Joseph Jewett Perkins

1841 - 1916  (74 years)

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

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

• Headstones

  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.