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Charles L. Perkins

Iron Manufacturer

Centurion, 1859–1887

Full Name Charles Lawrence Perkins

Born 25 December 1825 in Hanover, New Hampshire

Died 17 May 1887 in Paris, France

Buried Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, New York

Proposed by Abram S. Hewitt

Elected 5 November 1859 at age thirty-three

Century Memorial

Edward L. Youmans, C. N. Black, William D. Morgan, C. Wyllys Betts, Charles L. Perkins, Edmund H. Miller, Stephen C. Williams, Roswell D. Hitchcock, Woolsey Johnson, C. E. Detmold, Joseph C. Hutchinson [sic: misspelling of “Hutchison”], Aaron J. Vanderpoel, James B. Johnston, George P. Pomeroy, E. P. Carpenter, George H. Palmer and Chas. A. Rapallo.

These names were illustrious in nearly every sphere of life, and represent the highest stations on the Bench, in science, theology, law, medicine and mercantile pursuits.

Henry E. Howland
1888 Century Association Reports