SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN CONGDON OF WALES, page vii.
They went to live on the Geer farm in North Stonington.
Perry helped with his father-in-law's charcoal business and also wasa relatively prosperous farmer. The Geer/Congdon farm is no longerstanding -- it burned down in a forest fire in 1922.
In the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Henry Frank Geer, the 14-year oldbrother of Lydia Geer, was living with Perry Congdon and his family inNorth Stonington.
He died at the home of his daughter, Mary E. (Congdon) Palmer, inVoluntown, CT on 25 Mar 1910, At 91 yrs, 1 mo, 18 days. The cause ofdeath listed on the death certificate was "general paralysis of thebraian", an illness he had suffered for three years. (In modern medicallanguage, this would have been described today as some sort of a stroke.)
His wife predeceased him 16 Dec 1877, age 59, dying from cancer.
Perry and his wife and several of their children are buried at thePendleton Hill Cemetery in North Stonington, CT

1. George S. CONGDON b. 14 Aug 1843, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 30 Apr 1865, Wilmington,Brunswick Co.,North Carolina.
2. Lillias Jane CONGDON b. 10 Apr 1845, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 5 Sep 1931, Voluntown,New London,Connecticut; bur. Richmond,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
3. William Palmer CONGDON b. 13 Oct 1848, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 8 Dec 1917, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
4. Josiah Everett CONGDON b. 31 Aug 1848, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 15 Jul 1871, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
5. Amos H. CONGDON b. 23 Feb 1850, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 12 May 1850, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
6. Abby E. CONGDON b. 30 Mar 1851, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 27 Jun 1936, Boston,Suffolk Co.,Massachusetts.
7. Jonathan CONGDON b. 6 Mar 1853, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 3 May 1866, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
8. Mary Ella CONGDON b. 6 Mar 1853, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 7 Mar 1940, Voluntown,New London,Connecticut; bur. Ashaway,Washington Co.,Rhode Island.
9. Adelia Lydia CONGDON b. 20 Apr 1855, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 14 Feb 1860, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.
10. Charles S. CONGDON b. 29 Sep 1857, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 1 Feb 1934, Voluntown,New London,Connecticut.
11. Abram Eugene CONGDON b. 22 Jan 1860, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; d. 13 Apr 1931, No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut; bur. Pendleton Hill Cemetery,No. Stonington,New London,Connecticut.