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Charles Elliott Perkins
Born(1840-11-24)November 24, 1840
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 8, 1907(1907-11-08) (aged 66)
Westwood, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationRailroad executive
Known forPresident, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Charles Elliott Perkins (November 24, 1840 – November 8, 1907) was an American businessman and president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[1] He was so well respected that historian Richard Overton wrote, "From the time that Charles Elliott Perkins became vice president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy [1876] ... until he resigned as president in 1901, he was the Burlington."[2]

Perkins' Milton residence, designed by Peabody & Stearns
  1. ^ "Charles E. Perkins, Dead." New York Times. November 9, 1907.
  2. ^ Quoted in Donovan, p. 276 (emphasis in original).

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