Edward William Perkins

1872 - 1902  (30 years)

• Name	Edward William Perkins
  Birth	22 Jan 1872	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
  Gender	Male
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Albany, Albany, NY ; age 7, born MI, living with parents
  Military Service	12 Aug 1898	New York ; 2nd Lt of 8th Infantry Co A, 1st Lt on 14 Aug 1899, retired 29 Jan 1901
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Cuba ; age 28, born Jan 1872 in MI, single, 1st lieutenant, residing New York NY, parents born MI/MI
  Death	6 May 1902	East Orange, Essex, NJ
  Burial		Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY
  Person ID	I16922	Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Frederick Barker Perkins,   b. 13 Jun 1843, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 2 Apr 1890, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Agnes Jane Wishart,   b. 1850, Tecumsec, Lenawee, MI d. 30 Dec 1908, Atlanta, Fulton, GA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1867	Tecumseh, Lenawee, MI
  Notes	from "Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952" (ancestry.com) On 13 Nov 1867 in Tecumseh MI, Frederick B Perkins, 24, works in Leather store residing Grand Rapids, born Grand Rapids, married Agnes Jane Wishart, residing Tecumseh, born Tecumseh.
  Family ID	F6503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "Menands, New York, Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011" Edward W Perkins, 29, born Grand Rapids MI, died on 6 May 1902 in East Orange NJ of a gunshot wound in the head. Interred at Agnes Leland lot 334, section 26. from "The New York Evening World", 7 May 1902 (newspapers.com) ORANGE MAN ENDS LIFE Edwin W. Perkins, thirty years old, committed suicide at his home, No. 91 Chestnut street, East Orange, N.J. by shooting himself in the head. No cause is known for the act.