[791] at the last he shared its service in the vicinity of Wilmington, N. C. On his return home he embarked in the practice of law, and was soon elected a member of the State convention, and a member of the legislature, where he rendered valuable service. By election in 1868 he served four years as solicitor of the western circuit, and in 1880 he was elected to the State senate. At the expiration of his term in the latter office he was elected representative in Congress in 1884, and by two re-elections was returned to Congress until he declined further service, and his third term expired in 1891. During his last term he succeeded in securing the erection of a public building at Greenville. In 1888 he was married to Louise, daughter of John H. Bankhead, member of Congress from Alabama, and they have two children living. After a successful and honorable career as a lawyer, covering a period of thirty-seven years, Colonel Perry withdrew from professional life in 1897, and retired to his beautiful country home, Sans Souci, a few miles from Greenville.
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[791] at the last he shared its service in the vicinity of Wilmington, N. C. On his return home he embarked in the practice of law, and was soon elected a member of the State convention, and a member of the legislature, where he rendered valuable service. By election in 1868 he served four years as solicitor of the western circuit, and in 1880 he was elected to the State senate. At the expiration of his term in the latter office he was elected representative in Congress in 1884, and by two re-elections was returned to Congress until he declined further service, and his third term expired in 1891. During his last term he succeeded in securing the erection of a public building at Greenville. In 1888 he was married to Louise, daughter of John H. Bankhead, member of Congress from Alabama, and they have two children living. After a successful and honorable career as a lawyer, covering a period of thirty-seven years, Colonel Perry withdrew from professional life in 1897, and retired to his beautiful country home, Sans Souci, a few miles from Greenville.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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