BIOGRAPHY

SAMUEL F. PERKINS - OF BATAVIA, NY

Perkins, Samuel F., was born in Fairport, NY, October 25, 1833, a son of Asa and Martha (Esten) Perkins. His father lived to a ripe old age, dying in his ninety-fourth year. Samuel F. received a common school education, and early in life entered the employ of the New York Central RailRoad; he is well known as a locomotive engineer, one of the oldest in Western New York; his service as an engineer covers a period of about forty years, which fact alone is substantial evidence of his ability, carefulness and fidelity; for more than a quarter of a century he has drawn the passenger train between Batavia and Canandaigua, and not only stands high in the estimation of his employers, but has attained a foremost place as a citizen of Batavia. In 1838 he was married to Margaret, daughter of Jeremiah Foland; they are the parents of four children-Edward, Mary E., Cora A. and Grace M. Mr. Perkins is a Methodist.

Source:
Our County and it's people
A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890