Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

J. F. PERRY, County Superintendent of Schools, Joliet; is a son of Dr. Joseph, of Crete; he 
was born in Fairfield, Conn., June 21, 1846; his father was a teacher in the public schools 
of New York City, and the family resided, a portion of the time, on the old homestead in 
Fairfield, and the balance in New York; in 1854, the family removed to Will Co., settling 
in Crete; Mr. Perry prepared for college principally in a classical institution in Bridgeport, 
Conn., and, in 1866, entered Yale College, where he graduated in 1870 ; after graduating, he 
taught a year in the East, and then returned to Illinois; he taught, one year, as Principal 
of the public school in Madison, Cook, Co., and two years, in the same capacity, at Dalton; 
in 1874 he came to Joliet as Superintendent of the East Side Schools, continuing as such 
until Jan. 1, 1878; in November, 1877, he was elected County Superintendent of Schools, which 
position he now holds.