The Perrine Families of Warren County, Ohio

JAMES PERRINE (deceased). This venerable pioneer was, at the time of his death, among the oldest resident settlers in the county; he was a native of New Jersey, born Sept. 6, 1786; when he was 6 years old, he was taken with the family to Kentucky, where he lived till he was 25. On Aug. 27, 1807, he became the husband of Miss Ann Applegate, who was born May 17, 1790. In the spring of 1812, he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Union Township, Warren Co., on a farm, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. Here, in the wilds of a forest wilderness, he began the arduous task of preparing a home for his family. Those only who have braved the dangers, trials, and hardships of a pioneer life can properly appreciate the self-sacrificing labors of the early settlers of any country. The following is the record of Mr. Perrine’s family: Mary Ann, born Sept. 9,1809, died July 19, 1848; Daniel J., born Oct. 9, 1811; William H., born Sept. 24, 1813; George W., born Oct. 30, 1816, died Jan. 14, 1863; Garrett, born Dec. 12, 1818; Lydia E., born June 3, 1820. Mrs. Perrine died Oct. 1, 1823, aged 33 years 4 months and 13 days. Mary Ann married Thomas Keever; had seven children and twenty-seven grandchildren, of whom one son and five grandchildren are dead. Her son, George Keever, enlisted under Capt. Williams in the three months’ service, in the 12th O. V. I.; re-enlisted in the 35th O. V. I., in Company A, Capt. Budd; was Orderly Sergeant of his company. At the battle of Chickamauga, was mortally wounded on the skirmish-line early in the first day’s fight, and was buried near the battle-field. Daniel J. married Eliza Murphy; had five children (three dead) and two grandchildren. James N. enlisted in the 69th O.

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JAMES H. PERRINE (deceased) was born in Union Township in the year 1828; he was a son of James Perrine, an early settler, whose sketch appears in this work; he was reared on the farm and in the district schools; by close application to study, he fitted himself to teach, a business he followed to some extent in his early life. In 1854, he was married to Margaret A., daughter of William and Mary Luce, of Warren Co. After his marriage, he located where his widow now resides and where he lived till his death, which occurred March 20, 1880. He was four years Director of the Horticultural Board of the county. To Mr. and Mrs. P. six children were born, four living, viz., Mary E., Lydia E., Flora B. and George G.; Henry F. and Willie C., deceased. William Luce, father of Mrs. P., came to Ohio in an early day and located in Warren Co. Mrs. Luce was born in Clermont Co., Ohio; they were parents of fifteen children. By his two other wives he had nine children; he died in 1875, aged 79 years. She (mother of Mrs. Perrine)

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V nJ()l!? PHILLIPS, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Saratoga Co., N.

V he “ a son of Elijah and Lorinda Phillips, natives of New York,

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J. N. PERRINE, merchant, Mason, was born in Union Township, in Warren County, in the year 1836. He is a son of Daniel and Eliza Perrine, early pioneers, of whom a further notice is given elsewhere in this work. Our subject, J. N., was reared on the farm till 16 years of age, when he came to Mason to learn the carriage-trimming business, which he followed till the war broke out. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 69th O. Y. I.; his regiment was stationed at Columbus, guarding prisoners, until 1862, at which time they were sent to the front and annexed to the lath Corps and for the first year were largely on detached duty; he followed the fortunes of the regiment till after the battle of Stone River, in which he participated; the following June, 1863, on account of inability caused from a chronic disorder, he was honorably

Google discharged and returned to his home. He again engaged at his former trade, which he followed till 1878, at which time he abandoned it and opened a grocery and provision store at Mason. June 6, 1867, he was married to Sarah A Van Fossen, by whom he has had two children, viz., Blanche and Birdia He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 15, Lebanon, Ohio, and of the I. O. O. F., Mason Lodge, No. 209. Both he and his estimable wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church of Mason, with which they have been connected about live years.

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WILLIAM C. PERRINE, retired farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Mason Co., Ky., Feb. 23, 1800; he is the son of Joseph and Susan (Downing) Perrine, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of Pennsylvania. Our subject was raised on a farm, where he continued until 17 years of age, when he commenced learning the carpenter trade, at which he has continued to work at intervals since, when he could do so without interfering with his farm work. He was married, in 1838, to Miss Ann R. Hatfield, daughter of John Hatfield, of Turtle Creek Township. They have had five children, viz., Mary (the wife of Samuel Kersey, a farmer of Turtle Creek Township), Lydia, Charles D. (who was killed in the late war), John H and Joseph, the latter being married and farming in this county. Mr. Perrine is the owner of a 315-acre farm, well stocked and improved. He is a Republican in politics, and has held several offices of trust in the township, among which are School Director and Treasurer of the school fund.

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DANIEL PERRINE, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Mason Oo.,

It. Oct. 25, 1820; he is the son of Joseph and Susan (Downing) Perrine, who came to Warren County six years after he was born; his mother was a daughter of Timothy Downing, a native of Pennsylvania, of English descent. Our sub- K Let is by occupation a farmer; he owns a nicely improved farm of 851 acres;

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Kate, Lewis A. (deceased), Lydia Ellen and Amanda B.

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