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Raymond K. Perry, ^[1]  1876 - 1960

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  Birth	16 Sep 1876	Sterling, Whiteside, IL   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Coloma, Whiteside, IL   [4]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1900	Chicago, Cook, IL   [5]
  	He was living as a boarder in a house on Michigan Ave.. He was a bank clerk and single.
  Census	1910	New York, New York, NY   [6]
  	In his household was his wife, Emilie. He was an artist.
  Residence	1910	New York, New York, NY
  	on West 127th St.
  Residence	1918	Chicago, Cook, IL   [3]
  	at 220 South State St. (Hotel Alexandrie)
  	His relative was his wife was Emilie. He was an artist employeed by the Ethridge Co.. He had medium height, medium build, blue eyes, and grey hair.
  Census	1920	New York, New York, NY   [7]
  	In his household was his wife, Emilie. He was an artist.
  Residence	Between 1920 and 1930	New York, New York, NY   [2, 7]
  	at 159 East 34th St.
  Census	1930	New York, New York, NY   [2, 7]
  	In his household was his wife, Emilie R. His occupation was artist.
  Occupation	a painter, illustrator and designer  [1, 8, 9]
  	He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Acadamy of Fine Arts. He was a "Golden Age artist who began working for National Allied Publications, the precursor to DC, in the 1930s and went on to work on titles such as Batman, Adventure Comics, and Action Comics." He was art editor for the National Comics Publications, Inc. He also designed windows for churches and libraries in Pennsylvania. He also was noted for his portraits. In 1940, he did a pen and ink drawing of the Brookhaven Free Library which is now in the Post-Morrow Foundation Historical Collection..
  Residence	Abt 1940	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10]
  	at 408 South Country Rd. (modern address),
  	Is residence in Brookhaven Hamlet was likely a Summer home. This house is Brookhaven/South Haven historic site Br5B.
  Residence	1960	New York, New York, NY   [8]
  	at 145 E. 34th Street
  Died	16 Nov 1960	New York, New York, NY   [1, 8]
  	His obituary in the New York Times: RAYMOND PERRY DEAD Art Editor of Comic Books Designed Church Windows Raymond Perry, art editor of comic books, painter, designer and book illustrator, died Tuesday night in Dresden Madison Nursing Home at 36 East Sixty-seventh Street. He was 84 years old. Mr. Perry, who formerly lived at 145 East Thirty-fourth Street, had been art editor of the National Comics Publications, Inc., of 575 Lexington Avenue, for the last twenty years. He also had designed windows for Churches and libraries in Pennsylvania. Portraits by him are in the Seventh Regiment Armory and Fraunces Tavern in New York, and the Poe Cottage in Philadelphia. He was born in Sterling, Ill., and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Academy of Fine Arts. Mr. Perry was a member of the Salmagundi Club and American Water-color Society.
  Person ID	I9412	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2009
  Father	George P. Perry, >,   b. Abt 1850, PA ,   d. Likely or certainly yes (based on other fact dates), date unknown
  Mother	Sophy [Perry],   b. Abt 1851, PA ,   d. Likely or certainly yes (based on other fact dates), date unknown
  Family ID	F3445	Group Sheet
  Family	Emilie R [Perry], ^,   b. Abt 1880, IL ,   d. Bef 1960
  Married	Abt 1907
  Family ID	F3444	Group Sheet

• Photos		Raymond Perry Pen and Ink Drawing of the Brookhaven (NY) Free Library .. now in the Post-Morrow Foundation Historical Collection.
  		Miller Barn, 1939 This painting is of the Miller's barn (See Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Br30C). It is dated 1939. The damage to the barn may have been caused by the hurricane of Sept 21, 1938, George Miller was still active in farming until he died in 1948.  Painting by Raymond Perry seem to be relatively rare. This is the only known painting of a Brookhaven Hamlet subject. Raymond Perry had a country home a short distance from the Miller Farm.
  		Raymond Perry
  		Smith Point Bridge This is a pen and ink drawing of an early Smith Point bridge by Raymond Perry. Several bridges were built to transverse the narrow gap between Smith's Point at the south end of Mastic Neck and Fire Island.
  Documents		Richard Corwin Homestead. 408 South Country Road, Brookhaven Hamlet, NY. For a time it was the residence of the artist, Raymond Perry. This document is Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Data Sheet Br05B.
  		Examples of Raymond Perry as comic book illustrator
  		Examples of Raymond Perry's work at AskArt.com .. thumbnail is of Prosser Pines, now a Suffolk County Nature Preserve in Middle Island, NY, which features a majestic stand of white pines planted in 1812.

• Sources

  [S495] AskArt, http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=10185. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1558; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 1191; Image: 891.0.. [S216] WWI Draft Registration Cards, Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1503829; Draft Board: 47.. [S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Coloma, Whiteside, Illinois; Roll: T9_258; Family History Film: 1254258; Page: 66.1000; Enumeration District: 193; . [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Chicago Ward 1, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623 245; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 27.. [S104] 1910 Census, Census Place: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York; Roll: T624_1027; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 1420; Image: 846.. [S107] 1920 Census, Ancestry.com., Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 12, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1206; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 887; Image: 1041.. [S118] New York Times, pg 31, Obituary 17 Nov 1960.. [S502] Comic Vine Web Site, http://www.comicvine.com/raymond-perry/44874/. [S396] Local Knowledge.