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Born 1836, Union Township
From The History of Warren County, Ohio (1882)
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.
As printed in The History of Warren County, Ohio (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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