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About Thomas Clapp Perkins
Thomas Clapp Perkins
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 131031461
Birth: 1798-1801
A prominent attorney in Hartford, Connecticut, and resident of the famed Nook Farm neighborhood.
Perkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut., July 29, 1798. His father was Enoch Perkins, Esq, of Hartford, and his mother, Anna Pitkin, was a daughter of Rev. Timothy Pitkin of Farmington, Connecticut. His brother was Rev. George W. Perkins. He graduated from Yale College in 1818. After graduation, he studied law with Seth Perkins Staples, Esq, in New Haven, and in 1820 was admitted to the bar in Hartford, where he practiced his profession for half a century, with distinguished success. He joined the law firm founded by his father in 1786, now called Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, one of the oldest continuously practicing law firms in the US. He was several times elected to the Connecticut State Senate and Connecticut House of Representatives, and was once elected a Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court, but declined the position. He died in Hartford, Oct. 11, 1870, at the age of 72.
Perkins married in 1827 Mary, daughter of the Rev Lyman Beecher, D.D. and sister of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She survived him, with two sons and two daughters. His eldest son was Frederic Beecher Perkins, father of author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. His other son Charles E. Perkins joined his father's law firm and became friend and lawyer to author Mark Twain.
Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
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Thomas Clapp Perkins's Timeline
| 1798 |
July 29, 1798
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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| 1828 |
September 27, 1828
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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| 1829 |
November 23, 1829
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Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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| 1832 |
March 23, 1832
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Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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| 1836 |
May 9, 1836
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Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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| 1870 |
October 11, 1870
Age 72
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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- 1818
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Yale College
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Old North Cemetery, 1821 Main Street, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, 06120, United States
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