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Abraham Ely Perkins

Male 1816 - 1892  (75 years)


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  • Name Abraham Ely Perkins 
    Birth 18 Dec 1816  Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 5 Sep 1850  Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abraham, age 33, born CT, farmer 
    Census 13 Jun 1860  Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abram, age 41, born CT, farmer 
    Census 16 Jul 1870  Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abram, age 53, born CT, farmer 
    Census 12 Jun 1880  Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Abram, age 62, farmer, parents born CT/MA 
    Death 22 Jul 1892  Waukesha Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10385  Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2019 

    Father Abraham Ely Perkins,   b. 24 Jul 1782, Lyme, New London, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1855, Waukesha Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Baker 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1814 
    Family ID F3616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah E Hadley,   b. 1818, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1897, Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1845  Churchville, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Louise Perkins,   b. 1 Jan 1845, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1880, Burlington, Racine, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    +2. Charles A Perkins,   b. 12 Jun 1851, Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1916, Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     3. Alberta Grace Perkins,   b. 17 Mar 1858, Mukwonago, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1948, Racine Co, WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F4288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2019 

  • Headstones
    Charles & Julia Perkins Family Gravestone
    Charles & Julia Perkins Family Gravestone
    Plot: Sec C Blk 6 Lot 2 Sp 3
    Abram & Hannah Perkins Inscription
    Abram & Hannah Perkins Inscription
    ABRAM E. PERKINS / 1816, 1892.
    HANNAH E. HADLEY, / WIFE OF / ABRAM E. PERKINS, / 1818, 1897.

  • Notes 
    • from "The Milwaukee Journal", 22 Jul 1892 (genealogybank.com)
      Waukesha, Wis., July 22. - Abram E. Perkins, of Mukwonago died this morning. He was one of the best-known citizens in this county, having lived in Mukwonago, near which place he owned 1200 acres of land, for over 45 years. The funeral will take place on Monday.
    • from "History of Waukesha County" 1880
      A. E. Perkins, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Mukwonago; born in the town of Lyme, New London Co., Conn., Dec. 16, 1816; was a native of the same town, and a schoolmate of Morrison R. Waite, now Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court; leaving his native State at 18, Mr. Perkins located on Cape Cod, Mass., his mother's birthplace; spent six years here, part of the time as master of an ocean schooner, and part as a teacher; removed in 1840 to Monroe Co., N. Y., and engaged in farming with his father; in 1846, he came to Mukwonago and bought 146 acres of his present estate, at $10 per acre, settled here with his family in the spring of 1847; to sum up his work during these 33 years, we may state that his estate now comprises over 1,200 acres of as good land as Wisconsin affords, lying in a body, though it is in three counties, and four towns; on this he has expended about $10,000 for buildings, his spacious and elegant residence alone costing nearly $6,000; Mr. Perkins carries on about 560 acres, the remainder being managed by his son and son-in-law; married in Churchville, Monroe Co., N. Y., 1845, Miss Hannah E. Hadley, a native and resident of that town; her parents being New Hampshire people; Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have three children, N. Louisa, Charles A. and Grace; the elder daughter married Joseph Pratt, of Perry, N. Y., who occupies part of the farm; the son married Miss Julia, daughter of O. B. Dickinson, of Mukwonago; Grace is now pursuing her musical studies in the Conservatory of Music, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. P. have, for 33 years past, been members of the Congregational Church, and were leading spirits in building and supporting the Mukwonago Church; he is a Republican, and was Chairman of the town three successive years; the family dates back about 150 years in America, a grandfather of Mr. Perkins being one of Connecticut's patriots in the Revolution; about 1850 Mr. P. bought a flock of merino ewes of Elam Beardsley, of Racine Co., one of Wisconsin's pioneer stock-men, and during the next ten years, improved his stock of sheep by purchasing and judicious breeding, paying as high as $130 for a single animal; in 1861 he went into partnership with E. S. Lake, of Saxton's River, Vt., they shipping from that State the same year a flock of 20 selected rams; the next year they invested about $4,000 in 60 rams and 15 ewes, which were placed on Mr. P's farm and rented out during the next eight years; this was the operation which gave an impetus to the now immense wool-growing interest of this section; the next importation was from the splendid flock of George Campbell, of Westminster, West Vt.; these 16 sheep were used by Mr. Perkins until 1878, when he bought a prize ram bred from Stickney's ram Centennial, which animal was awarded the $400 prize offered by Pennsylvania at the Exposition of 1876; Mr. P. usually has about 500 pure-bred sheep on his farm, and says that to his success in this business he owes most of his prosperity; illustrative of the growth of the fine-wool sheep industry, he says farmers in his vicinity, prior to his introduction of improved stock, considered four pounds a good fleece, while they are now barely satisfied with seven.