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Gladstone Perkin
Gladstone Perkin, merchant, was born at Coldwater, Ohio, September 24, 1882, and has resided in Nebraska for the past 41 years. He is the son of Joseph Henry and Elizabeth Sproni Perkins, the former a native of Leeds, England, born December 8, 1849. He has been a merchant in western Nebraska for 40 years. He came to the United States from England in 1870. His wife, Elizabeth, died at Coldwater, about 1885.
Educated in the public schools at Grant, Mr. Perkin has worked in the store, owned by his father, since 1900, and before that was employed in a store at Grant. He is a member of the Maywood Commercial Club and the Odd Fellows.
His marriage to Ruby Elizabeth Fletcher was solemnized at Holdrege, March 2, 1914. Mrs. Perkin was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, April 19, 1896. They have four children all in school, Richard, born December 4, 1914; Dorothy, born January 28, 1920; Marguerite, born April 14, 1928; and Willis, born February 9, 1927. Residence: Maywood.
Lyman Ormond Perley
For 40 years Lyman Ormond Perley was engaged in the practice of law at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He was born at Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, February 28, 1866, the son of Isaiah Edward and Mary Jane (Allen) Perley. His father, who was born at Berlin, Vermont, March 12, 1884, and died at Emporia, July 11, 1894, was a banker and merchant; he was descended from Allan Perley who came to the United States with Governor Winthrop in 1680, having originally emigrated from Wales. His mother was born at New Hudson, New York County, New York, July 23, 1839, and died at Emporia. She was a teacher in Kansas before the Civil War; she was the daughter of Isabel (Frary) and Asaph K. Allen; the latter, together with his sons was an ardent anti-slavery advocate.
Mr. Perley attended the public schools of Emporia, and in 1881 was graduated from Emporia High School. He received the B. S. degree at Northwestern University, and the LL. B. degree at Yale University, 1886 and 1890, respectively. He held membership in Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Delta Phi.
He was interested in the live stock industry for several years, and since 1890 was engaged in the practice of law. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, is affiliated with the First Central Congregational Church, and was politically a Progressive.
Mr. Perley was married at Omaha, December 10, 1895, to Nora Rachel Gibson. Mrs. Perley, who was the daughter of Edgar Milton and Julia Ann (Lawrence) Gibson of Maine, was born at Fairfield, Maine, July 24, 1869. Four children were born to this marriage: Edward Gibson, born October 11, 1896, who resides in Kansas City, Missouri; Constance, born March 12, 1902, who is living in New Haven, Connecticut. She is married to James A. Work; Anne Macgregor, born October 3, 1904, who is living in St. Louis, is a biochemist; and Nora, born November 17, 1908, who will complete her work at Grinnell College in 1933. Constance is a librarian. Residence: Omaha.
Benton Perry
Benton Perry was born at Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, September 20, 1888, the son of William L. and Flora B. (Bennett) Perry. His father's ancestry was Irish, and his mother who was born in Adams County, Illinois, November 6, 1867, was of English and Dutch descent.
Mr. Perry attended the York grade school and in 1904 was graduated from the York High School. He was awarded the LL. B. degree at Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1918. For 12 years he was connected with the City National Bank at York, and since that time has been a practicing lawyer there. He holds membership in the York County Bar Association, the Nebraska State Bar Association, the York County Commercial Club, and the American Bar Association.
He served as secretary of the York County Red Cross for two years and was York County food administrator during the World War. He is affiliated with the First Congregational Church at York, is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. A Republican, Mr. Perry served as county attorney of York County for four years.
His marriage to Elizabeth L. Hart was solemnized at Enid, Oklahoma, September 22, 1915. Mrs. Perry, who was a teacher before her marriage, died at York, September 15, 1930. Three children were born to them: Thomas B., born July 14, 1916; Francis Hart, born June 18, 1918; and Betty Lee, born December 6, 1920. Residence: York.
Chester Arthur Perry
Chester A. Perry, one of Lincoln's most prominent executives, has lived in the state for the past 47 years, and today is recognized as a leader in civic and commercial affairs. He was born at Oakharbor, Ohio, January 31, 1884, the son of Arthur Villars and Nancy Jane (Goodsite) Perry. His father, born at Redfield, New York, September 13, 1854, is a successful lumberman, serving as secretary of the Perry Lumber Company, operating lumber yards throughout the state; his ancestors came to America from England, in the early days of this country.
