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Francis William Perkins

Francis William Perkins

Male 1840 - 1871  (30 years)

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  • Name Francis William Perkins 
    Birth 25 May 1840  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 21 Aug 1850  Needham, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 10, born MA, living with parents 
    Census Sep 1855  Needham, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    F.W., age 15, born MA, living with father 
    Census 26 Jun 1870  Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 30, born NH, common merchant 
    Death 6 Mar 1871  New Orleans, Orleans, LA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St Mary's Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17034  Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 May 2018 

    Father Henry Griswold Perkins,   b. 14 Feb 1797, Hartland, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1856, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Louisa R Dutton,   b. 1802, Woodstock, Windsor, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853 (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 1821  Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura Simonds,   b. 24 Oct 1842, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1935, Brookline, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 29 Nov 1862  New York, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Henry Grover Perkins,   b. 16 Jul 1865, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1933, Brookline, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     2. Edith T Perkins,   b. 22 Jul 1867, New Orleans, Orleans, LA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1961, Newton, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F6552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2017 

  • Photos
    Francis William Perkins Photo
    Francis William Perkins Photo
    (credit Rick Lawrence of ancestry.com)

    Headstones
    Francis William Perkins Gravestone
    Francis William Perkins Gravestone
    [FRONT] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / F. W. PERKINS
    [BACK] FRANCIS WILLIAM PERKINS / Born in Boston Mass. / 25 May 1841. / Died in New Orleans La. / 6 March 1871.

  • Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com)
      Capt Francis W Perkins, 30, married, a merchant, born Boston MA to Henry G Perkins b. Hartland VT and Lousia R Dutton b. Brighton MA, died on 6 Mar 1871 in New Orleans of Violence.
    • from "The Springfield Republican", 10 Mar 1871
      Capt Francis W. Perkins, who was murdered in New Orleans by a burgler, Monday evening. was formerly a Bostonian and a son of the late Henry G. Perkins. Capt Perkins was a graduate of Dartmouth.
    • from "The New Orleans Times-Democrat", 16 Mar 1871 (newspapers.com)
      An inquest, held in the city of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, on the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sevety-one, before me, P. Creagh, Coroner for the said parish of Orleans, on the view of the dead body of Francis W. Perkins, aged 31 years, nativity Massachusetts, then and thee lying dead at No. 26 Carondelet street. The jurors, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having been duly sworn and charged diligently to inquire, on behalf of the State of Louisiana, how, when and after what the said Francis W. Perkins came to, death and upon their oaths do say - that this day the body of said F.W. Perkins was found dead at the above described place; and after viewing the body of the said F.W. Perkins, and after a disinterment of the body, and a careful postmortem of the body by Drs. Avery, White, Russeli, Berthelot and Hurd, we,t he jurors find that the deceased came to his death from a pistol shot wound, as certified by the surgeons. Three of the jurors are of the opinion that the pistol was in the hands of the deceased, and two of the opinion that the pistol was in the hands of some person unknown to the jury. ... As to the first jury empanelled, three were in favor of the verdict that the deceased was murdered, while two were in favor of declaring it as their opinion that he came to his death by his own hand.