Background
Perkins, Elisha Henry was born on November 16, 1850 in Baltimore. Son of Elisha Henry P. (Doctor of Medicine and Elizabeth A. (Berry) P.
Perkins, Elisha Henry was born on November 16, 1850 in Baltimore. Son of Elisha Henry P. (Doctor of Medicine and Elizabeth A. (Berry) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1871, Master of Arts, 1874. Bachelor of Laws, University Maryland, 1873.
Practiced law, Baltimore, 1873-1888. President Provident Savings Bank, 1888-1926, Chairman of the Board, since 1926. Director Safe Deposit & Trust Company, Equitable Society President Trustees of the Poor, 1896-1900.
Supervisor city charities, Baltimore, 1900-1921.
Finance commissioner, 1904-1908. Director Princeton Theological Seminary, 1900-1928.
Ruling elder First Presbyterian Church, since 1881.
Married Jean Davidson Falconer, June 6, 1878. Children: Charlotte Soutter, Jean Falconer (Mistress Walter Stevenson Finlay, Junior.