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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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