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Joseph Jewett Perkins

Male 1841 - 1916  (74 years)


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  • Name Joseph Jewett Perkins 
    Birth 25 May 1841  Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 18 Oct 1850  Odgen, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Joseph, age 9, born NY, living with parents 
    Census 26 Jun 1855  Odgen, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jewett, age 14, born Monroe Co, living with parents 
    Census 5 Jun 1860  Danville, Hendricks, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jewett, age 19, born NY, clerk, living with parents 
    Census 24 Aug 1870  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jewet, age 29, born NY, fish & oyster dealer 
    Residence 1873  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Perkins Jewett J. (Perkins & Palmer), house 42 Sophia 
    Census 3 Jun 1875  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jewett, age 34, born Monroe Co, works at fish market 
    Census 5 Jun 1880  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 39, born NY, clear in Com House, parents born VT/VT 
    Residence 1881/1893  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    J Jewett, tobacco agt, h 113 Laurel 
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 59, born May 1841 in NY, widowed, retired, parents born VT/VT, living with daughter Louise's family 
    Census 21 Apr 1910  Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    J. Jewett, age 68, born NY, widowed lodger, clerk at plumbing office, parents born VT/VT 
    Death 22 Jan 1916  Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11812  Family Tree
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2019 

    Father Julius Augustus Perkins,   b. 5 Feb 1799, Hartland, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1862, Danville, Hendricks, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Minerva Mercy Williamson,   b. 3 Jan 1791, Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1878, Danville, Hendricks, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 6 Feb 1821  Hartland, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ellen C,   b. 1844, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1874, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Louise Kate Perkins,   b. 13 Oct 1864, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1940, Manteno, Kankakee, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F4946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2016 

    Family 2 Libbie,   b. 1854, Jefferson Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Frank Hall Perkins,   b. 7 Feb 1874, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. May Perkins,   b. 1878, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John J Perkins,   b. Jan 1880, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1886, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 6 years)
    Family ID F4949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2019 

  • Headstones
    Jewett Perkins Gravestone
    Jewett Perkins Gravestone
    MUSN / JEWETT PERKINS / BAND / 11 IND. INF.
    [located in Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI]

  • Notes 
    • from "The Leavenworth Kansas Post", 25 Jan 1916 (newspapers.com)
      Captain H.C. Perkins, former county engineer, received word yesterday from Milwaukee, Wis., notifying him of the death of his brother, Jewett Perkins at that place yesterday morning. The body was removed to Detroit for burial. Capt. Perkins did not leave here to attend the funeral, due to his advanced age.
    • from "The Saginaw News", 24 Jan 1916 (genealogybank.com)
      BROTHER OF SAGINAW MAN IS DEAD AT HOME IN MILWAUKEE
      J. Jewett Perkins, 74 Years Old, Visited Relative in This City Last Fall
      Edward A. Perkins, 2117 North Michigan avenue, received a telegram Sunday announcing the death at Milwaukee of his brother, J. Jewett Perkins. The body will be taken to Detroit for burial, Mrs. J.J. Perkins being buried there. Deceased visited here with his brother, Edward, last fall, and his daughter, Mrs. May McGibney, came from New York to be of the party. From Saginaw Mr. Perkins went to Philadelphia to visit his son, Frank, and then Chicago, where he stayed a while with another daughter, Mrs. E.E. Baldwin. He went home to Milwaukee, and after a brief illness died. The Chicago daughter will bring the body to Detroit, where the funeral will take place Wednesday. J. Jewett Perkins was the youngest of four brothers, and was 74 years of age. He was a civil war veteran. Three brothers survive, being Henry C. Perkins, city engineer at Leavenworth, Kas.; Samuel R. Perkins, living in Oklahoma, and Edward A. Perkins of Saginaw.