Samuel Elliot Perkins IV  

Samuel Elliot Perkins IV BIRTH 2 MAR 1909 Indianapolis Marion county Indiana DEATH 3 FEB 1996 Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana son of Samuel Elliott Perkins and Mary Florence Milford Perkins

Samuel Perkinns IV was en=mbassy officer

Services fir Samuel E. Perkins IV, 86, Culver, a retired foreign service officer for the State Department, will be at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 10 in St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Churh, Culver, with alling there from 10 a.m.

Burial will be in Crown HIll Cemetery, Indianapolis.

He died Feb.3.

Mr. Perkins, formerly of Indianapolis, began his federal career as an engineer and lawyer in 1933. Aftr joining the Department of State in 1941, he was assigned as economic attache at the U. S. Embassy in Paris.

A Navy Resrve veteran, he was called to ative duty during World War II and served on the staff of the U. S. military goernor for Germany in Berlin at the beginning of the Allied occupation in 1945.

After serving in the Korean War, Mr. Perkins was first secretary and counsel for the U.S. Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, fro m 1955 to 1959.

A graduate of CUlver Militry Academy and National University Law School, Washington, he received master's degree in law ther.e

He was a former member of the Culver Board of Zoning Appeals.

Memorial contributions may be made to Culver-Union Township Emergency Medical Systems.

Survivor: wife Mary C. Collins Perkins.

BIonine Funeral Home, Culver, is handling arrangements. - Indianapolis Star, 07 Feb 1996

married May 5, 1936 Washington D.C Mary Katherine Collins BIRTH 6 Mar 1907 Decatur, Michigan Death 4 Apr 2002 Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana BURIAL Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, daughter of Parents John Guy Collins and Katherine Cummings

Miss Collins Weds Samuel Perkins
(Special to The Gazette) WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 7.— Prominent among the out-of-town relatives attending the colorful capital wedding yesterday of Miss Mary Katherine Collins to Mr. Samuel Elliott Perkins. 4th. of Indianapolis,Ind. was Mr. Eugene W. Collins of Charleston. W. Va., brother the bride.

The ceremony was performed in the parish house of fashionable St. Gabriel's church on New Hampshire avenue at Fifth street, northwest, by the Rev. Louis W. Albert

Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, assistant works progress administrator, attended the ceremony.

The bride wore a gray crepe ensemble with rose net blouse and gray accessories. Her corsage bouquet was of sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley.

After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Perkins will reside in Washington. - Charleston Gazette Charleston, West Virginia - May 8 1936


Culver Mary C. Perkins, 95, of 964 E. Shore Drive, died at 7:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth. Services will be at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's of the Lake Church, where friends may call one hour before services. Bonine Funeral Home is handling arrangements - South Bend Tribune Apr 09, 2002

In a biography of Samuel E. Perkins IV's 4^th great grandfather Judge Samuel E. Perkins is found the family history that which pertaines to his parents and him is as follows:

.....Judge Samuel Perkins....married Amanda J. Pyle...Ten children were born to them

The oldest son, Samuel E. Perkins II was born at Richmond September 2, 1846. The year following his birth his parents moved to Indianpolis in order that is father might attend to his duties as Supreme Judge. In the capital city he spent his hoyhood and youth, finishing his schooling in Northwestern Christain University, now Butler College. Under his father he guided his mind in its first acquisition of legal knowledge, and subsequently was a student in the law school founded by Judge Perkins and Hon. Joseph E. McDonald. He and his father, during the few years when the latter was not on the bench, where actively associated in practice, but upon the death of Judge Perkins his son sought no further opportunities to build up his clientage and found his time well taken up by managing the various property interests he had acquired. He was more widely known as a cousellor than as a court practitioner. He had a thorough knowledge of the law and was wise in its application. Perhaps his chief characteristics were his industry and his love of home. He was universally respected for his upright life and for the general good he did in the community. He had a well rounded and useful life, though he did not attain the age of three score and ten. He died April 8, 1915 [age 68].

On July 11, 1877, he married Susan Elizabeth Hatch. She is still living in Indianapolis, and her marked literary talents have brought her much esteem in literary circles. She is the mother of two sons, Samuel E. and Volney. The latter died in 1900, while a student at Prudue University.

Samuel E. Perkins III, whose secure position in the Indianapolis bar serves to connect the present with the older generation distinguished by hi sgrandfather, was born at Indianapolis May 8, 1878. After attending private and grade schools in Indianapolis he entered Wabash College, from which he graduated Batchelor of Arts in 1900. The Indiana Law School gave him his L.L.B. degree in 1902, and since that year he has been steadily winning the honors of his choosen profession.



On September 11, 1901, he married Mary F. Milford at Crawfordsville. They had two children, a daughter Susan L., fifteen years of age, and the son aged ten bears the name Samuel E. IV and represents the fourth generation of his honored name and family in Indiana.



Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood Chicago: American Historical Society, 1919, pg. 1240

Estate puts history on auction block

Hitler memorabilia, antiques all part ofthree-day sale

CULVER - The thank-you note is brief and overflowing with good wishes for the thoughtful birthday card. The card brought great joy to the recipient who signed the note at the bottom: Adolf Hitler

Theres a calling card of Hitlers, too, along with whats labeled as veneer chips from one of his desks and sheets of stamps bearing the Ger man chancellors profile.

And then theres the invitation to dine with Hitler. One can presume the invitation was not refused.

The Hitler memorabilia is among a Large number of items brought back from Germany at the close of World War II by Samuel E. Perkins IV

The World War II memorabilia will be just a small, though notable, part of a weekend auction of the Culver estate of the Perkins family

Also up for bid are pieces of antique furniture, including a Chippendale mahogany pie crust tip and turntable; maps that may date to the late 1500s, including one of Antwerp, Belgium, designed by Peter Paul Reubens; glassware; paintings; and books that range from a prayer book in Latin that is perhaps 500 years old to a 1928 edition of Gene Stratton Porters Magic Garden.

Also included in the sale are campaign buttons of Theodore Roosevelt Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, a badge from Woodrow Wilson's inauguration and Franklin Mint inaugural medals.

And thats just a fraction of the items being auctioned Saturdav Sunday and Monday at Culver Academy's Henderson Ice Arena, Academy Road and Indiana 10, Culver.

Its such an unusual sale fortis," said Sue Konya Bolin, owner of Sues Auction & Appraisal Services in Lakeville, the company companythe auction This is one ot the most fascinating auctions I've ever done, she said And its non picked over.

Usually, family memhers go through the estate before the acution service does, she said

But in the case of the Perkins es tate, there are only distant family members, who have opted to liquidate the estate There are plenty ot treasures for buyers to find this weekend

Of course, the authentic ty of so many items is hard to verify Konya Bolin's employees have verified the items to the best of their ability. However, buyers will be able to examine the items up close during the auction and can make then own decisions

So where did Samuel and Mary Perkins get all of these things.

Samuel Perkins I was a justice of the Indina Supreme Court and succssive generations of the family have lived on Lake Maxinkuckee since 1917.

Samuel E. Perkins IV graduate of Culver Military Academy (there's lots of Culver stuff for sale too), worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce, served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, then served with the U.S. FOreign Service in Paris and Brussels.

He and Mary Perkins traveled extensively, if the dozens of boxes of ssslides marked "Japan", "Africa" etc. are any indication.

Alot of the items appear to have come back from Europe during the war, often as spoils of was. Many of the books and other items haver notations like "Picked up in the rubble of the Reichschancelloery, Berlin July 1945.

Kenva Bolin says she's been contacted by people from all over interested in the action.

Because of the potentioal acttion value of many of the items, Konya Bolin has hired 24-hour security.

But not everything has the pntential to be the bi bucket showpiece ofn "Antique Roadshow" Konya Bolin says then are plenty of things that she expects to sell for lower than astonomical prices.

There is something here for everybody she said. we want them here and we want them to buy,

Perkins estate auction Doors open at 8:30 a m Saturday and 9 a m Sunday Auction begins at 11a m Saturday, noon Sunday and 10:30 a m Monday

Auction will be held Saturday and Sunday at Culver Academys Henderson Ice Arena, Academy Road and Indiana 10 Culver Monday will tie at the Perkins estate residence, 964 E Shore Drive (Indiana 117)

Culver Sale order
* Saturday. World War II/Nazi memorabilia, Culver memorabila, antiquarian maps, political buttons, books, steins
* Sunday Lamps, toms stamps lace and linens, jewelry and accessories, silver, metalware.
* Both days: Antique furniture, glass, pottery, small primitives, assorted collectibles, mirrors, oriental rugs, lamps, art _
* Monday: General household appliances, books, Hammond organ, outdoor furniture, statuary, tools, yard equipment, box lots, canoe, fishing equipment
* Terms Cash; traveler's checks and Visa and MasterCard with no buyer's premium; no out-of-state checks unles buyer is established with Sue's Auction Service; local checks myst be accompanied by letter of good standing from the bank.

Old books, maps and pictures, such as the one at left believed to be the cover of a 16th or 17th century atlas, will be auctioned this weekend in Culver. The picture depicts cartographers Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius.

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World War II and Nazi memorabilia, including what to apparently a birthday card sent to German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, are among the Items up for auction this Weekend from the Samuel and Mary Parkins estate of Culver. This card Is dated April 19, 1934, although Hitler's birthday was April 20.

