PERRY, Hiram Riley, Hancock. Farmer. Born Hancock, Jan. 28, 1842; son of Bela Ransom and Achsah (Eaton) Perry. Educated in the public schools. In 1876 married Lucy Jane Small of Hartland; they have five children, Floyd Hiram, Ethel Mary, Eugene Harvey, LLewellyn Earl, and Hugh Henry. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1862, in Co. E, 14th Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, for nine months; took part in the battle of Gettysburg, wounded July 3; discharged July 30, 1863, at Brattleboro. A Republican; represented Hancock in the Legislature 1880; has served as selectman, school director, lister, and road commissioner for several years..

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Source: Prentiss C. Dodge, editor, Encyclopedia Vermont Biography, Burlington, Vt.: Ullery Publishing Co., 1912, p. 288.