John Henry Perry

Brief Life History of John Henry

When John Henry Perry was born in January 1880, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Henry Clay Perry, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Wireman, was 40. He had at least 7 sons and 4 daughters with Rebecca B. Sargent-Ledford. He lived in Campton, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Rosslyn, Powell, Kentucky, United States in 1930. He died on 20 July 1948, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Wolfe, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Perry
1880–1948
Rebecca B. Sargent-Ledford
1882–1966
Walter L Perry
1905–
Fanny Perry
1906–
Henry W Perry
1908–
Robert D Sargent
1910–
Kelly Perry
1914–
Leonard C. Perry
1915–1979
Sally Perry
1917–1942
Courtney F Perry
1919–1989
Louetta Perry
1922–
Nannie B Perry
1924–
Isom Perry
1927–

Sources (10)

  • John Perry in household of Henry Perry, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John Perry, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
  • John Perry in entry for Leonard Perry and Letha Brashears, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1880

Historical Boundaries 1880: Powell, Kentucky, United States Historic Names: 1880: Merrill 1886: Catcreek 1898: Rosslyn

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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