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Robert O. Perrin
President of the Greene County, Alabama Board of Health
In office
September 26, 1878 – October 8, 1878
Personal details
Born
Robert Oliver Perrin

(1823-11-03)November 3, 1823
Edgefield District, South Carolina, U.S.
Died October 8, 1878(1878-10-08) (aged 54)
Eutaw, Alabama, U.S.
Cause of death Heart disease
Resting place Mesopotamia Cemetery,
Eutaw, Alabama, U.S.
32°51′04.5″N 87°53′56.6″W / 32.851250°N 87.899056°W / 32.851250; -87.899056
Occupation
  • Physician
  • farmer
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch Confederate States Army
Years of service 1861–1865
Rank Colonel
Commands
  • Company C, Jeff. Davis Legion (1861–62)
  • 11th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment (1863–65)
Battles

Robert Oliver Perrin (November 3, 1823 – October 8, 1878) was an American physician who served as president of the Greene County, Alabama Board of Health until his death in 1878. He previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding a cavalry regiment in the Western Theater of the American Civil War until he resigned his commission in March 1865.

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