Samuel Elliot Perkins III

Samuel Elliot Perkins III BIRTH 8 May 1878 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana DEATH 31 Jan 1941 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana son of Susan Elizabeth Hatch) Perkins & Samuel Perkins II

S. E.Perkins III East Side Cottagerm Dies

Samuel E. Perkins III, 62 years old, lawyer, ornithologoisr, and East Side cottager, died Friday in Indianapolis after a prolonged illness.

Mr. Perkins was born in Indianapolis and lived there all his life with the exception of three years spent in Maryland as field lecturer fot the National Association of Audubon Societies.

Although a lawyer by profession, Mr. Perkins was a recongnized authority of otnithology. Due to failing health, he gave up the pratie of law three years ago but continued in his nature study.

Mr Perkins was an honorary members of the Nature Study Club of Indiana and for six years was its president. He was a f ormer president of the Indiana Audubbon Society and was a fellow of the Indiana Academy of Sciences.

He held membership in the Indiana HIstorical Societym the wilson Ornithological Club, the American Ornithologist's Union and the Indiana Bird Banding Association.

funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis with burial in Crown Hill cemetery.

Survors are the widow, a daughter Mrs. Susan Setzler , and a son, Samuel E. Perkins, IV both of Washington

Fo 20 years the Perkins family had their summer home on the East Side of Lake Maxinkuckee in the Bay View Cottage.

Mr. Perkins was especially interested in the migratory ducks and water fowl, as well as the colonies of Purple Martins around the lake. With his government permit to do bird banding, he furnished seberal unusual items of valuable information to the Biological Survey in Washington D.C.

The Culver Bird Sanctuary wasa delight to him and he considered it of educational as well as informational importance to the entire state. For a hnumber of years he wrote article on bird life for the Culver Citizen - Culver Citizen

married 12 Sep 1901 Montgomery, Indiana Mary Florence Milford BIRTH 1881 DEATH 1961 BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana daughter of Arthur Bartlett "Bard" Milford and Harriett Louise Chase

 
Name	Mary Florence Milford
Marriage Date	12 Sep 1901
Marriage Place	Montgomery, Indiana, USA
Spouse  Samuel Elliott Perkins

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017 
Name	Samuel Elliott Perkins III
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	62
Marital Status	Married
Birth Date	8 May 1878
Birth Place	Indianaianapolis Indiana
Death Date	31 Jan 1941
Death Place	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date	1941
Father Samuel E Perkins
Mother Susan Eliz Hatch
Spouse Mary Florence Milford Perkins