When Absalom Perkins was born on 22 November 1797, in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Ute Perkins, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Gant, was 37. He married Nancy Martin on 24 January 1815, in Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Webster, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1829 and Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1840. He died on 18 January 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: patronymic from Perkin , also found throughout mid and south Wales.
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