Aberdeen Daily News Wednesday, Oct 24, 1894
Death from Heart Trouble of Geo. Perry - The Funeral Services
Geo. Perry, one of the ’81 pioneers and settlers of Brown county and a man universally esteemed by acquaintances, passed without immediate warning apparently from life to death at 7:30 o’clock last night at his residence on south Jay street. Heart failure superinduced by long and undermining illness was the cause of death. Up to almost the very moment of dissolution he appeared to be in good spirits. In the forenoon he entertained visitors, and at the regular supper hour in the evening ate heartily. Death came to him while he was lying in his clothes upon the outside of his bed for a brief rest.
Mr. Perry was 66 years of age in August last. He was born in New Hampshire, but owned and cultivated farms in Green Lake and Columbia counties, Wis., the greater part of his younger years, moving to that state in 1849. He resided two years in Dodge county, Minn., and in 1878 removed to Casselton, N. D., where he farmed it until the spring of ’81 when he located upon government land in Cambria township, this county. He was a good farmer and a respected, progressive citizen. His place was one of the best in this part of the state.
It is some three years since his health took a radical change for the worse. During this interval he twice visited California and gave up all active participation in farm work. When not in the extreme west he spent the most of his time in Aberdeen where he some time since built a substantial house and established his home.
The immediate relatives surviving him are his wife, a son, G. E. Perry, in the grain business in Aberdeen, and two daughters, Mrs. T. J. Owens, of Cambria township, and Miss Winnie Perry, of Aberdeen. He had a large circle of brothers and sisters, all but two of whom, viz: Henry Perry, of this city, and a brother in Green Lake county, Wis., have preceded him to the unknown beyond.
The funeral services for the departed will be held at the residence on south Jay tomorrow at 1 o’clock. The interment will occur at Bath.
~Transcribed by volunteer researcher, Kathy Smith