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John Absalom Perkins 1870 – 1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 April 1870

Birth Location: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

Death Date: 21 May 1959

Death Location: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

Father: George Perkins

Mother: Alice Mellen

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John Absalom Perkins was born in 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America, the child of George Washington Perkins and Alice Mellen. John Absalom Perkins passed away in 1959 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America.

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Biography

  • John Absalom Perkins was born in 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America, the child of George Washington Perkins and Alice Mellen.
  • John Absalom Perkins passed away in 1959 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America.

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John Perkins's Ancestors

Self
John Perkins
1870 – 1959
Birth Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
Parents
George Washington Perkins
1836 – 1916
Perkins Settlement, Crooked Creek, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Alice Mellen
1845 – 1918
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Grandparents
Absalom Perkins,
1797 – 1850
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Nancy Martin
1799 – 1856
Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Pvt Perkins,
1761 – 1844
Sarah Gant
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Perkins
1736 – 1823
Elizabeth Perkins
1740 – 1823

John Perkins's Timeline

2 Records

1870
10 April 1870
Birth of John Absalom Perkins in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
1959
21 May 1959
Age 89
Death of John Absalom Perkins in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 April 1870
    Event Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 May 1959
    Event Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America

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