
(Zink) Perisho, to Edgar County, Ill. The former
was a native of North Carolina, and the latter of
Kentucky. Their family consisted of seven children: Harvey, a resident of Edgar County; Isaac,
a resident of Coles County; Daniel, a resident of
Clark County; Joseph, deceased; Emanuel, a resident of Clark County, Ill.; John and James, residents of Edgar County.
Isaac Perisho resided with his parents until his
marriage with Miss Zimmerly, a native of Edgar
County, which took place when he was eighteen
years of age. Mrs. Perisho died within a few years,
leaving three children, only one of whom is now
living, Jacob, who is married and resides in Edgar
County; he has a family of seven children. Mr.
Perisho was married the second time, to Miss Purlee, a native of Washington County, Ind. Only
one child was born to this marriage, Hiram, who is
now married, and a resident of Edgar County. Mr.
Perisho’s married life was again of short duration,
and after the death of his second wife, he married
Miss Rosana O’Hair. Mrs. Perisho is the daughter
of Michael and Rose (Wells) O’Hair. Her parents
were natives of Kentucky, where their daughter
Rosana was born. Five children were born to this
marriage: Emily J., the wife of O. C. Bower, a resident of Morgan Township, is the mother of one son, Arthur E.; Ella died at the age of fifteen;
John K. is the subject of this sketch; Mary E., the
wife of G. O. Davis, a resident of Charleston, Ill.,
has a family of three daughters Minnie, Lulu and
Pearl; Rosana C., the wife of A. J. Newman, resides in Seven Hickory Township, and has a family of three children Olive P., George M. and Ruby R.
September 24, 1874, our subject married Miss
Aurelia Alice Miller. Mrs. Perisho is the daughter
of Samuel F. and Bethany J. (Jean) Miller, and
was born Feb. 7, 1852, in Jefferson County, Ky.
Her paternal grandfather, Michael Miller, was a native of Pennsylvania, but removed from that State
at an early day and settled in Kentucky, where he
died at the advanced age of ninety-one years. He
was twice married, and Samuel Miller, the father
of Mrs. Perisho, was a son of the second wife.
There were five children born to the second marriage—Elizabeth, Susan, Samuel, William and
Amanda. Samuel Miller’s marriage took place March
13, 1836, and his family consisted of twelve children: Mary E., died in childhood; Catherine M. is
the wife of James W. Mulliken, a native of Indiana; they live in Arcola, Douglas Co., Ill., and
have a family of eight children—Edgar, Lola, Ira,
Lorena, Gertie, Myrtle, Ruth and Pearl. John S.
is married and lives in Hoopeston, Ill.; he is the
father of one child—Cora. Jane C. is the wife of
E. L. Frazier, a native of Indiana, and they have
four children—Bertha C., Otis O., Maud M. and
Bessie B; William A. died when a young man;
Robert E. died in childhood; Maynard P. is married and resides at Hoopeston; he is the father of
two sons—J. S. and Walter. Aurelia A. is the wife
of our subject; Michael is married and lives in
Charleston; he has a family of three children—Frederick, Charles and Grace. Ara and Ira are
twins; the former married Miss Lottie Long, and
lives in Charleston, they have one child—Ethel;
the latter died in infancy. Oscar is single and resides in Champaign, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Perisho have resided in this neighborhood for many years. They passed one year
in Arcola, and the following year in Charleston,
where Mr. Perisho opened a meat-market. In 1875
they built their present residence, and have since
made their home here. Mr. Perisho is chiefly engaged in stock-raising. His farm is well improved,
and supplied with about 1,000 rods of tiling, all
of which is on sections 1 and 12. Mr. and Mrs.
Perisho have only one child, a daughter, Edith E.,
born Nov. 4, 1875.
With his wife, Mr. Perisho is a member of the
Christian Church, at Rural Retreat. Mrs. Perisho
became a member of the church in Seven Hickory
Township at the age of eighteen, and her husband
at the age of twenty-two. In politics Mr. Perisho
is a Democrat.
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