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Otis W Perkins
  Rank: Pvt Co: I Age: 21 Residence: Kennebunk Birthplace: Sanford Occupation: farmer Married/Single: S Height: 5' 8 Eyes: Bl Hair: Blk Complexion: Dk 

Otis Perkins gravestone
Pine Grove Cemetery, West Kennebunk, Maine
OTIS W PERKINS was born on 5 May 1840 [ME Vet Cem Recs; grave only says 1840], the son of Henry and Sally* Perkins. He died in Kennebunk, Maine on 6 Mar 1909 [ME death rec], aged 68 yrs, 9 mos, 22 das and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, West Kennebunk.

On 24 Jan 1874, in Kennebunk, Maine [Kenn vr], he was married to ALMIRA WEBBER. She was born in 1837 [grave] and died in 1924 [grave]. Her death record has not yet been viewed. She may have been the daughter of Shapleigh and Phebe Webber of Kennebunk, an Almira living with them in 1850 and 1860 Kennebunk censuses at the appropriate age. 

Otis was seen in censuses living with his parents in Sanford to 1860, when he afterwards moved to Kennebunk. There he worked as a teamster for many years, a foreman at the Dane and Perkins Stable. He later did similar work for others in town, and was afterwards a section hand for the railroad [obit; 1900 census]. His house was located on Main St, West Kennebunk, a photo of him can be seen in the book Kennebunk (Images of America), page 110.

He and Almira (also seen as Elmira) only had one child, who died while young:

FREDERICK "Freddie" O PERKINS, born 5 Aug 1877 in Kennebunk [Kenn vr]; died 24 Mar 1882, aged 4 yrs, 7 mos, 19 das [Kenn vr; grave]. He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.

*Note: I did not find a birth record for Otis, nor a marriage record for father Henry (only he was listed on Otis' death record). Two other Perkins seen with Otis in the 1850 and 1860 censuses, Charles H and Hannah E , died in 1906 and 1905, respectively. While the former has his mother's maiden name as "Lajunett", his sister's record calls her "Linscott". Both Henry and Sally/Sarah were born in Sanford. More research is needed to find out his mother's maiden name.


Additional source data:
1850 Sanford, Maine census: hh 343/357
1860 Sanford census (pg 52): hh 445/413
1870 Kennebunk census: hh 72/74; liv with Nicholas Grant, also a vet of the 27th Maine
1880 Kennebunk census (pg 7): hh 96/106
1890 Veteran Schedule: liv Kennebunk
1900 Kennebunk (pg 4B): hh 79/81 note: birth dates reversed on census


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