His mother was born at Oakharbor, February 2, 1857, and died at Cambridge, Nebraska, March 12, 1911. She was of German and Scotch descent, and was one of the pioneers of Nebraska.
Mr. Perry was graduated from Cambridge High School and was a student at Lincoln Academy for a time; he was active in athletics and was engaged in semi-professional baseball at one time. Since 1906 he has been auditor of the Perry Lumber Company at Lincoln, Nebraska, and for the past 13 years has been secretary of the organization. He is president of the Nebraska Lumber Merchants' Association; secretary of the Perry-Mclntire Lumber Company and the PerrySheets Lumber Company, and is president of the Moorish Tile and Supply Company.
A Republican, he served as mayor of Cambridge, from 1921-26. He is a member of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; the Lincoln Optimists Club; the Young Men's Christian Association; and the Nebraskana Society. His social clubs are: Eastridge Country Club; Shrine Country Club; and the Masons. His sports include golf, fishing and hunting, while his hobby is gardening. He is affiliated with the First Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln.
Mr. Perry was married at Lincoln, March 7, 1906, to Edna Amanda Clay. Mrs. Perry, who is a descendant of the distinguished statesman Henry Clay, was born at Farmington, New Hampshire, September 16, 1884. Their children are: Melvin, born June 24, 1908, who was graduated from the College of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska, in 1929; Leonard, born July 5, 1911; Evalyn, born March 11, 1914; Barbara, born June 22, 1918; and Paul, born January 30, 1923. Residence: Lincoln.
Claibourne G. Perry
Claibourne G. Perry, lawyer, was born at Wahoo, Nebraska, November 27, 1889, son of Thomas S. and Sarah A. (Watkins) Perry. The father was born in Angus, Canada, and is descended from Irish and English settlers in Ontario in 1790. He was in the agricul-
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tural implement business, and from 1898 until 1902 served as county surveyor of Saunders County. He died at Winner, South Dakota, August 31, 1922. His wife, Sarah, was born in Sketty, Swansea, South Wales, Great Britain, February 17, 1855, and is greatly interested in church work.
Mr. Perry attended the public schools at Wahoo, Nebraska, until June 1, 1903, and on June 7, 1907, was graduated from the Lincoln, Nebraska, High School. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nebraska on June 11, 1914, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi and Phi Gamma Delta.
His marriage to Hazel M. Putman was solemnized at Golden, Colorado, March 10, 1923. Mrs. Perry was born in Morrill County, Nebraska, June 26, 1896. Her ancestry is American since pre-Revolutionary days on her father's side. Her mother's people came to the United States from England about 1830.
Mr. Perry began the practice of law at Bridgeport, Nebraska, in 1915, continuing until 1917. He was associated with William Ritchie, Jr., as a member of the firm of Ritchie and Perry. From 1919 until 1920 he was a member of the firm of Hunt and Perry in partnership with George J. Hunt, and since that time has practiced independently. He is serving as county attorney of Morrill County at the present time, and during 1920-21 served as mayor of Bridgeport. He is a Democrat.
During the World War Mr. Perry had 22 months service with the rank of first lieutenant in the 351st Infantry, 88th Division. He served in the American Expeditionary Forces under the army of occupation from January, 1919, until May, 1919. He is a member of the American Legion. His professional organizations include, the Nebraska state and western Nebraska bar associations. He is a member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, the Lions Club, the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Scottish Rite Masons, the Shrine, and the Knights of Pythias. His club is the Bridgeport Country Club. His sports are golf and hunting, while his hobby is reading. Residence: Bridgeport.
Ernest Bert Perry
One of Nebraska's most outstanding lawyers, Ernest Bert Perry was born at Haskins, Ohio, August 11, 1876. He is the son of Arthur Villars and Nancy Jane (Goodsite) Perry, the former of whom was born at Redfield, New York, September 13, 1854. The father locating in Gosper County in 1880, was one of the first county commissioners of that county, and a pioneer lumberman. He is president of the Perry Lumber Company; descended from settlers in Rhode Island in the 17th century. His family is of the same stock as Commodore Perry, and he is a direct descendant of George W. Perry of the War of 1812. Nancy Jane Goodsite was born at Oak Harbor, Ohio, February 2, 1857, daughter of Ernest Frederick and Marguerite (Welch) Goodsite. The former was of German and the latter of Scotch descent. Nancy Goodsite died at Cambridge, Nebraska, March 24, 1911.
