Brief Life History of Sherman Samuel
When Sherman Samuel Perkins was born in July 1832, in Wirt, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Perkins, was 35 and his mother, Fidelia "Phila" Miranda Trumbull, was 32. He married Martha Woodard on 24 October 1854, in Little Genesee, Genesee, Allegany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in New York, United States for about 5 years and Amity, Allegany, New York, United States in 1875. He died on 21 July 1910, in Scio, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Scio, Allegany, New York, United States.
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- Sherman S Perkins, "United States Census, 1900"
- Samuel S Perkins, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Sherman S Perkins, "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Perkin , also found throughout mid and south Wales.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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