HENRY J. PERRY, Sec. 3; P. O. Platteville; was born September, 1834, in Carnarvonshire, Wales, where his father, John Perry, died two years later; the mother and eight children came to America in 1846, and located in Oneida Co., N. Y.; H. J. Perry spent several years in New York City; then, going to Princeton, N. J., he married Maggie Blair, and after a residence of ten years there went to Pennsylvania, where he spent a year; in 1866, he came to Platteville and bought his present farm; he now owns eighty-five acres in the homestead, and eighty in Lima; has no children; member of the Baptist Church; the mother of Mr. Perry is one of the oldest persons now living in Grant Co.; she is in her 89th year and, though helpless, has a clear mind.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.