Francis William Perkins

1840 - 1871  (30 years)

• Name	Francis William Perkins
  Birth	25 May 1840	Boston, Suffolk, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	21 Aug 1850	Needham, Norfolk, MA ; age 10, born MA, living with parents
  Census	Sep 1855	Needham, Norfolk, MA ; F.W., age 15, born MA, living with father
  Census	26 Jun 1870	Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH ; age 30, born NH, common merchant
  Death	6 Mar 1871	New Orleans, Orleans, LA
  Burial		St Mary's Cemetery, Newton Lower Falls, MA
  Person ID	I17034	Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry Griswold Perkins,   b. 14 Feb 1797, Hartland, Windsor, VT d. 13 Sep 1856, Boston, Suffolk, MA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Louisa R Dutton,   b. 1802, Woodstock, Windsor, VT d. 1853 (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1821	Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH
  Family ID	F6543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Simonds,   b. 24 Oct 1842, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH d. 1 Nov 1935, Brookline, Norfolk, MA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1862	New York, New York, NY
  Children	+ 1. Henry Grover Perkins,   b. 16 Jul 1865, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, NH d. 7 Feb 1933, Brookline, Norfolk, MA (Age 67 years) 2. Edith T Perkins,   b. 22 Jul 1867, New Orleans, Orleans, LA d. 11 Jan 1961, Newton, Middlesex, MA (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F6552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Francis William Perkins Photo (credit Rick Lawrence of ancestry.com)

  
  

  Headstones

  Francis William Perkins Gravestone [FRONT] SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / F. W. PERKINS [BACK] FRANCIS WILLIAM PERKINS / Born in Boston Mass. / 25 May 1841. / Died in New Orleans La. / 6 March 1871.

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com) Capt Francis W Perkins, 30, married, a merchant, born Boston MA to Henry G Perkins b. Hartland VT and Lousia R Dutton b. Brighton MA, died on 6 Mar 1871 in New Orleans of Violence. from "The Springfield Republican", 10 Mar 1871 Capt Francis W. Perkins, who was murdered in New Orleans by a burgler, Monday evening. was formerly a Bostonian and a son of the late Henry G. Perkins. Capt Perkins was a graduate of Dartmouth. from "The New Orleans Times-Democrat", 16 Mar 1871 (newspapers.com) An inquest, held in the city of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, on the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sevety-one, before me, P. Creagh, Coroner for the said parish of Orleans, on the view of the dead body of Francis W. Perkins, aged 31 years, nativity Massachusetts, then and thee lying dead at No. 26 Carondelet street. The jurors, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having been duly sworn and charged diligently to inquire, on behalf of the State of Louisiana, how, when and after what the said Francis W. Perkins came to, death and upon their oaths do say - that this day the body of said F.W. Perkins was found dead at the above described place; and after viewing the body of the said F.W. Perkins, and after a disinterment of the body, and a careful postmortem of the body by Drs. Avery, White, Russeli, Berthelot and Hurd, we,t he jurors find that the deceased came to his death from a pistol shot wound, as certified by the surgeons. Three of the jurors are of the opinion that the pistol was in the hands of the deceased, and two of the opinion that the pistol was in the hands of some person unknown to the jury. ... As to the first jury empanelled, three were in favor of the verdict that the deceased was murdered, while two were in favor of declaring it as their opinion that he came to his death by his own hand.