Harry Lyman Perkins

1890 - 1959  (69 years)

• Name	Harry Lyman Perkins
  Birth	2 Mar 1890	Hartford, Hartford, CT
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Jun 1900	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 10, born Mar 1890 in CT, living with parents
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 20, born CT, dealer & collector of stamps, living with parents
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 29, born CT, manager of steel furnature co, living with mother
  Census	18 Apr 1930	West Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 40, born CT, 1st marr at 29, executive of store of China & Glass, parents born MA/CT
  Census	19 Apr 1940	West Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 50, born CT, H4 ed, in West Hartford in 1935, broker
  Death	27 Sep 1959	West Hartford, Hartford, CT
  Burial		Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford, CT
  Person ID	I17335	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Lyman Burnham Perkins,   b. 23 Jan 1859, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 19 May 1918, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Carroll Young,   b. 10 Sep 1858, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 27 Aug 1935, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1886
  Family ID	F6685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Ellen Woodruff,   b. 6 Nov 1894, Elizabethtown, Essex, NY d. 29 Sep 1987, West Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1919	Elizabethtown, Essex, NY
  Notes	from "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1849; 1907-1936" (familysearch.org) On 8 Mar 1919 in Elizabethtown NY, Harry Lyman, 29, residing Hartford CT, member of the firm HFD Furniture Co, born Hartford to Lyman B Perkins and Elizabeth Carroll Young married Dorothy Ellen Woodruff, 24, residing Elizabethtown, born Elizabethtown to Livingston Woodruff & Lennie Maria Brown. 1st marriage for both
  Children	1. Dorothy Woodruff Perkins,   b. 6 Mar 1920, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 3 Mar 2011, West Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F6698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Connecticut, Military Questionnaires, 1919-1920" (ancestry.com) Harry Lyman Perkins was born 2 Mar 1890 in Hartford CT to Lyman Burnham Perkins b. USA & Elizabeth Carroll Young b. USA. Married 8 Mar 1919 in Elizabethtown NY to Dorothy Ellen Woodruff b. 6 Nov 1894 in Elizabethtown NY. One child Dorothy Woodruff Perkins b. 6 Mar 1920 in Hartford CT. Served First Co., GFG, Officers School, 1st Conn, Inf. from "The Hartford Courant", 27 Sep 1959 (newspapers.com) Col. Perkins Dies; Served In 2 Wars Col Harry L. Perkins, 69, veteran of both world wars prominent in military affairs and an investor, died Saturday at Newington Veterans Administration Hospital. He made his home with his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Woodruff Perkins, at 11 Mountain View Dr., West Hartford. A native of Hartford, he returned as an Army colonel in 1957. Received Award Col Perkins in 1958 received the Distinguished Service Citation, the highest award of the Reserve Officers Ass., The award was made at a testimonial of the Hartford Chapter. A founder of the chapter, he was a past president of the local and Connecticut chapters. He was an infantry captain in World War I, serving with the 12th Division. He later was detailed to military intelligence work, and at one time commanded the first battalion of the 304th Infantry, In World War II, he was in the intelligence branch of the Air Corps. Col. Perkins, a writer and speaker on military affairs and foreign policy, was active in defense activities. He was a charter member and former adjutant of Rau-Locke Post, American Legion. he also was a charter member and commander of Hayes-Velhage Post, AL, of West Hartford. His activities in city and state civic enterprises were varied, including vice chairmanship in 1942 of the civilian committee on the city's "On to Victory" parade. He was a leader of the American Legion's "War Against Depression" campaign in 1932. At the time of his death, he was manager of the investment department of the local office of Walston Co., Inc., a brokerage office. Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Miss Dorothy E. Perkins of West Hartford, and a brother, G. Richard Perkins of Hartford. Funeral services will be held Moat 3 p.m. at the James T. Pratt Company Chapel, 71 Farming Ave. Burial well be in Soldiers Field, Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Friends are asked to contribute to the muscular dystrophy fund in lieu of flowers.