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Edwin R. Perkins
Edwin Perkins was the son of
True and Mary (Chapman) Perkins, was
born in Tamworth, Feb. 20, 1833. His
early youth was passed with his parents
who sought to give him as good educational
advantages as a New England boy could enjoy.
He was sent for a time to Parsonfield
Seminary and later to Phillips Exeter
Academy. He graduated from Ohio State Law
College and was called to the bar in 1863.
He never forgot the religious training in
his childhood. for more than thirty
years he had been an honored member of the
Second Presbyterian Church, and for many
years an elder.
Mr.
Perkins was married to Harriet Pelton,
daughter of Asahel Pelton of La
Grange , New York, and a graduate of
Gennesee Wesleyan Seminary. Their children
were: Mary Witt; Harriet Pelton;
True; and Edwin Ruthven. He
was a large reader and upon several
occasions had shown himself as an forcible
speaker.
*Source: History of
Carroll County New Hampshire 1889|
by Georgia Drew
Merrill
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