History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 666, Farmers' Township
Caroline R. Perry, widow of Asaph Perry, above mentioned, was a
daughter of the late James P. Montgomery, of Ipava. The family
emigrated to Fulton Co. in 1838, when Caroline was very young. She
first married Allen M. Gardner, May 3, 1842, and they had one child,
which died young; Mr. Gardner died Aug, 21, 1847, and Feb. 11, 1850,
she married Asaph Perry, above mentioned, in the P. E. church at Alton,
Ill., Rev. S. Y. McMasters officiating; of this marriage were 5
children, 4 surviving, namely, Harry M., Katie, Wm. D. and Mattie C.
