San Diego County Biographies
 
DR. W. F. PERRY

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of Perris, was born in Binghamton, New York, March 20, 1852.  His 
great-grandfather, Anson Perry, was a full cousin of Commodore Perry. The 
Doctor's grandfather, also Anson Perry, was a soldier in the service of his 
country in the war of 1812.  Dr. Perry's father, David B. Perry, was born 
September 25, 1811, and in 1835 was married to Miss Lucy B. Chaffee. They 
celebrated their golden wedding, February 2, 1885. Mrs. Perry died in 1887, and 
Mr. Perry in 1889,
at the age of 78. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are 
living. The subject of this sketch received his early education in the public 
schools of Binghampton, his native town. In 1882 he entered the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, of Chicago, and graduated at the Kentucky School of 
Medicine in June, 1885, and commenced the practice of his profession in Chicago, 
where he remained for two years, then having serious throat trouble he came to 
California December 1, 1887, and located at Perris, December 17, 1887. He bought 
a home and made great improvement in the growth of trees, shrubs and flowers. He 
has trees planted only six months that are now fourteen feet high. The whole 
property and grounds have an air of taste and culture and will soon be a place 
of great beauty under the Doctor's skillful treatment. He was married, February 
18, 1887, to Miss Matilda Schoonever, born in 1851, near Hornsdale, Wayne 
County, Pennsylvania, daughter of William and Margaret (Darling) Schoonever. The 
Doctor is now clerk and director of the Perris School District, and is a member 
of the Independent Order of Foresters, and is the examining physician of the 
order. He is the only physician in Perris, and is a man in every way qualified 
for the successful practice of his profession. He reports great improvement in 
his own health since coming to Perris and recommends it as a most healthy 
place,---only four deaths in the place, and they from natural causes, and 
forty-four births, since his arrival here two years ago.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  328-329