Son of Wingate Perkins and Demeter Smullen
Born ca. 1849 in [Sussex Co.], Delaware

Farm Laborer, 1870; Farmer, 1880

Henry's age in the census records: in 1850, missing; in 1860, age 11; in 1870, age 28 [sic]; in 1880, age 31.
In 1870 Henry owned real estate valued at $200.
Henry appears under the name J Henry in the 1880 census.

1860 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Northwest Fork Hundred, Page No. 6 [=802], 38-37, 02 Jun 1860
1870 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Seaford Hundred, Page No. 34 [=794 verso], 215-215, 02 Jul 1870
1880 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Nanticoke Hundred, E.D. 55, Page No. 32 [=672D], 297-307, 02 Jul 1880