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| Mother | Esther Martin1 b. circa 1827, d. 1896 | |
| Father | John Firestone Perkey1 b. 28 May 1813, d. August 1872 | |
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| Family | Joseph Rawson Webster b. 5 May 1839, d. before 1920 | |
| Biography* | From the Illustrated history of Nebraska, pgs 692 WEBSTER, DOCTOR LENORE (PERKY), wife of Joseph R. Webster, was born at Mt. Hope, Holmes county, O, May 23, 1857. Her parents were Dr. John Firestone Perky and his second wife, Esther Martin, both natives of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio with their parents when children. The name Perky is a corruption of Berky, by the descendants of Christopher Berky. who migrated from Switzerland, canton of Berne, in colonial days. Dr. John F. Perky, on his mother's side (Firestone) was of Huguenot descent. He practiced extensively in Hancock, Holmes and Wayne counties, O., and died at Smithville, August, 1872, never having been able to practice actively after service in the field hospitals of the sanitary commission in the War of the Rebellion. His widow, with their children, Lenore, and Kirtland I. Perky, now a lawyer of Boise, Ida., moved to Lincoln, Neb., in 1880, and thence to Wahoo, Saunders county, in 1884. Dr. Lenore Perky's early education was in the common schools and normal school at Smithville and Lebanon, O. At Wahoo, Neb., she conducted a photograph business, began the study of medicine and later entered Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, Ill., graduating in 1890. Before graduation she was volunteer assistant to her mother, aiding in opening the state industrial home for girls at Milford, Neb. Soon after graduation Dr. Perky began practice at Fremont, Neb., but removed in October, 1890. to Lincoln and began practice there. In 1897 she was appointed physician to the home for the friendless by Governor Holcomb, was reappointed by Governor Poynter. and served in that office until April, 1901. While in that office her attention was drawn to the need of public provision for the cure and education of ruptured, crippled, and deformed children, neglected by Nebraska and other states. Convinced of the great need of this work, and of its beneficial possibilities both for the unfortunates and the state, viewed from its philanthropic and its economic sides, she began agitation for state provision by preparing and reading a paper on the subject before the Nebraska State Homeopathic Medical Association at Omaha, in 1904. That body made her chairman of a special legislative committee to present the subject to the legislature of 1905. Others joined in the work, which resulted in a bill, introduced by Representative James H. Cascbeer of Blue Springs, and its enactment into a law for the establishment of the Nebraska orthopedic hospital. The beneficent results of these efforts are now history in the hospital's annual reports and its work is known to many. Dr. Perky Webster is a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the Nebraska State Homeopathic Association, the Homeopathic Medical Association. District of Columbia, the Oriticial Surgeon's Association, the Nebraska State Home for the Friendless Society, Nebraska Woman's Suffrage Association, Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of Rebekah, and is a member of All Soul's church (Unitarian), Washington, D. C. She remained in active practice of medicine at Lincoln, Neb., until November 29, 1906, when she married Joseph R. Webster, attorney at law, now at Washington, D. C.2 | |
| Birth* | 23 May 1857 | Mt. Hope, Holmes Co., OH1,2 |
| Census* | 1870 | 1870 Federal Census, Ohio, Wayne County, Green Township, Series: M593, Roll: 1280, Page: 213B, July 30 (enumerated with father, John F Perkey) 03, 144, 137, Perkey, Lenore, 13, F, W, At Home, , , O(hio), , , , , 1, , , , ,1 |
| Marriage* | 29 November 1906 | Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE, Principal=Joseph Rawson Webster2 |
| Death* | 3 May 1917 | Washington, Washington, DC, From the Journal of American Medical Association Volume LXVIII/22, page 1645 June 2, 1917 |
| News/Obit* | 2 June 1917 | From the Journal of American Medical Association Volume LXVIII/22, page 1645 June 2, 1917 Lenore Perky Webster, M.D., Washington, D. C. ; Halinemann Medical College, Chicago, 1890; aged 59; died at her home, May 3. |
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