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- from "The Utica Herald-Dispatch", 2 Oct 1911 (fultonhistory.com)
Miss Alice Perkins, daughter of the late David Perkins, died in this city Friday. She was born in Utica where practically her whole life was spent, although her residence was in the town of New Hartford, where the family had moved about seventeen years ago. She was educated in the public schools, a graduate of the Utica Free Academy and finished her education at the Utica Female Seminary. Her father, David Perkins, was an alderman in 1852 and was twice city clerk of Utica, NY, first when the late roscoe Conkling was Mayor and later during the mayoralty of the late Theodore S. Faxton. He was also secretary of the Utica Mechanics Association. Until her illness prevented, Miss Perkins was a member of Grace Church and attended regularly. Previously she has been a member of Trinity Church and for a number of years taught a class in that Sunday school. She had been also a teacher in the public schools of Utica for several years. Her many friends will sincerely regret her death. She leaves her mother, Althea Perkins, a sister, Helen L. Perkins and one brother, D. W. Perkins.
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