CHARLES F. PERKINS, one of the prominent young business men of Pleasant Hill, cashier of the Pleasant Hill Banking Company, of which he is one of the heaviest stockholders, was born July 5, 1882, in Owen County, Kentucky, and is a son of George and Martha Ellen (Payne) Perkins. The parents of Mr. Perkins were natives of Kentucky, and his mother still survives and resides at Covington. His father died April 20, 1891. He was a member of the Baptist Church. To George Perkins and wife three children were born: Walter, who died when aged eighteen months; Charles F.; and Elzie, who married Gertrude Smith, daughter of George Smith, of McHenry, Kentucky, and has one child, Iola.

Charles F. Perkins was educated in Owen County and the State University at Lexington. Immediately after completing his college course he became bookkeeper for a banking institution at Wheatley, Kentucky where he remained for two years. From there he went into a bank at Ghent, Kentucky, and was assistant cashier for two years, and then came to Pleasant Hill in March 1907. Mr. Perkins came here a stranger, and opened up his bank when almost unknown, but he did not long remain so, for his square dealing and careful, conservative methods soon appealed to both capitalists and the people at large, and a hearty support soon placed this financial institution among the leading ones of Miami County. He invested in property, showing is intention to make this town of pleasant name and environment his permanent home, and now owns his own handsome residence, together with three town lots. He has shown a hearty interest in public affairs, and during the recent local option campaign against liquor gave three weeks of his valuable time to presenting this issue to the people. In politics he is a Democrat.

Mr. Perkins was married November 27, 1907, to Miss Effie Roberts, a daughter of W. A. Roberts of Ghent, Kentucky. They are members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of Pleasant Hill Lodge F.& A.M., of Pleasant Hill.