Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1879 — Death of a Noted Divine. [ARTICLE]

Death of a Noted Divine.

At the family residence, Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept. 30th, 1879, in his 79th I ear, the Rev. Gideon B. Perry, D. D. u L. D., late rector of Grace Episcopal Church in that city: formerly rector of Trinity Church. Natchez, Miss., first rector of St. Paul’s, Cleveland, Ohio; for some time at Grace Church there, and founder of St. James’ Parish, Cleveland, also. The Rev. Dr. Perry was the last surviving kinsman eotemporary of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie: Both were natives of South Kingston, Rhode Island, and born under the same roof; the Rev. Dr. on Oct. 12th, 1800, some years junior of the other. Dr. Perry for more than fiftyseven years in the Christian Ministry, was a prominent divine of the Church, and stood high, especially for force ami pulpit eloquence. The Rev. Henry G. Perry, of the Episcopal City Clergy, Chicago, is a son of the deceased. The Rev. Dr. Perry leaves a family, his widow and three children surviving him. California voted nearly unanimously at the recent election against Chinese immigration.