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Harrison W. Perry Mr. Harrison W. Perry was born in Belmont
County, Ohio, February 27, 1849, but most of his life has been spent in Iowa, he
having come to Marshall County with the family in an early day.
He is the son of James and Elizabeth (Wilson) Perry, the father born in
Belmont County, Ohio, January 1, 1818, and there the birth of the mother
occurred on March 19th of the same year. There they grew up and were married,
subsequently moving to Bureau County, Illinois, and there lived some time, and
it was there that the mother's death occurred on May 27, 1864.
Later the father came to Washington Township, Marshall County, Iowa,
where his death occurred September 12, 1873.
They were the parents of thirteen children, seven of whom died in
infancy, namely: Mary Evelyn Ogan, born September 9, 1842, is living in
Marshalltown, Iowa; she and her husband celebrated their golden wedding on
January 1, 1911; Mrs. Sarah Lutica Thorne, born April 1, 1845, died at Rhodes,
Iowa, February 25, 1905; Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Pyle, born October 17, 1846,.lives
at Melbourne, this County; Harrison Wilson, subject of this sketch; John
Hamilton, born May 8, 1857, lives at Melbourne; William Clinton also lives at
Melbourne, Marshall County, Iowa, his birth having occurred on March 22, 1856. Harrison W. Perry, of this review, moved
with his family from Marshall County to Independence Township, Jasper County, in
1886, and they have been successful in transforming what was then considered a
wilderness into a farm of one hundred and forty-five acres, of as valuable and
productive land as this portion of the County offers, and here they still
reside, having a large, pleasant home and many good outbuildings, and here
general farming and stock raising are successfully carried on, the family having
become well established. Mr. Perry was
married in 1874 to Minerva Barbee, who was born in Jasper County, Iowa, on
December 25, 1853. Her parents,
John and Olive (Newton) Barbee, being among the earliest settlers of the County,
having taken up their residence in the
vicinity of Newton when there were but a few houses there, and here they spent
the balance of their lives, having become well known, the father's death
occurring here when about seventy-four years of
age and the mother was seventy years old when she died.
There were eleven children in the Barbee
family, six of whom are living, namely:
Jane Perin, of Independence Township; Wesley, of Independence, Missouri;
Christopher lives at Ira, this County; Minerva, wife of Mr. Perry, of this
review; Mrs. Thurston, of Minneapolis; Harrison lives in Clear Creek Township.
These children were reared in this County. Seven
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison W. Perry, named as follows:
Mary died when five years of age; Mrs. Mattie Gipson, born January 21,
1877, lives in Independence Township; Marshall, born in Laurel, Iowa, in May,
1878, is living at home; Mrs. Edith Jones, born August 4, 1883, is living in
Clear Creek Township; Oscar, born in May, 1886, is living in Independence
Township; Odessa was born May 14, 1894 and is living at home.
The older children were born in Marshall County and the younger ones in
Jasper County. Politically,
Mr. Perry is a Democrat and while he has never aspired to be a leader of his
party or the beneficiary of the emoluments of public office, he has always stood
ready to assist in any movement having for its object the general upbuilding of
the community whose interests he has at heart.
He and his wife are worthy members of the Reorganized Church of the
Latter-Day Saints. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p. 1160. |
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