Brief Life History of William Jefferson
When William Jefferson Perkins was born on 7 July 1849, in Green, Kentucky, United States, his father, Claiborne Perkins, was 23 and his mother, Nancy Despain, was 21. He married Sarah Elizabeth McNamee on 30 July 1872, in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pleasant Grove Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1905. He died on 11 January 1905, in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
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- W J Perkins, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Wm J. Perkins, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William Jefferson Perkins, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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