City: Memphis
PERKINS, Newton C., banker; born Shelby Co., Tenn., Jan. 31, 1865; educated in Shelby Co., and Franklin, Tenn.; began his career as a bookkeeper in an insurance office, he remained there until 1890, when he became secretary of the Farmers Exchange (now extinct), and continued in that position about three years; during winter of 1894 he was employed in settling up business of the Federal Building and Loan Association, which at that time went into liquidation; in 1895 he formed a partnership, the firm being Brown & Perkins, cotton factors, in 1903 the firm became N. C. Perkins & Co.; he is now president of Central Bank and Trust Company; member of the Cotton Exchange, Tennessee Club and Driving and Country Clubs.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
