Charles Dunham Perkins

1813 - 1890  (76 years)

• Name	Charles Dunham Perkins
  Birth	23 Mar 1813	South Woodstock, Windsor, VT
  Gender	Male
  Census	27 Aug 1850	Woodstock, Windsor, VT ; age 36, born VT, farmer, father next door
  Census	26 Jun 1860	Woodstock, Windsor, VT ; age 47, born VT, farmer, living with family in house of father
  Census	30 Jul 1870	Woodstock, Windsor, VT ; age 57, born VT, farmer
  Census	12 Jun 1880	Woodstock, Windsor, VT ; age 67, born VT, farmer, parents born CT/CT
  Death	4 Feb 1890	Clarendon, Rutland, VT
  Person ID	I16902	Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Gaius Perkins,   b. 9 Sep 1778, Lyme, New London, CT d. 3 Mar 1870, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Eunice Field,   b. 1781, New Hampshire d. 25 Jun 1858, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F3127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Marietta Benjamin,   b. 1 May 1815, Vermont d. 1 Mar 1874 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1834
  Children	1. Ellen Perkins,   b. 9 Sep 1835, Woodstock, Windsor, VT d. 18 Jan 1904, Woodstock, Windsor, VT (Age 68 years) 2. Marietta Perkins,   b. 1843, Vermont
  Family ID	F6499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Louisa Johnson,   b. 28 Apr 1835, Vermont
  Family ID	F6501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908" (ancestry.com) Charles Durham Perkins, age 76y 10m 11d, a trader, born So. Woodstock VT to Gaines Perkins and Eunice Fields, died 4 Feb 1890 in Clarendon VT of inflammation of the brain. [calculated birth day is 24 Mar 1813] from "The Sterling Genealogy" by Albert Mack Sterling, 1909 CHARLES DUNHAM PERKINS (brother of the above), b. in South Woodstock, Mar. 23, 1813; m. 1st, Dec. 9, 1834, Marietta Benjamin, b. May 1, 1815, dau. of Samuel and Beulah (Fullerton) Benjamin, who d. Mar. 1, 1874; m. 2d, Louisa Johnson, b. Apr. 28, 1835, dau. of Daniel and Julia (Colburn) Johnson of South Woodstock. Mr. Perkins was for many years a tanner and currier until he became interested in farming and in the production of maple sugar. In 1882 he removed to North Clarendon, Vt. from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" Charles Dunham (Gaius, William, Abraham, Abraham, Isaac, John, John) was born in South Woodstock, Vt., March 23, 1813. He married, first. Marietta Benjamin, Dec. 9, 1834. She was the daughter of Samuel and Beulah (Fullerton) Benjamin, and was born May 1, 1815. She died March 1, 1874, aged 59 years, 10 months, 2 days. He married, second, Louisa Johnson, of South Woodstock. She was the daughter of Daniel and Julia (Colburn) Johnson, of Shrewsbury, Vt., born April 28, 1835. He was for many years a tanner and currier, which business he learned from his father, and after retiring from this, he devoted his time to farming and the production of maple sugar. Of late he has turned his attention to the manufacture of butter and other dairy products. In 1882, he removed to North Clarendon, Vt., where he has increased his facilities for the production of butter and cheese. He has been a liberal patron of the academy in South Woodstock, which bears his father's name.