Clarence Edgar Perkins

1895 - 1951  (56 years)

• Name	Clarence Edgar Perkins
  Birth	31 Jul 1895	Surry, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Jun 1900	Surry, Cheshire, NH
  	age 4, born Jul 1895 in NH, living with parents
  Census	14 May 1910	Surry, Cheshire, NH
  	age 14, born NH, living with mother
  WW1 Reg Card	5 Jun 1917	Surry, Cheshire, NH
  	age 21, born 31 Jul 1895 in Surry NH, single, self-employed farmer
  Census	15 Jan 1920	Surry, Cheshire, NH
  	age 24, born NH, wood chopper for general work, living with mother
  Census	15 Apr 1930	Springfield, Windsor, VT
  	age 34, born NH, single lodger, laborer at odd jobs, parents born NH/NH
  Census	12 Apr 1940	Springfield, Windsor, VT
  	age 45, born Surry, H4 ed, single hired man, residing in same place in 1935, farm labor at house of Earl Aldrich
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Springfield, Windsor, VT
  	age 47, born 30 Jul 1895 in Surry NH, employed by Earl Aldrich of Springfield
  Death	18 Dec 1951	Springfield, Windsor, VT
  Person ID	I21069	Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Wallace Perkins,   b. 12 Jul 1863, Surry, Cheshire, NH d. 26 Sep 1907, Surry, Cheshire, NH (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Adelaide A Olmstead,   b. Aug 1865, Salisbury, Litchfield, CT d. 24 May 1945, Manhattan, New York, NY (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	27 Feb 1895	Surry, Cheshire, NH
  Notes	from "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947" (ancestry.com) On 27 Feb 1895 in Surry NH, Charles W Perkins, 29, a painter, residing Surry, born Surry to Charles H Perkins & Lucy A Dunell, married Adelade A Olmstead, 29, residing Surry, born Salisbury CT to Chalres C Olmstead. 1st marriage for both.
  Family ID	F8268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008" (ancestry.com) Clarence Perkins, a farmer, never married, residing Springfield, Windsor, VT for 25 yrs, born 31 Jul 1895 in Surry NH to C Wallace Perkins & Adelaide Omsted, died 18 Dec 1951 in Springfield, Windsor, VT of a self-inflicted gun shot wound in head. from "The Burlington Free Press", 20 Dec 1951 (newspapers.com) SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 19 - A hired man, Clarence Perkins, 55, was found dead yesterday of gunshot wounds in the barnyard of the farm where he had been employed for 14 years. Perkins was found lying in the yard of the Earl Aldrich farm n the Fairground road about 4:20 p.m. He was last seen by members of the Aldrich family when he was shoveling snow about 11 a.m. Police Chief Sherman A. Martin indicated no foul play was involved. A shotgun and a wood lathe were found near the body. Perkins was pronounced dead by Dr. Lyle W. Jacobs, Springfield health officer, who gave permission to remove the body. He attributed death to gunshot wounds. The body was discovered by Aldrich, who notified police. Martin said it was learned Perkins had been feeling despondent about a trip he was scheduled to take to the Veterans' Hospital at White River Junction.