George W. Perry
From Kentucky, A History of the State
Perrin, Battle, and Kniffin
1885
Crittendon Co. KY
George W. Perry, county superintendent of schools, Crittenden County, was born February 19,
1854, in Sumner County, Tenn., and is a son of George W. and Eliza D. (Moore) Perry, both
parents natives of the same State. Mr. Perry's grandfather, Thomas Perry, was a native of either
Tennessee or North Carolina. He was a farmer and died in Sumner County, Tenn., in 1864.
George W. Perry, Sr., was born in Tennessee, and was a tailor. He worked at his trade in a
number of towns, and died in 1860, aged forty years. Subject's maternal grandfather was Robert
Moore, a native of North Carolina. He moved to Tennessee many years ago, and later came to
Kentucky, settled in Caldwell County, where he died in 1858 or 1859. Subject's mother died in
1862. She was the mother of four children: W. T., G. W., J. B. and William H. (deceased). Our
subject was early in life bereft of his parents, after whose death he made his home with the family
of J. W. Stegar until his twenty-first year. He attended the common schools of the country
several years, and later entered the Marion Academy, where he remained two years. In 1876 he
became a student of the Fredonia High School, conducted by Prof. J. H. Hughey, under whose
instruction he remained several terms and afterward attended the Oakland Academy in Crittenden
County one session. After quitting school he engaged in teaching in Crittenden and Caldwell
Counties, which profession he followed eight years. In October, 1882, he was elected school
commissioner of Crittenden County, and in 1884, on the repeal of the above office, he was
elected county superintendent of schools, which position he now fills. Mr. Perry is an able and
practical educator, and under his management the schools of Crittenden County have made
substantial progress. He was married January 7, 1885, to Alma S. Mayes, who was born August
17, 1862, and is a daughter of W. T. and Helen M. Mayes.
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