HISTORICAL MARKER:
A native of Allegeny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1803. He joined the merchantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, he met and married Emily Margaret Austin Bryan, a widow with four children. They eventually had six additional children.
Emily's father, Moses Austin, and her brother, Stephen F Austin, were pioneer leaders in the movement to colonize Texas. Upon the urgings of Stephen F Austin, James and Emily Perry and their family moved to Texas in 1831. James Perry established a mercantile business in San Felipe and a farm on Chocolate Bayou. By 1832, the family moved to Peach Point Plantation on othe Brazos River.
James Franklin Perry was an active supporter of the Republic of Texas serving on conventions and the Committee of Safety. As executor of Stephen F Austin's estate, his reports to the government concerning colonial affairs, maps and land papers became important to the archives of Texas. Perry died of yellow fever while visiting Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1853 and is buried there.
A native of Allegeny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1803. He joined the merchantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, he met and married Emily Margaret Austin Bryan, a widow with four children. They eventually had six additional children.
Emily's father, Moses Austin, and her brother, Stephen F Austin, were pioneer leaders in the movement to colonize Texas. Upon the urgings of Stephen F Austin, James and Emily Perry and their family moved to Texas in 1831. James Perry established a mercantile business in San Felipe and a farm on Chocolate Bayou. By 1832, the family moved to Peach Point Plantation on othe Brazos River.
James Franklin Perry was an active supporter of the Republic of Texas serving on conventions and the Committee of Safety. As executor of Stephen F Austin's estate, his reports to the government concerning colonial affairs, maps and land papers became important to the archives of Texas. Perry died of yellow fever while visiting Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1853 and is buried there.
HISTORICAL MARKER:
A native of Allegeny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1803. He joined the merchantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, he met and married Emily Margaret Austin Bryan, a widow with four children. They eventually had six additional children.
Emily's father, Moses Austin, and her brother, Stephen F Austin, were pioneer leaders in the movement to colonize Texas. Upon the urgings of Stephen F Austin, James and Emily Perry and their family moved to Texas in 1831. James Perry established a mercantile business in San Felipe and a farm on Chocolate Bayou. By 1832, the family moved to Peach Point Plantation on othe Brazos River.
James Franklin Perry was an active supporter of the Republic of Texas serving on conventions and the Committee of Safety. As executor of Stephen F Austin's estate, his reports to the government concerning colonial affairs, maps and land papers became important to the archives of Texas. Perry died of yellow fever while visiting Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1853 and is buried there.
A native of Allegeny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1803. He joined the merchantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, he met and married Emily Margaret Austin Bryan, a widow with four children. They eventually had six additional children.
Emily's father, Moses Austin, and her brother, Stephen F Austin, were pioneer leaders in the movement to colonize Texas. Upon the urgings of Stephen F Austin, James and Emily Perry and their family moved to Texas in 1831. James Perry established a mercantile business in San Felipe and a farm on Chocolate Bayou. By 1832, the family moved to Peach Point Plantation on othe Brazos River.
James Franklin Perry was an active supporter of the Republic of Texas serving on conventions and the Committee of Safety. As executor of Stephen F Austin's estate, his reports to the government concerning colonial affairs, maps and land papers became important to the archives of Texas. Perry died of yellow fever while visiting Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1853 and is buried there.
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And bore with true
Heroism the hardships
of the Pioneer days.
His grand character was
a harmonious blending of
all that is good and true,
noble and lofty in man.
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