Francis Perot (1796-1885), son of the Philadelphia merchant Elliston Perot and his wife Sarah Sansom, purchased his first brewing and malting plant on Vine Street in 1818. He later took his brother, William S. Perot, into partnership and they produced both beer and malt until 1850, afterward focusing exclusively on malting. In 1823, Francis married Elizabeth Marshall Morris and later absorbed the brewery of his father-in-law Thomas Morris, to whom he had been apprenticed. Francis's oldest son, T. Morris (1828-1902), and his son-in-law, Edward H. Ogden, joined him in the malting industry in 1869 under the title Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company. Under this younger generation's leadership, the company purchased several more malting plants, including one in Oswego, New York. Other members of the Perot family to follow Francis in malting were his grandsons T. Morris Perot Jr. (1872-1945) and Elliston Perot. These two oversaw the 1907 construction of the Buffalo, New York, malting plant and were able to keep the organization open during Prohibition and World War I. The Perots' malting company was sold in 1963 to E.P. Taylor, owner of Canadian Breweries Ltd.
From the description of Perot family papers, 1705-1956, bulk 1818-1956. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122541006
