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clno in the vicinity of Uteadsboro, Vt, J driving1 40 miles a day on his rounds, j and the terrlfio strain finally broke down hts health physically and mentally.“The curious part of that was,” said ; Dr Perry, with a twinkle in his eye, “that at the time of my mental breakdown they named me assistant Judge {of the County Court.” 1Bincc Dr Perry served six years as j: assistant Judge of Bennington County; it is fair to assume that his mentality was not permanently impaired, and to talk with him now, at the age of four score and four years, confirms that assumption.Father 79 When He Was BornDr Perry was the youngest and is now the only surviving son of Mleah Perry, who was born in Lexington, Mass, Dec 3, 1759, and while living at Royalston, Worcester County, enlisted and served for nine months in Capt James Berry’s Revolutionary company. Col Thomas Poor’s Massachusetts regiment.Micah Perry was twice married, andDr Perry remembers a half-brother,Jonas Perry, as one of the family when Dr Perry himself was an infant.Micah Perry was fatally injured in a runaway at the ago of 80 years. Dr Perry was born when his father was 79 and his mother 38 years old.Dr Perry served as a surgeon in the Civil War and attended both Federal and Confederates on the field. He was with Sheridan in his famous dash down the (Shenandoah Valley and at Cedar Creek, where he attended a Confeder-^ ate whose lower jaw had been shot away. Years after ho met the man in Memphis and recognized him by his eyes, although the poor fellow' was wearing a mask over his disfigured face.Berkshire Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, did a graceful thing on Dr Perry’s birthday in electing him a life member, w ith all dues paid.Dr Perry’s claim to distinction as the “only living son” of the Revolution I became known only recently, and not through his making such a claim himself, but through the Bureau of Pensions at Washington.
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Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Mar 05, 1922
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