Upon his graduation from the public schools, Ernest B. Perry attended the University of Nebraska, from which he received his LL. B. degree. As Who's Who in Jurisprudence says of him, he "began practice of law at Cambridge, Nebraska, and after the first few years practice developed into trial business, extending over southern Nebraska and eastern Colorado. First he was in partnership with E. J. Lambe of Beaver City as Perry and Lambe, 1905-08; then B. F. Butler entered the firm and the name changed to Perry, Lambe and Butler, of which firm he remained senior member until he became district judge, 1912. He resigned as district judge in 1920 and resumed the practice of law in Lincoln, Nebraska, and was attorney in the Brown Will Case and the Starr-Gifford litigation and successfully defended, among others, George Critser, charged with the murder of William Dillon; Ben Jussel charged with the murder of Peter Heagney, and Martin Morris, charged with the murder of Pearl Turner. He also successfully defended Dr. Abbott, Steve Carver and Kenneth Lanham. He is general attorney for the Nebraska League of Municipalities at the present time. He is senior member of the firm of Perry, Van Pelt & Marti, Lincoln, Nebraska.
A Republican, he was member of the Nebraska legislature from Furnas County 1903-07, chairman of the judiciary committee and majority leader, 1905; district judge of the 14th judicial district 1912-20, and declined appointment to the Supreme bench in 1920. During 1924-26 he was American member of the United States-Mexico Claims Commission, and for his work it is said of him, 'Honorable Ernest B. Perry has served the United States government exceptionally well in adjudicating property claims of United States citizens with the government and nationals of Mexico. His dissenting opinion in the celebrated Pringle case is one of the most lucid and searching revelations of the perfidy of Villa on the one hand, and the vacillating policy of the Carranza government on the other, to be found in the history of the western world. It is doubtful if the fallacy of a judicial decision was ever more clearly pointed out by the dissenting opinion than in this case.'"
Mr. Perry was president of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association in 1922, chairman of the Republican State Committee 1922-24 and chairman of the Nebraska delegation to the Republican National Convention in 1924. During the World War he was chairman of the legal advisory board of Furnas County. An author of note, among his works are Local Ethics, The Little Fellow, The Interest Problem and The Santa Isabel Case. He is a 32nd degree, Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Kiwanis Club (president, 1931), the Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross and Community Chest. His professional memberships include the American, Nebraska State and Lancaster County Bar Associations, and his clubs are the University and Lincoln Country Clubs.
On June 23, 1904, he was married to Clara Wood Fowler, at Lincoln. Mrs. Perry, who was born at Illion, New York, December 9, 1877, was a teacher in the high school at Minden, and at Nebraska Wesleyan before her marriage. She is the daughter of Louis J. and Amelia E. (Wood) Fowler, both direct descendants of early New England colonists. There are five children: Lila Fowler, born September 1, 1905, married Wilson Watkins, and resides at Wichita, Kansas. Ernest Louis, born August 7, 1907, married Evelyn Anderson, and is engaged in the retail lumber business at Cambridge. Arthur Edwin, born March 12, 1910, A. B., 1931, and is now a law student at the University. Louise Bernice, born June 3, 1913, and Ralph Robert, born March 6, 1917, are students of the University and Lincoln High School. Mr. and Mrs. Perry are members of First Plymouth Congregational Church at Lincoln. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph on Page 932).
John Joseph Pershing
General John Joseph Pershing, distinguished throughout the world for military service, was born in Linn County, Missouri, September 13, 1860, the son of John Fletcher and Anne Elizabeth Thompson Pershing. His father was born near St. Clair, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1834, and died at Chicago, Illinois, March 16, 1906. His mother was born at Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, February 15, 1835, and died at Chicago, November 24, 1902.
General Pershing was graduated from the Kirksville, (Missouri) Normal School in 1880, and in 1886 was graduated from the United States Military Academy. He has been honored by recognition of his tremendous service to the world, by government leaders and execu-
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