Edward Aylesworth Perry (1831 - 1889)

Born 15 Mar 1831 in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 1889 at age 58 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States

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Preceded by
William D. Bloxham

14th Governor of Florida
1885 - 1889

Succeeded by
Francis P. Fleming

Biography

Edward Perry is Notable.

Edward Aylsworth Perry was born in Massachusetts. Perry studied law in Alabama and was admitted to the bar in Pensacola, where he served as a judge. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private and quickly rose through the ranks attaining brigadier general and serving under Gen RE Lee. He led an all-Florida brigade at Chancellorsville but contracted typhoid and missed Gettysburg. After the war he returned to Florida and was elected governor in 1884. During his term he established the state board of education. He died suddenly of a stroke while visiting Kerrville, Texas.^[1]

He was the son of Asa and Philura Perry.^[1] He was christened on July 3, 1831, in Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and was the fourth of five children. ^[2]

Slaves

In the 1860 census E A Perry was in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States. He owned only one slave, a 17 year old female.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Edward A. Perry on Wikipedia
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSW-X7W : 15 January 2020), Edward Aylsworth Perry, 1831.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #94062333 (accessed 19 February 2023)
   E A Perry in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, USA.

See also:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 4533

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9X-31H : 4 April 2020), Edward A Perry in household of Asa Perry, Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 55, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).