E. A. Perrenot was born in Wolseley, just outside of the walls of the United States Navy Yard, at Warrington, Florida, on the 20th of March, 1846, and less than fifteen years afterwards, in January or February, 1861, upon the secession of Florida, volunteered for the capture of this same navy yard and adjacent forts. He afterwards volunteered and served with the Fifteenth Confederate Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, a consolidation of a Florida and an Alabama battalion, commanded by the gallant Colonel Harry Maury; was captured just about the close of the war, by Grierson's Cavalry, operating under General Canby, after a sharp engagement of the remnant of the regiment against overwhelming odds, near Claiborne, Alabama, and kept a prisoner until July, 1865.

             He merchandised in Milton, Florida, until after the termination there of the yellow fever epidemic of 1867, when he sold out his business, and landed eventually in Galveston, on the 10th of October, 1867.

             In January, 1868, he moved to St. Mary's, Refugio county, Texas, and merchandised there until he removed to Rockport, then of Refugio county, now of Aransas county, October, 1869. Married at Rockport, April 7, 1870, Mattie R., daughter of J. M. Doughty, one of the founders of Rockport, who has borne him four children, two sons and two daughters. He was for a number of years engaged in the dry goods and grocery business and afterwards dealer in drugs and stationery.

             Was elected to the Fifteenth Texas Legislature in February, 1876, to serve until the general election of November, 1878. Resigned from that body in August following, as a member of the "minority" in the lower house, during the heated discussion of what was commonly called the Texas Pacific Railroad bill, involving title to about 3,000,000 acres of land, during which a majority of the House, having failed to rescind the joint resolution passed by the Senate and lower house to adjourn on the 31st day of July, 1876, at 12 m., sine die, simply adjourned over until 3 p. m. Believing their action to be without precedent, he promptly tendered his resignation as a member of said body to Governor Richard Coke, who returned the same to the Speaker, Hon. Thos. R. Bonner, by whom it was submitted to the House of Representatives, and by them accepted.

             Served as Mayor of Rockport, and was elected to the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas in November, 1880, and served during the regular session of 1881, and the special session of 1882, called to reapportion the State into Congressional Districts, etc.

             Moved to Victoria, Victoria county, during the winter of 1884-5, and was elected Clerk of the County Court thereof November, 1886; re-elected November, 1888, and now holds the said office.