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Birth	:	22 Jul 1850 Anderson County, Kentucky, USA
Death	:	21 Aug 1923 Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Shelby Memorial Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.8046330, -92.0448310
Description	:	Occupation: Retired MO d/c 26135 JUDGE JOHN T. PERRY (Farmer and Judge of the County Court, Post-office, Oak Dale). In 1880 Judge Perry, then but 30 years of age, was elected to his present office, one of the most important and responsible official positions in the county. This was a compliment of no ordinary significance and was as well deserved as it was worthily bestowed. Nor has the sober second thought of the people disapproved of the choice they first made, for in 1882 he was re-elected by an increased majority and he is now nominated by the... Read More	Occupation: Retired MO d/c 26135 JUDGE JOHN T. PERRY (Farmer and Judge of the County Court, Post-office, Oak Dale). In 1880 Judge Perry, then but 30 years of age, was elected to his present office, one of the most important and responsible official positions in the county. This was a compliment of no ordinary significance and was as well deserved as it was worthily bestowed. Nor has the sober second thought of the people disapproved of the choice they first made, for in 1882 he was re-elected by an increased majority and he is now nominated by the majority party in the county for a third election to the same office. Thus it is seen that he has fully met the expectations of the public and has given entire and general satisfaction as an upright, capable judge and worthy, faithful official. Judge Perry has been a resident of Shelby county only since 1871, and came to this county from Kentucky, being at that time barely 21 years of age. He was born and reared in Anderson county, Ky., and is a son of Berry Perry, now of this county, and wife, nee Polly Searcy, who were married in 1849, and resided in Anderson county until 1852, then removing to Clay county, Mo. But on account of the bad health of his wife and loss of their second son, he removed in 1855 to Anderson county, Ky., thence to Washington county, Ky., in the year 1858. There they resided till 1863, when they returned to Anderson county, Ky. Mr. Perry, the Judge's father, is now one of the worthy and respected citizens of Jackson township, Shelby county, Mo., and a substantial farmer. He was a gallant soldier in the Mexican war and fought at Buena Vista under Taylor, where he was severely wounded. Judge Perry, who was the eldest in a family of 12 children, obtained a good, common English education as he grew up, and when quite a young man became a school teacher, an occupation he has followed, though not continuously in late years, for about 17 years. In 1861 he was elected captain of the militia of his township of Washington, Ky., resigning in September of the same year. His company, under the leadership of a new captain, thence marched South to quench the Rebellion; but for his outspoken opposition to the war and for his Democratic declarations, he was incarcerated in prison at Lebanon, Ky., then at Louisville, and subsequently at St. Louis and Chicago, from whence he was released in March, 1863, upon taking the oath of allegiance. On the 4th of September, 1873, he was married in this county to Miss Rosa A. Snyder, a daughter of John H. and Sarah Snyder, and a most estimable lady. Their happy union has been blessed with four children: Mamie May, Maggie Maud, Edna Bell and John O. Since his marriage Judge Perry has been engaged in farming and he has' an excellent place of 100 acres in sections 16 and 17, township 57, range 9, of the municipal township of Jackson. The Judge is justly esteemed one of the influential men of the county. A man of high character and marked intelligence, he is naturally regarded as a leading man of the community. He takes a deep interest in the welfare of the county and has the name of having made one of the best judges the county ever had. History of Monroe and Shelby Counties, Missouri; St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1884, Pages 1129 and 1130 JOHN T. PERRY. Judge Perry is another of the honored citizens contributed to Shelby county by the fine old Bluegrass state, whence have come many whose names have been prominently identified with the annals of Missouri history. Judge Perry has followed various lines of activity and has ever stood representative of the most loyal and useful citizenship. He served on the bench of the County court for six years, has held the office of county clerk for twelve years, and is at the present time (1909) representative of Shelby county in the state legislature, to which he was elected in the autumn of 1908. As a lawyer, judge, teacher in the public schools and business man he has acquitted himself well, and the diversity of his services bears evidence of his versatility and also stands as voucher of the trust reposed in him in the county which has represented his home for more than thirty-eight years. He is now living virtually retired in the city of Shelbyville. Judge Perry is a native of Anderson county, Kentucky, where he was born on July 22, 1850, and he is a scion of a family early founded in Virginia, the fine Old Dominion that cradled so much of our national history. In that state was born his grandfather, William Perry, who was a youth ab the time of the family removal to Kentucky, with whose pioneer history the name became intimately identified. The judge is a son of Berry and Polly (Searcy) Perry, both of whom were born and reared in Kentucky, where their marriage was solemnized in the year 1849. The father was born on June 7, 1826, and is still living, maintaining his home with his son Alfred on the old farmstead which he secured nearly forty years ago and which has since continued as his place of abode. He has attained to the venerable age of nearly eighty-four years and is admirably preserved in both his mental and physical faculties, while he has the respect and esteem that have been