Perry family.
Biographical notes:
The Perry family, of Campbell and Gallatin Counties in Kentucky, included Fountain Perry, a boat captain and commission merchant who operated flatboats and keelboats down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Cincinnati to New Orleans. He traded at various times in tobacco, pork, lard, ploughs, whiskey, apples, horses and slaves, usually operating his businesses from either Campbell County, Kentucky or Natchez, Mississippi. He later moved to Gallatin County, where he served as a commissioner of the common schools and as a justice of the peace. Fountain's son, Roderick Perry, was a miller, a lawyer and a steamboat owner; he served as an officer in the Confederate Army, was president of the Warsaw, Ky. bank, and served as a court clerk. He was also influential in Gallatin County politics. A descendant of the family was William P. Perry, Jr., who married Anne Talliaferro.
From the description of Perry family papers, 1800-1952. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 14037939
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Subjects:
- Business records
- Inland water transportation
- Shipping
Occupations:
- Boatmen
- Politicians
- Soldiers
Places:
- Mississippi River (as recorded)
- Gallatin County (Ky.) (as recorded)
- Kentucky--Warsaw (as recorded)
- Ohio River (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
