Putnam patriot., 1917-04-06

The town of Perryville took its name there and owned the farm and water power from generation to generation.
 About ls55 Mir. Perry's father nov ed to Dudley, Mass. where Mir. Perry attended Nichols Academy until he entered Philips Academy, Andover, to prepare for college.
 At the outbreak of the Civil war, In 1861, he left school and entered the army, enIisting in Worcester in Gem pany D, 25th Mass, V. 1. He was the last survivor of the regiment In elected president of the organization.
 After three years service he was mustered out with the rank of ser gennt and received an honorable dis. charge.
 Returning home he entered Hawes Business College, Worcester, and at the com plelion of the course remained 1 at the institution as m instructor.
 After short term teaching he be- came oookkeeper for the hardware | firm of Kinnecult x Woodward where he remained until 1870 when he be- came q member of the firm of Perry x Brown, hardware dealers in Putnam. He was a member of the firm at the time of his death but on account of ill health hnd given up active partieipa- | ton in the business six months ago.
 For a number of years MT. Perry was a director and president of the
 Putnam Light X Power Company and for two years was president Of the
 Woodstock Agricultural Society. He has served as member of the school board, us grand juror and for one year
 was chairman of the republican city l committee.
 MT. Perry represented this city in the legislature 1899 and 1900, serving on the committee of humane institu- tions. He was appointed by the iegis- lature in 1901 a trustee Of the State In sane Asylum, Middletown, for four years. He was member of the board of trustees of the Day kimosll hospi. tai, Patnam, a member of the Second Congregational church and served as
 deacon for fifteen years. He was
 member of A. G. Warner Post, G. A 1 R., and Of the A. o. U w.
 He has always been staunch re-
 publican and besides his term as mayor he served the city as alderman at large in 1891.
 April 12th, 1886, MT. Perry married Miss Cornelia M., daughter of the late Colonel c. D. Williams of Pomfret. Mrs. Perry died three years ago. Three sons were born to them and all are living: George w., city engineer of Putnam; Edward F., a practicing phy- sician Of this city, and Robert G., a lawyer in New York. He also leaves | q sister, hrs. Addie Joslin.
 The funeral was held from the home on Grove street Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. F. D. Sargent of the Con- pregational church officiating. The bearers were the three sons, George w. Perry, Dr. Edward f. Perry. Putnam, Robert c. Perry, New York, Gilbert Perry, . grandson, Ernest c. ,Morse, Putnam, and Andrew c. Williams, Pomfret.
 There was delegation from the 25th | Mass, V. l., of which MT. Perry was president. They were: Joseph P. Ea- ton, Auburn, H. Arthur White. Lei. cester, Mass, Charles w. Wilson, Geo. l.. Grant, ,and Charles A. Mayors, Wor- cester. Other out of town people pres ent were: Mrs. George F. Hart, Web ster; Mrs. Annie Stoughton, White field, N. H., Geo. k. Scarborough, Windsor, and Miss Kate Scarborough, West Hartford. Burial was in Grove street cemetery.
 All places of business in the business section of the city closed from two to th rec oiciock