James Duncan Perrott and Margaret Jane "Maggie" Jackson
Husband James Duncan Perrott 1 2 3
Born: 3 Mar 1844 or 1845 - South Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1 3 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Thomas Perrott ( -1866) 1 2 3 Mother: Mary Edgar ( -Aft 1866) 1 3
Marriage: 24 Nov 1874 or 1875 4 5
Wife Margaret Jane "Maggie" Jackson 1 4 5
Born: - North Sewickley Twp, Beaver Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: James Jackson ( -1924) 1 4 5 Mother: Margaret [Unk] ( - ) 1
Children
1 M Clyde Robert Perrott 1 4 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Margaret Wallace ( - ) 6
2 M Howard Dawson Perrott 1 5 6
Born: 16 Feb 1880 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mabel McPherson ( - ) 5 7 Marr: 13 Oct 1905 5
3 M Frank Chamberlain Perrott 1 5 6
Born: 30 Oct 1881 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Agnes Hodgens ( - ) 5 Marr: 28 Oct 1922 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 5
4 F Helen Mary Perrott 1 5 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: E. G. Ferguson ( - ) 6
5 M Edward Hutchinson Perrott 1 5 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Lucy Margaret Perrott 5 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 M James Clifford Perrott 5 6
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
8 M Thomas Eugene Perrott 5 6
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General Notes: Husband - James Duncan Perrott
He was reared and educated in Fallston, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. From 1860 until 1873 he was employed as clerk in the store of Duncan & Edgar. April 1, 1874, he embarked in the dry goods business in Beaver Falls with A. Tomlinson, Esq., and in 1877 purchased his partner's interest. In 1884 he erected a new store, which was 125 by 30 feet. In 1884 Mr. Perrott, with Gawn Ward and Jacob Ecki, purchased the plant of the Howard Stove Company, which was among the leading industries of Beaver Falls.
He was a F. & A. M., a member of the Royal Arcanum and N. W. Masonic Society of Chicago; politically he was a Republican.
He attended the Fallston public schools, and was first employed in the capacity of clerk by Duncan & Edgar, of Fallston, in whose employ he remained for the ten years between 1860 and 1870. He was then made manager of a store in New Brighton, owned by R. B. Edgar, one of the members of the firm that was his former employer. He remained in charge of this venture only until it was in smooth running order and its organization complete, then returned to the employ of James Duncan, the other member of the firm, who commissioned him to open a store in Beaver Falls. This Mr. Perrott did, although the venture was not a success, the business failing in 1872. He then went to New Castle and clerked in a store for the firm of Stritmater Brothers & Johnson, for one year, returning to Beaver Falls and opening a dry goods department for H. C. and S. R. Patterson, in whose employ he remained until 1874. In that year he began independent business operations, opening a dry goods store on April 1, his place of business being on lower Seventh avenue. In 1884 he moved to a new location, No. 1012 Seventh avenue, and there engaged in business; the necessity for larger quarters was the motive of his change of location. General dry goods was his main line, the scope of his wares being wide and varied.
He was president of the People's Building and Loan Association, being one of the original organizers. Mr. Perrott was for several years connected with the Howard Stove Company, as treasurer, he being one of the original organizers in 1884. He was president of the Beaver Falls Improvement Company, which built the River View Street Car Line. He served on the borough council six years, 1890-96, and during that time the first brick paving was installed, and practically all of the paving done in Beaver Falls was done by that council.
During James Buchanan's administration he carried mail between New Brighton and Fallston, his salary averaging eighteen cents a day, travelling four miles every day.
Mr. Perrott held membership in the Masonic order, belonging to Beaver Valley Lodge, No. 478, Free and Accepted Masons, and to Harmony Chapter, No. 206, Royal Arch Masons. His political affiliation was with the Progressive party, of which he was an enthusiastic member.
He attended the public schools of Fallston, Pennsylvania, until the age of twelve years, when he was appointed, during the administration of President James Buchanan, mail carrier from the Fallston post office, his grandfather, Samuel Edgar Perrott, being postmaster. He held this position for two years, and in 1858 joined his father, who was engaged in boating on the Erie Canal, between Pittsburgh and Meadville, Crawford County. They operated two boats, one a quarter-deck boat named "Prairie State" and the other a full-deck boat, named "The Banner." They carried a general cargo of groceries and dry goods, leaving the Smithfield Street dock, Pittsburgh, sailing by way of Rochester, Brighton, New Castle, Sharon, Middlesex and Greenville to Hartstown, then across Conneaut Lake to the foot of the Lake, crossing French Creek on an aqueduct and circling into Meadville. On the return trip the boats frequently brought a cargo of metal from these various ports to Pittsburgh. Of course, even inland navigating had its perils and "The Banner," in 1858, met with a serious accident at Rochester in entering the Ohio River, striking a submerged snag, which made a large hole in the boat, causing it to sink. However, the entire crew was saved, the boat was salvaged and, after extensive repairs, was again put in service. In 1860 he left his father's employ and entered that of Duncan Edgar, owner of a store in Fallston, Beaver County, where he remained until 1870. In the latter year he came to Beaver Falls to open a store for James Duncan, and two years later, in 1872, he started in business for himself in Beaver Falls under the name of James D. Perrott, continuing until 1918 when he retired, at the age of seventy-four years. The firm name had been changed to James D. Perrott & Son; the son, Clyde R., sold out at the date of retirement of J. D. Perrott. Mr. Perrott had many other interests in Beaver Falls at one time or another. He was one of the organizers of the Howard Stove Company, one of the important industrial establishments of Beaver Falls, of which he was the president and treasurer from the time of its inception in 1882 until it was sold to other interests in 1908. He also took a leading part in the organization and promotion of the Riverview Traction Company, holding the office of president until this company was absorbed by the Beaver Valley Traction Company. Being extensively interested in real estate in Riverview, he formed the Riverview Land and Improvement Company, of which he became president. For some twenty years he was president of the People's Building and Loan Association, and in 1912 became president of the Perrott Manufacturing Company, of Beaver Falls, manufacturers of rubber stair treads, in which two of his sons were associated with him.
Mr. Perrott was a member of Lodge No. 478, Free and Accepted Masons. In politics he was a supporter of the Republican Party, and as such was a councilman of Beaver Falls for thirteen years, being a member at various times of all of the important committees of the town's governing body. His religious affiliations were with the Methodist Church.
1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 706.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1062.
3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 265.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1063.
5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 266.
6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1064.
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John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 96, 1064.
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