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Submitted: 7/31/22 • Approved: 7/31/22 • Last Updated: 8/3/22 • R528701-G0-S3
1858-1947
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
F. D. Perkins, 88 years old, Deaf Smith county farmer for more than 30 years, died at the Deaf Smith County hospital Monday night after a long illness.
Mr. Perkins was a member of the Methodist Church. He was born in Massachussetts [sic], and moved to Hereford with his family from Shenandoah, Iowa.
Funeral arrangements are being delayed pending word from his daughter, Mrs. E.T. Books, who is in the Scott-White Hospital in Temple where she had just undergone an operation.
Mr. Perkins is also survived by a son, C.F. Perkins, of Shenandoah, Iowa.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 47th Year-Number 2, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, January 9, 1947, Page 1)
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Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
Name: Freeman D Perkins
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1858
Birth Place: Reading, Massachusetts, USA
Father: William K Perkins
Mother: Olive B Perkins
Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940
Name: F D Perkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1884
Marriage Place: Page, Iowa, USA
Father: Wm K Perkins
Mother: E B Crowell
Spouse: E L Cooper
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: F D Perkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 88
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1858
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 6 Jan 1947
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Wm K Perkns
Mother: Olive Bangs
Contributed on 7/31/22 by neldapat
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