Theodore Truman Perry followed Horace Greeley's advice and went West. With his cousin, either Loren Edwards or Loen Witherall, he sold subscriptions to Horrace Greeley's newspaper to pay expenses. Following his brother Anthony's advise, he studied law and with Loren they boarded 2 blocks from Lombard College with the widow of Lorenzo Chapin. Mary Ann Chapin was a step daughter of Lorenzo's widow and was studying Literature and Art at Lombard College. During the summer, Theodore worked on surrounding farms around Galesburg, Illinois and hoped to have his own farm some day.
Theodore and Mary Ann Chapin becamer sweethearts while they were atteding college and married an hour after she graduated on the lawn of her home near the college. Rev. Parker, the President of Lombard College married them on June 15, 1870. They moved to Girard, Kansas where Theodore had established a Real Estate office for the Frisco Rail Road and was running excursions from Illinois and Iowa in order to sell land to farmers.
They had 6 children:
Nellie Augusta Perry -Born in 1871 and died in 1871 in Girard Kansas
Roxanna Perry - Born in 1872 and died in 1872 in Girard Kansas
Minnie Izah Perry born 12/23/1873 and married Walter Lee Burkett, Dec 1910
Herbert Harvey Perry born 12/23/1873 and married Clara Ann Depuy, Dec 1907
Grace Adfelia Perry born 01/22/1879 and married Gavid Emanual Gustafson 6/15/1909
Theodore Thruman Perry -Born 2/1/1881 and died 02/1888 in Girard Kansas
Mary Ann Chapin died of pneumonia in Girard, Kansas in 1883 and in July 1885, Theodore Truman Perry married her cousin Sarah E Chapin who died Februaruy 2, 1913 in Girard, Kansas of a long illness.
In January 13, 1916 Theodore T Perry had a stroke and died within a few hours.
From Donaldson - Perry Geneology writtern by Abigail Perry Richards from Lamar, Missouri 1/15/1909 & amended by Evelyn Perry Love in 1948
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