Soldier Information
Name: Hal Perrin
Alias: Henry
Place of Birth: Harrison KY Year of Birth: 1834
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Black
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 11 3/4
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 12, 1864
Enlistment Place: Covington
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District:
Company: A Regiment(s): 117th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Covington, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out:
Notes:
The CMSR does not note which Congressional district was credited, nor does it include enlistment papers for Perrin. He is alternately known as Henry Perrin and Hall Perrin. There was another soldier in the same company and regiment with the name Henry Perrin, also from Harrison County His alias name was Henry Coleman.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? Yes
Military Death Date: October 28, 1864
Military Death Location: Deep Bottom, Virginia
Military Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Date: October 28, 1864
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: March 19, 1868
Application No.: 158907 Certificate No.: 125288
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File: Pension File
Pensioners: Adelaide Crosswhite
Pensioner County: Clark Pensioner State: OH
Number of Pages:46
Pension Notes:
Pensioner was Hal’s widow, Adelaide (Crosswhite) Perrin, who lived in Clark County, Ohio, at the time of filing. Hal died in Virginia, during October of 1864 from pneumonia. Hal and Adelaide had four children: Marcus, Mary, John, and Samuel.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Adelaide Maiden Name: Crosswhite
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Marcus Perrin 1856
Mary Perrin 1858
John Perrin 1859
Samuel Perrin 1861
Lizzie Perrin 1866
Sallie 1869 Perrin
Gertrude Perrin 1875
Family Notes:
Adelaide had possibly two more children by an unknown man; he does not appear to have ever lived with her or at least was not found in any census record. Only Marcus, Mary, John, and Samuel are Hal Hal Perrin’s offspring.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Washerwoman
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Real estate and personal estate values were not listed. In this record, she is identified as Adeline L. Perrin, 29 years old (although she was actually closer to 34 years old). Adeline has three additional children who are obviously not Hal Perrin’s offspring, since they were born after his death.
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Housekeeper
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Adeline Perren is now 43 years old, which is closer to her estimated birth year of 1836. Adeline has three children living with her: John, Lizzy, and Gertie. She is still widowed; the father of the two youngest children is unknown.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1900 Profession: Domestic
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
Adeline is 61 years old in this record. Under the “number of children born/still living” column, she has apparently given birth to 12, but only three are still alive. She is living with her youngest daughter who is married and four grandchildren. Two of Gertrude’s children and two grandchildren are of an unnamed son or daughter.
1910 Census
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1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
1910 Census Notes:
Adaline Perrin is 74 years old in this record; she came to Springfield, Ohio, around 1869 and lived there for the rest of her life. She is noted to have given birth to nine children with now just two of them still living. One is obviously her youngest daughter, Gertrude (and family), with whom she lives.
1920 Census
1920 Census information not found
Enslaver Information
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census information not found
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found