General Simon Perkins was an early settler, businessman and surveyor of the Western Reserve of Connecticut, which would later become northeast Ohio. He co-founded Akron, Ohio, with Paul Williams in 1825. He served as a brigadier-general during the War of 1812.
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 17, 1771
- Died
- November 6, 1844
