Col. DeLand was married in Summit Township,
in the home where he now lives, May 4, 1859, to
Miss Mary K.. daughter of the late Leonard
and Sarah M. (Hodgkins) Perry. Mr. and Mrs.
Perry were natives respectively of Vermont and
Niagara County, N. V. After their marriage, in
the year 1836, they settled among the earliest
pioneers of Summit Township, this county, where
they constructed a home from the wilderness and
spent the remainder of their days. The mother
departed this life duly 19, 1879. Mr. Perry died
June 20, 1881. They were the parents of two
daughters only. Mrs. DeLand was born at the old
Perry homestead in .Summit Township. March 12.
1838. and grew to an attractive womanhood amid
the surroundings of a cultured home. Of her union
with Col. DeLand there have been born seven chil-
dren, who are recorded as follows: Cora L. is the
wife of L. I). Russell, of Kansas City; Dell W. is
the wife of William F. Clark, of Lansing; Mollie
E. is at home; Perry V. died when twelve years
old; Sarah died at the age of four years ; William
L. and Charles J. are at home.
Col. DeLand was married in Summit Township,
in the home where he now lives, May 4, 1859, to
Miss Mary K.. daughter of the late Leonard
and Sarah M. (Hodgkins) Perry. Mr. and Mrs.
Perry were natives respectively of Vermont and
Niagara County, N. V. After their marriage, in
the year 1836, they settled among the earliest
pioneers of Summit Township, this county, where
they constructed a home from the wilderness and
spent the remainder of their days. The mother
departed this life duly 19, 1879. Mr. Perry died
June 20, 1881. They were the parents of two
daughters only. Mrs. DeLand was born at the old
Perry homestead in .Summit Township. March 12.
1838. and grew to an attractive womanhood amid
the surroundings of a cultured home. Of her union
with Col. DeLand there have been born seven chil-
dren, who are recorded as follows: Cora L. is the
wife of L. I). Russell, of Kansas City; Dell W. is
the wife of William F. Clark, of Lansing; Mollie
E. is at home; Perry V. died when twelve years
old; Sarah died at the age of four years ; William
L. and Charles J. are at home.
Gravesite Details
Spouse: Colonel Charles V. DeLand.
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