Background
Perkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut., July 29, 1798. His father was Enoch Perkins, Esq, of Hartford, and his mother, Anna Pitkin, was a daughter of Review Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington, Connecticut.
Perkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut., July 29, 1798. His father was Enoch Perkins, Esq, of Hartford, and his mother, Anna Pitkin, was a daughter of Review Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington, Connecticut.
He graduated from Yale College in 1818. After graduation he studied law with Seth P. Staples, Esq, in New Haven, and in 1820 was admitted to the bar in Hartford, where he practiced his profession for half a century, with distinguished success.
He joined the law firm founded by his father in 1786, now called Howard, Kohn, Sprague & Fitzgerald, one of the oldest continuously practicing law firms in the United States. He was several times elected to the Connecticut State Senate and Connecticut House of Representatives, and was once elected a Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court, but declined the position. He died in Hartford, October 11, 1870, at the age of 72.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.