George Washington Perfect (1813 - 1902)

Born 14 Aug 1813 in Monongalia County, Virginia

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Died 30 May 1902 at age 88 in Alton, Osborne Co, Kansas

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Biography

Washington was the son of Robert and Catherine (Hickman) Perfect. He married Mary Howell, 17 April 1834, Delaware County, Indiana. They moved to Iowa after their children were born and later to Alton, Kansas.

• Alton Empire

June 5, 1902

Washington Perfect, who came to Osborne County in 1883, died at the home of his son, G. W. Perfect, on May 30. He was 88 years of age. Mr. Perfect was probably the oldest man in Osborne County. He leaves a wife two years younger than himself, the partaker of his joys and sorrows for sixty-eight years, besides six of his children, two of whom, G. W. and Marion, reside in Grant township.

Washington Perfect lived the life of a God fearing man and raised a creditable family. Though retaining his faculties almost to the last, his later years found him very feeble. Himself and his aged wife have been cared for for several years by their son George.

The funeral services were held on Sunday June 1 by Rev. Cortner of Gaylord. His remains were laid to rest in the Grant Center Cemetery. A large number of people from Alton and surrounding country paid their last respects at his grave.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVX-H99 : 12 April 2016), Washington Perfect, Chester, Wells, Indiana, United States; citing family 78, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L7-W6J : 13 December 2017), Washington Perfect, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVK-93D : 12 April 2016), Washington Perfect, Iowa, United States; citing p. 25, family 178, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,907.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYZ-NMH : accessed 17 January 2019), Washington Perfect in household of George W Perfect, Grant & Hawkeye Townships, Osborne, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 6A, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,493.
• Obituary received from Osborne County, Kansas, Genealogical and Historical Society.
• Mellett and Hickman Families of Henry Co, Indiana by Franklin Miller, Jr.