By MIKE PETRUCELU Tribune Staff Writer The South Bend Tribune Sep 25, 2002

VISUAL COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS,
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH MEMORIAL LIBRARY,
INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Perkins, Samuel Elliot III. Collection, 1896-1938. P 0053. Approximately 200 black and white snapshots made or collected by Samuel Elliot Perkins III between 1896 and 1938. The photographs have a documentary quality. Perkins made photographs of soldiers departing for World War One, and attempted to capture bicycle racers in motion. He successfully photographed the racers standing beside their bicycles. Perkins annotated a number of photographs with the month, date, time, and prevailing weather conditions. Bridges, parks, and views of the White River are featured in snapshots of Indianapolis. Perkins also photographed automobiles, particularly on journeys with this family across Indiana. It may have been on these journeys that he photographed covered bridges and natural features in Adams, Wayne, Washington, Franklin, and Brown Counties. A small number of photographs are affixed to the verso of letters addressed to Perkins. Samuel Elliot Perkins IV donated the collection to the Indiana Historical Society in 1975.

Perkins Family
The Perkins family of Indianapolis became summer residents on the east shore of Lake Maxinkuckee in 1920 when my grandmother, Susan E. H. Perkins, purchased the propertly then known as Bay View Place.

She was an active club woman and three times state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was the widow of Samuel Elliot Perkins, Jr. who died in 1915. He was a lawyer, son of Indiana Supreme Court Cheif Justice Samuel Elliot Perkins.

She employed Roscoe Stevens to construct a two story fram summer cottage typical of the period. The rooms were big, the ceiling were high and each story had a broad porch facing the lake.

My grandmother; my mother, Mary Milford Perkins, sister Susan Louise Perkins, and I spent most of our summers here. My father Samuel Elliot Perkins III, an Indianapolis attorney, came up weekends, and for longer periods when he could get away. The drive up usually took about four hours in those days. His interests in ornithology and natural history were well known in Indianapolis and Culver through mewspaper articles and scientific papers.

From 1921 to 1923 while I attended the academy Summer Woodcraft School which was then located where the Memorial Chapel is now. In 1925 I went to the summer naval school and graduated in 1927.

My sister Susan, recieved her high school education at Tudor Hall in Indianapolis, and I obtained mine at Shortridge High School there. Later she went to the University of Chicago and I to Purdue.

On May 17, 1930 my sister married Frank M. Setzler whom she had met at the University of Chicago. The same year he obtained a position as an archeologiist at the U. S. National Museum in Washington D. C. where they spent the next 30 years. They had two sons: Frank Perkins Setzler and Paul Elliot Setzler.

The depression was sweeping the country in 1932 and I sough employment in Washington D.C. I worked as a clerk for the Smithsonian Institution. I later obtained a position as a catongraphic engineer for the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

On May 5, 1936 I married Mary Collins in Washington D.C. I went to law school at night, graduated in 1939 and obtained a position as a government attorney in the U. S. Department of Commerce. Several years later I transferred to the Department of State. I went on active duty in the Navy in 1943, served over seas and returned to the Department of State in 1946. I went on active duty again from 1952-1954 during the Korean War. My assignments in the Foreign Service included being posted as an attache in the embassy at Paris for two years as first secretary and cons ul at the embassy in Brussels for five years.

I retired in 1962 and soon thereafter my wife and I came back to Lake Maxinkuckee. I was on active duty in the navy again from 1968 to 1969 and was retired as a commander


Over the years the sold brown cottage had served the family well, but it ultimately was town down and replaced by a small "Cape Cod" cottage which my mother designed and had Enoch Andrews construct. In 1960 she divided the property between my sister and her husband and my wife and me and we both built homes on these lots. Many happy memories remain.

My grandmother died in 1929 at Indianapolis, my father died in 1941 in Indianapolis, my mother died in 1961 in Washington D.C. and my sister died in Frankfort in 1984 - Samuel Elliot Perkins IV. -- History of Marshall County Indiana (Taylor Publishing Co., 1986 Publication # 357 of 1,422) Marshall County Historical Society.; pg. 341




Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940 
Name	Samuel E. Perkins
Gender	Male
Birth Date	2 Mar 1909
Birth Place	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
Father	Samuel E. Perklins Jr.
Mother	Mary Florence Wilford
Certificate Number	29306
Roll number	45385_358766
Volume Range	197 - 201 \

District of Columbia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1810-1953 
Name	Samuel Elliott Perkins
Gender	Male
Age	27
Birth Date	abt 1909
Marriage Date	5 May 1936
Marriage Place	District of Columbia, USA
Spouse Mary Katherine Collins
FHL Roll	002293336

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 
Name	Mary C Perkins
Gender	Female
Race	White
Age	95
Marital Status	Widowed
Birth Date	6 Mar 1907
Birth Place	Decatur, Michigan
Death Date	4 Apr 2002
Death Place	Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date	2002
Father	Guy Collins
Mother	Katherine Cummins