{{short description|American politician}}
'''Perry Green Childs''' (August 2, 1779 – March 27, 1835) was an American lawyer and politician.
== Life == Childs was born on August 2, 1779, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the son of Timothy Childs, a medical doctor and member of the Massachusetts House and Senate, and Rachel Wells Easton. His younger brothers were Henry H. Childs and Timothy Childs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chapin|first=Gilbert Warren|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnThAAAAMAAJ|title=The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data|publisher=Chapin Family Association|year=1924|volume=I|location=Hartford, C.T.|pages=149, 445|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Childs graduated from Williams College in 1800. After graduating, he began studying law.<ref name=":0" /> He was admitted to the bar in 1804. He then became a large land owner and one of the earliest settlers of Cazenovia, New York. He worked as a trial lawyer there for the rest of his life, being one of the most active trial lawyers when Madison County was established and was part of the law firm Childs & Stebbins. He was appointed Master in Chancery in 1806. When the village of Cazenovia was incorporated in 1810, he was one of the first trustees of the village. He was also president of the Madison County Bank.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/18061906biograph00tomp/page/34/mode/2up|title=1806-1906: Biographical Sketches of the Madison County Bench and Bar|publisher=Madison County Historical Society|year=1911|location=Oneida, N.Y.|pages=34–35|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
In 1818, he was elected to the New York State Senate, representing the Western District.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York 1818 State Senate, Western District|url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/rb68xd14n|access-date=2021-06-18|website=A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825}}</ref> He served in the Senate in 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822. In 1822, he was elected to the Council of Appointment.<ref name=":1" />
In 1807, Childs married Catharine Ledyard. Their children were Catharine Rachel (wife of Augustus W. Smith), Helen (mother of Charles S. Fairchild), Henry, Sophia Ledyard, Perry G. Jr., Jane S., and J.D. Ledyard.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ourcountryitspeo00smit_0/page/633/mode/1up|title=Our country and Its People: A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Madison County, New York|publisher=The Boston History Company|year=1899|editor-last=Smith|editor-first=John E.|pages=633–634|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
Childs died in Cazenovia on March 27, 1835.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Durfee|first=Calvin|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NY4aAAAAYAAJ/page/n241/mode/2up|title=Williams Biographical Annals|year=1871|pages=226–227|publisher=Lee and Shepard |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Cazenovia.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* ''[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#199.66.61 The Political Graveyard]'' * [http://archives.nypl.org/mss/534 Perry G. Childs Papers] at the ''New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts'' * [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38133189/perry-g.-childs Perry G. Childs] at ''Find a Grave''
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