gained by righteousness of life and that are the grateful concomitants of worthy old age. His cherished and devoted wife died in September 1898. Berry Perry devoted practically his entire active career to the great basic industry of agriculture, with the allied enterprise of stock-growing. He came to Missouri in the year 1871 and purchased a farm in Jackson township, Shelby county, where he continued to be successfully engaged in general farming and stock-growing until 1895, when he sold his farm to his son Alfred, who now operates the same. He, himself, continued to reside on the homestead, as already noted. He is an honored veteran of the Mexican war, in which he served in the command of Gen. Zachary Taylor, and in the company of which John H. McBrier was captain. This Kentucky regiment saw much active service and he continued with the same until the battle of Buena Vista, in which he was so severely wounded as to incapacitate him for further service, whereupon he was granted his honorable discharge. During the Civil war his sympathies were with the cause of the South. He is one of the now comparatively few Mexican war veterans still living in Missouri. In politics he has ever rendered a staunch allegiance to the Democratic party, and he has long been a consistent member of the Baptist church, of which his wife also was a devout adherent. They became the parents of twelve children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the eldest of the six now living: George W., now deceased, was a resident of Hunnewell, this state; Alfred resides on the old homestead, as already stated; William is a resident of Eneho, Oklahoma; Sarah Belle is the wife of Wesley Barker, of Shelby County; Charles is now a resident of Oakdale; and Nannie G. is the wife of William F. Kincheloe, of Shelby county, Missouri. John T. Perry, the immediate subject of this review, received his educational discipline in the public schools of his native county, including a course in the special school of higher academic order maintained in the Camden district. That he did not neglect the advantages thus afforded him is evidenced in the fact that he became a successful teacher, having been employed as such in the common schools of his native state from 1867 until 1872, in which latter year he joined his parents in Missouri. Thereafter he taught in the schools of Shelby and Monroe counties at intervals until 1884, becoming one of the successful and popular exponents of the pedagogic profession in this section of the state. In the meanwhile he had taken up his residence on a farm in the vicinity of Hunnewell, Shelby county, and he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits in this county for many years, having sold his farm in Jackson township in 1904. In 1880 he was elected judge of the County court, retaining this incumbency for six years and giving an admirable administration. In the meanwhile he also taught school and gave a general supervision to his farm. In 1886 he was elected county clerk, in which office he served for three successive terms, within which he did much to systematize the work of the office and bring it up to a high standard of efficiency. During his tenure of this position he devoted careful attention to the study of law and he was admitted to the bar in 1898, after which he was engaged in the general practice of his profession in Shelbyville for a period of five years, controlling a successful business and having a representative clientele. Upon his retirement from practice he engaged in the hardware business in this city in partnership with his son John 0., with whom he was thus associated until 1906, when they sold the business. He was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Bank of Lentner in the village of Lentner, this county, and served as its cashier for several months. In 1908 he was elected representative of Shelby county in the state legislature, and he has proved an able, conscientious and discriminating legislator. Re has given loyal service in behalf of the cause of the Democratic party and is an able exponent of its principles and policies. Judge Perry and his wife are zealous members of the Baptist church in their home city and he is affiliated with St. Andrews Lodge, No. 96, Free and Accepted Masons, and with the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. On September 4, 1873, was solemnized the marriage of Judge- Perry to Miss Rosa A. Snider, who was born and reared in Shelby county and who is a daughter of the late John S. Snider, who was a representative merchant and farmer of the county. To Judge and Mrs. Perry were born seven children, of whom five are living, namely: Mary M., who is the wife of Prof. Ira Richardson, a member of the faculty of the Missouri State Normal School at Springfield; Margaret M., who remains at the parental home; John O., who is engaged in farming at Epworth; Myrtle, who is the wife of H. G. Kellogg, of Kirksville, this state; and Clarence, who remains with his parents and is attending the public schools. GENERAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI 1911 Written by Shelby Countians and graciously donated by the Shelby County Historical Society, Kathleen Wilham, President - ©Copyright 1911; Pages 323, 324 & 325 ~~~~~~~ Funeral Card JOHN THOMAS PERRY Born July 22, 1850 Died August 21, 1923 Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church in Shelbyville, Mo., Thursday, August 23, 1923, at 2:30 p.m., conducted by Rev. Albert Halliwell. Interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Services at the grave will be under the auspices of the I.O.O.F. and Masonic fraternities.

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Judge John Thomas Perry death on 21 Aug 1923 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri, USA
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Rosanna A “Rosa” Snider Perry

(1853 - 1902)

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Edna B Perry

(1879 - 1901)

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