Background
Perkins, David Walton was born on November 16, 1847 in Rome, New York, United States. Son of David W. and Jane Huntington (Fitch) Perkins.
Perkins, David Walton was born on November 16, 1847 in Rome, New York, United States. Son of David W. and Jane Huntington (Fitch) Perkins.
Educated Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Aced., and Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1857-1865. Piano studies under South. B. Mills, Alfred H. Pease, Theo. Kullak and Anton Rubenstein.
Theory under August Mickler and Friedrich Siebmann.
Founder, manager and associate director Sherwood Music School, 1897-1901. President Chicago Conservatory of Music, since 1907. Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Cornelia H. Richards, June 17, 1879 (died 1892). Married second, Gertrude Grosscup, February 20, 1895. Children: William Richards, Theodore Walton.