In 1840 Jeremiah M. Perkins appears on the census of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio (Andrew Parkins appears on the same page) with the following household members:
By 1850 he and wife Sarah are living in Knox County, Illinois.[1][4]
Jeremiah died 23 Mar 1868 at the age of 79y 1m 5d and was buried in Victoria Cemetery, Victoria, Knox County, Illinois.[3]
Sources
Ancestry.com. West Virginia Estate Settlements [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008.
Original data: Ross B. Johnson. West Virginia Estate Settlements. An Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978.
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RM-GR2 : 12 April 2016), Maston Parkins, Knox county, part of, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing family 2255, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ 2.02.12.2 "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-RFNN : 15 October 2017), J Martin Parkins in entry for Charles Neptune Russell and Maria Emeline Taylor, 07 Dec 1881; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,412,051.
↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WXQ-M3H : 10 February 2018), Mastin Parkin in entry for Margaret B. Palmer, 10 Sep 1899; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,964.
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRF-JTP : 8 September 2017), Jeremiah M Perkins, Raccoon Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States; citing p. 15, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 395; FHL microfilm 20,165.
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