C. H. Perrill
A farmer and stock raiser of Jasper township, Fayette county, Ohio, is C. H. Perrill. who was born in this county forty-four years ago on his father's farm near where he is now living. His parents located in this county several years before the Civil War, and his father became one amongst the largest land owners of the township. Mr. Perrill is a practical farmer and has made a success of his chosen life. While primarily interested in his own affairs, yet he has not neglected to take his share of the burdens of civic life and gives his unreserved support to all measures of merit.
C. H. Perrill, the son of John and Margaret (Sparks) Perrill, was born November 25, 1870, in Jasper township, on his father's farm about eight miles northwest of Washington C. H. His father was born June 17, 1823, in Highland County, Ohio, and lived there until he reached his fourteenth vear. He then went to Pike county, Ohio, and lived with his grandparents until he attained his majority. He then became interested in the live stock business and drove stock from Ohio to Pennsylvania and New York markets, following this line of activity until he was twenty-nine years of age. In 1852 he came to Fayette county and here was married on November 14, 1855, to Margaret J. Sparks, the daughter of Elias Sparks.
John Perrill was the son of Hugh Perrill, who died in Kentucky about 1847, and his wife died in Highland county, Ohio, in 1835. To John Perrill and wife were born eleven children : George, Mrs. Iva Acton, Louis, Edward, Mrs. Rebecca Custis, Charles H., Mrs. Laura Jones, Mrs. Margaret Glass, Frank and two who died in infancy. John Perrill was one of three children, the others being James and Mrs. Mary Brown.
C. H. Perrill received all of his education at the South Plymouth school in this county. At the age of twenty-six he assumed the management of his father's large estate.
He has identified himself with the various activities of his township, and although unmarried he takes an active interest in the social life of his locality. Politically. Mr. Perrill is a Republican, but often gives his support to a deserving friend of the opposing party.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)