My research into the life of Peter Boyer Perry has led me back in time where I found that not only did my fore fathers help to settle Jamestown Virginia but that their families were well known in the Shipping and Trade Industry in Devon England. In fact, I have traced the Perry family to my 31st Great Grandfather. That would be Peter’s 27th Great Grandfather. I received copies of Peter Boyer Perry’s Military Records and Pension Records from the National Archives. In these documents were many letters written by Peter Boyer Perry to the Pension Board asking that his pension be increased. It was through these letters that I have been able to piece together what his time in the Mexican War was like. His time in the Civil War was gathered from many sources. Peter's letters gave me a great insight to how life was for Peter Boyer Perry in his final years of life. Peter Boyer Perry was an extraordinary man. He was a survivor of two wars, the Mexican American War and the Civil War. He was wounded and left for dead on a field in Mexico but he prevailed and made it to Mexico City. The injuries he suffered in the Mexican American War, five broken ribs, a piece of steel embedded in his right eye and chronic dysentery, would follow him for the rest of his life. When men were needed to protect homes, families and farms in Florida late in the Civil War, Peter walked over 100 miles to enlist, despite suffering from chronic dysentery and loss of sight in his right eye. Peter was the father of thirteen children. He worked as a farmer with only his children to work the land. He was a school teacher, preacher, postmaster and founded the small town of Pedro in Marion County Florida. Peter Boyer Perry was a man of immense strength and character; a man with devotion to his family and to this Country; and a man who never gave up. It is my hope that I can provide an accurate account of Peter Boyer Perry's life, allowing all who read this to know of this amazing man.