James Roderick Perkins

1850 - 1941  (91 years)

• Name	James Roderick Perkins
  Birth	4 Jan 1850	Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Cornwall, Stormont, ONT ; age 3, born Upper Canada, living with parents
  Census	29 Jun 1860	Louisville, St Lawrence, NY ; age 10, born CAN, living with parents
  Death	26 May 1941	Stanley, Barron, WI
  Burial		Oakland Cemetery, Stanley, WI
  Person ID	I21016	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry Perkins,   b. 29 Jan 1823, Osnabruck, Stormont, ONT d. 16 Sep 1883, Augusta, Eau Claire, WI (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Christy Ann Dunlop,   b. 30 Jun 1827, Lancaster, Glengarry, ONT
  Marriage	30 Jun 1847	Lancaster, Glengarry, ONT
  Family ID	F8253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hall,   b. 27 May 1853, Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d. 31 Mar 1946, Duluth, St Louis, MN (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1875	Sparta, Monroe, WI
  Children	+ 1. John H Perkins,   b. 1878, Wisconsin   2. Norman Perkins,   b. 1881   d. 1892 (Age 11 years)   3. Harry Thurl Perkins,   b. 26 May 1883, Augusta, Eau Claire, WI   4. Roderick James Perkins,   b. 6 Sep 1887, Clark Co, WI d. 1919 (Age 31 years)   5. Abbie Perkins,   b. 1887   d. 1918 (Age 31 years)   6. Willard Norman Perkins,   b. 29 Jan 1899, Stanley, Barron, WI d. 27 May 1941, Sheldon, Iroquois, IL (Age 42 years)   7. Maude Perkins   d. Dec 1940
  Family ID	F10373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram", 7 Jun 1941 (newspapers.com) James Rodney Perkins was born in Ontario, Canada, Jan. 4, 1850, and died at his home here May 26 at the age of 91 years. His childhood years were spent in New York State and Augusta, Wis., where he grew to manhood and became interested in the lumbering industry. July 4, 1875, he was married to Miss Mary Hall of Sparta. They spent the first 15 years of their married life at Augusta and Sterling, coming to Stanley in 1890, when Mr. Perkins took the position as head sawyer in the big mill when it began operations here. This work he continued until the end of the milling industry here. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins were the parents of seven children of whom two sons, Harry of Duluth, and Willard of Knox, Pa., together with the mother survived the husband and father. The funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Plombon funeral home with the Rev. Wallace Robertson, pastor of the Chippewa Falls Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial took place in Oak Hill cemetery.