After James Perry left Minnesota with Jennie (Elwell) Roper in 1869, Lydia and the children split up. Some of the children lived with neighbors in the Sterling Center area.

18 Jan 1897: Orbert A. Baxter and wife to George H. Perry of Amboy sold Lot 16 Block 5 for $1000. Book 58, P. 284.

3 April 1899: Indenture from George H Perry and his wife to Orin Scramlin for $900 for Lot 16 Block 5 in Amboy.

21 August 1900: George G. Randall to William H. Perry, for $100, Lot 28 Block 3 in Randall’s Addition in Amboy.

21 July 1905: William R. Barnes to George H. Perry for $150, Lot 3 Block 19 in Lake Crystal.

26 February 1906: William H. Perry to Peter H. Johnson for $600, Lot 28 Block 3. William had 2 mortgages to Amboy Bank and Loan. William and Olive A. Perry were living in Hennepin County at this time. Johnson assumed the mortgage. The mortgage was satisfied in 1910.

5 March 1906: J. Henry Cross filed for a Writ of Attachment against the property of William H. Perry. Cross alleged that Perry was about to sell his property to delay and defraud his creditors, of which Cross must have been one. The debt was $45.69.

The Blue Earth County sheriff said that he searched for William Perry, but could not find him in the county, and Perry no longer lived in the county.