Ira Perkins

    Ira Perkins is a native of Putnam County, Indiana, and was born August 10, 1841. His parents were William and Maria Perkins, who were natives of Delaware. William Perkins was born May 20, 1815, and Mrs. Perkins, February 4, 1815. They were married in Delaware, and thence moved to Putnam County, Indiana, where they now reside. The family was composed of nine children -Mary A., Ira, George, Wesley, Lydia, Hannah, William, Elam and Oren.

    Our subject, Ira Perkins, enlisted July 18, 1862, in the Eighteenth Indiana Artillery, and was discharged July 2, 1865, at Indianapolis. After returning to Putnam County, he married April 19, 1866, Miss Sarah A. Gibson, and the same year moved to this county (Benton), where they purchased and settled on the identical farm on which he now lives. Mrs. Perkins died September 4, 1877. On the 16th of May, 1878, he was married to Emma M. Loyer, from which alliance sprang a family of six children -Dora B., Mary J., Maria E., Carrie A., Samuel (deceased), and Emery.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.