George Augustus Perkins

1813 - 1895  (81 years)

• Name	George Augustus Perkins
  Birth	15 Oct 1813	Salem, Essex, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	28 Aug 1850	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 36, born MA, physician
  Census	25 Aug 1855	Salem, Essex, MA ; age 41, born MA, physician
  Death	18 May 1895	Salem, Essex, MA
  Burial		Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, MA
  Person ID	I19560	Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	David Perkins,   b. 20 Sep 1770, Ipswich, Essex, MA d. 22 Apr 1859, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Hannah Fabens,   b. 31 Aug 1771, Salem, Essex, MA d. 12 Jun 1851, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1793	Salem, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) David Perkins and Hannah Fabens married Oct. 13, 1793.
  Family ID	F7661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Rebecca Hitchings,   b. 10 Mar 1815, Salem, Essex, MA] d. 3 Dec 1884, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1838	Salem, Essex, MA
  Notes	from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) George A. Perkins and Ann R. Hitchens were married Nov. 26, 1838.
  Children	1. George Taft Perkins,   b. 8 Oct 1839, West Africa d. 1856, Lost at sea (Age 16 years)   2. Anna Fabens Perkins,   b. 9 Sep 1852, Salem, Essex, MA d. 18 Jan 1913, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 60 years)   3. Mary Beckett Perkins,   b. 2 Jun 1854, Salem, Essex, MA
  Family ID	F7781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2018

  
  

• Headstones		David & Hannah (Fabens) Perkins Family Gravesite
  		David & Hannah (Fabens) Perkins Family Inscription 3 ANN R. WIFE OF / GEORGE A/ PERKINS / DIED DEC. 3, 1884 / AGED 69 YRS. 8 MOS. / 23 DYS. GEORGE A/ PERKINS. M.D. / DIED MAY 18, 1895 / AGED 81 YRS. 7 MOS. / 3 DYS. ANNA FABENS PERKINS / DIED JAN 18, 1913 / AGED 60 YRS. 4 MOS. / 9 DYS.

  
  

• Notes

  from "Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (archive.org) George Augustus Perkins, s. David and Hannah (Fabens), was born Oct. 15, 1813. PR423 from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts" George Augustus (David, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Salem, Mass., Oct. 15, 1813. He married, Nov. 26, 1838, Ann Rebecca Hitchings: she was the daughter of Abijah and Mary (Cloutman) Hitchings, and was born March 10, 1815. He was employed, in his earlier years, in the bookstore of his brother Benjamin, in Boston, and afterwards learned the art of wood-engraving, which he practised in New York City for a few years (1833-35). In the autumn of 1838, he became connected with the mission of the Prot. Episcopal Church in West Africa, and sailed from New York for Cape Palmas, on the 12th of December of the same year. In Africa, he acted as secular agent for the mission at Cape Palmas until 1841, when failing health compelled him to return to his native land. During the three following years he studied medicine in Boston, and received the degree of M.D. from Harvard College in August, 1844, and sailed again for Africa in the December following; there he again took charge of the secular affairs of the Mission, and in addition became its medical missionary, having charge also of its station in Fishtown (Wah). In 1849, being again broken down in health, he sailed for America. After a year spent in efforts to recover his health, he commenced the practice of medicine in his native town in 1850, where he has continued for the past thirty-four years. During his residence in Salem he has acted as physician to the jail and almshouse, and was post-surgeon to the garrisons of Forts Lee and Pickering, Salem Harbor, during the war of the rebellion. He has also served on the board of school committee for fifteen years.