Edmund P. Perkins
Sept. 15, 1912; Oregonian, p 5  (photo)
"Death Takes Baker Man Who Crossed Plains Thrice"
Baker, Or., Sept. 13

   In the death of Edmund P. Perkins, Baker and community lost one of its most respected and beloved pioneers.  Mr. Perkins first came to Baker in 1862, having crossed the plains in a prairie schooner from Missouri, where he was born in 1832.  Soon after arriving in Baker he went to the Willamette Valley and did not finally settle in this vicinity until he had crossed the plains twice more.
   He married Mary Henry and chose Wingville as his home here.  About 25 years ago he moved to Baker.  He is survived by five children, two daughters and three sons.
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