Mr. and Mrs. George A. Perry of Hazleton.
Pa./arrived in town last Friday noon, having been called to his old
home l:ere by the death of his father, Byron Abijah Perry.

Abijah Perry, Elizabethtown's veteran merchant, whose illness was reported in
last week's issue of this newspaper, died at his home over his store
late Wednesdiav afternoon, April 2, 1924, aged 81 years, 3 months and 1 days.
Deceased came of a patriotic line, paternal and maternal ancestors having
served in the American Revolution and War of 1812. His great-grandfather
on the maternal side responded at the time of the alarm at Concord
fought at Bunker Hill and marched to reinforce the Continental army at Ticonderoga
in 1777 and his grandfather on the paternal side, the late Nathan
Perry, as a member of the late Captain John Calkin's Company of infantry
helped roil back the tide of British invasion at tthe Battle of Plattsburg September 11, 1814.
The late Abijah Perry was born in Lewis, Essex county, N. Y., but when
he was 7 years old his .father and family moved to Elizabethtown. That was
in 1814 and September 6, 1832, he married late Elza Kellogg, only daughter
of the late Rowland Kellogg and sister of the late Congressman Orlando
Kellogg of Elizabethtown. Of this union eight children were born, all of
whom are now dead except two, the Misses Perry, who reside at the old Perry
homestead on the plain in Elizabethtown village.
Byron Albijah Perry was born at the old Perry homestead in December, 1842,
and grew to manhood among the rockribbed
Adirondacks for which he retained an unusual fondness as long as
hours of mental clearness lasted. He inherited from his father a fondness for
fishing and in his boyhood he and his late brother Milo C. Perry, used . to
catch large numbers of speckled trout at Deep Hollow Pond, at Little Pond,
in the Branch,and in the Boquet.
In the early days of the late Col. William
E. Calkins in the Essex County
Clerk's office Byron A. Perry, who
"wrote a good hand," did considerable
copying. He also served as a clerk in
the 2d Auditors' office in Washington,
D. C, during part of the Civil War period,
the position having come to him
through his uncle. Congressman Kellogg.
During Afoija Perry's term as Essex
County Sheriff 1867-1870 Byron A. Perry
did considerable writing for his
father and often went with him around
the county. At the time of the "big
strike" at Mineville when 300 striking
miners commanded by Captain Patrick
English.

He clerked in the late Ephraim Hendee's. store in
Moriah-. About half a century ago he
embarked in the mercantile business
for himself, opening a store in what
was then known as the Lawson (block
on Maple street in Elizaibethtown village.
After a few years there he built
a small store with living rooms over it
on the plain to which he moved. He
married Miss Frances Gould, a daughter
of the Rev. G. C. Gould who was
pastor of the Elizabethtown Methodist
church 1872-1875. In May and June,
1884, Mr. Perry added to the size of
his store and living rooms.
His wife died several years ago. He
is survived by three children, two sons,
William G. of E-lizalbethtown and
George A. of Hazleton, Pa., and
daughter, Miss May Perry of Eliza-
'bethtown, who has kept house for her
father.
Byron A. Perry typified reliability.
He was honest and law abiding, steadfast
in friendship and ever obliging.
No boy or young man ever became
any the worse for associating with him
and his dlean living and habits were
above even suspicion. He was always
afoout his store or about his home and
will me much missed on the plai:
where he had so long been a fixture.
Funeral services were held at the
Congre-gational church last Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. H. W.
Johnson officiating. The bearers were
Robert B. Dudley, Robert R. Wood,
Frank Martin and George L. -Brown.
The mortal remains were buried in Riverside
cemetery.