"Memorial
to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve"
Published under the
auspices of the Woman's Department of the Cleveland
Centennial Commission in 1896, edited by Mrs. Gertrude
Van Rensselaer Wickham.
Nancy McCLINTOCK was
born in Manchester, N.Y. and came to Bainbridge, O. with
her uncle’s family, where she met and married Calvin
PERKINS, whose father, Stephen PERKINS, came from the
east with David HUDSON, the founder of Hudson, O. At the
time there was only one house in Cleveland, and that was
a block house.
Mrs. Stephen PERKINS
was a Bishop and related to the HUDSONS. Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin PERKINS with three children came to Bedford in
1844, settling on the farm now occupied by their son
Samuel. Elizabeth PERKINS who married George ARNOLD, is a
widow and resides at Five Pints near the old home. Anna
PERKINS is the wife of Geo. P. NICHOLS.
Mrs. PERKINS was a
woman of rare ability and physical strength. None
excelled her as a devoted nurse, and her services were in
demand in cases of sickness among her neighbors.
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