Son of Wesley Perkins and Eliza (-----)
Born ca. 1849 in [Sussex Co.], Delaware

Common Laborer, 1870; Work on Farm, 1880

John's age in the census records: in 1850, age 1; in 1860, age 10; in 1870, age 20; in 1880, age 28.

1850 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Subdivision 11, Page 230, 468-476, 30 Aug 1850
1860 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Nanticoke Hundred, Page No. 95 [=891], 605-603, 30 Jun 1860
1870 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Seaford Hundred, Page No. 34 [=794 verso], 219-219, 02 Jul 1870
1880 - U.S. Census, Delaware, Sussex Co., Broad Creek Hundred, E.D. 45, Page No. 19 [=406C], 162-165, 09 Jun 1880