John Perkins (1799-1875)

John Perkins was born around 1799 in Delaware. He died on 21 March 1875 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware of heart disease. He is buried in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. He married Sidney Ann Ogden on 18 March 1830. He was a harness maker.

John Perkins' headstone

John Perkins' death register

The Daily Gazette

The Cecil Whig

The Will & Testament/Estate records for John Perkins:

SPOUSE
Sidney Ann Ogden

CHILDREN
Hannah Ann Perkins
Catherine Perkins
John Perkins
Joseph Perkins
Anning Asbury Perkins
Mary Rebecca Perkins
Sidney C. Perkins
Frances L. Perkins
Amer Ogden Perkins
Emma Louisa Perkins
Sarah Jane Perkins
George Atwood Perkins
Laura Perkins

SOURCES

• 1830 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1840 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware 
• 1850 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware 
• 1860 census, Wilmington City 1st Ward, New Castle, Delaware, pg 25 
• 1870 census, Wilmington City Sub-Division 25, New Castle, Delaware, pg 79 
• The Quaker Ogdens in America by Charles Burr Ogden 
• The Daily Gazette, 22 March 1875 (Wilmington, Delaware)
• The Cecil Whig, 27 March 1875 (Elkton, Maryland)
• The News Journal, 22 March 1875 (Wilmington, Delaware)
• Middletown Transcript, 27 March 1875 (Middleton, Delaware)
• Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954 #304
• Find A Grave