- J. L. PERKINS & Co., hardware merchant; Mr. J. L. PERKINS
was born in New Hampshire,
- and came to Beloit with his parents when young; was educated
here; he entered the store of WINSLOW & ROSENBERG as clerk,
and remained in their employ as clerk eleven years; in 1878,
he opened the present store, in business for himself as a hardware
merchant, and carries a full line of stoves, tinware, hardware,
farming tools, house-furnishing goods, cutlery and plated ware,
and has built up a very profitable business; Mr. P. is an energetic
and pushing man, and has the confidence of the people of this
city and surrounding country.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 761.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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