Sylvester Miller Perkins

1824 - 1903  (78 years)

• Name	Sylvester Miller Perkins
  Birth	29 Dec 1824	Homer, Cortland, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Aug 1850	Byron, Genesee, NY ; age 25, born NY, laborer
  Census	2 Jun 1870	Danville, Hendricks, IN ; age 44, born VT, working in wool factory, living with mother
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Danville, Hendricks, IN ; age 54, born NY, single boarder, laborer, parents born CT/VT
  Census	27 Jun 1900	Webster, Woodward, OK ; age 74, born Dec 1825 in NY, single, parents born VT/VT, living with brother Samuel & wife
  Death	7 Jan 1903	St Louis, St Louis, MO
  Burial		Friedens Cemetery, Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
  Person ID	I11805	Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Julius Augustus Perkins,   b. 5 Feb 1799, Hartland, Windsor, VT d. 14 Jul 1862, Danville, Hendricks, IN (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Minerva Mercy Williamson,   b. 3 Jan 1791, Woodstock, Windsor, VT d. 14 Jan 1878, Danville, Hendricks, IN (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1821	Hartland, Windsor, VT
  Family ID	F4291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910" (ancestry.com) Sylvester Perkins, age 78, born ENG, a laborer, a widow, died on 7 Jan 1903 in St Louis MO of nephritis. from "The St. Louis Post-Dispatch", 8 Jan 1903 (newspapers.com) DEATH INVADES A REUNION Relatives of Aged Persons Arrive in Time to Attend Funerals Sylvester M. Perkins died yesterday morning at Walnut Park of old age. He had been failing ever since the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Phebe C. Perkins of 2340 Robin avenue, who died last Saturday morning of pneumonia. At the time of both these deaths a family reunion was being held at the Perkins home, relatives being there from Oklahoma and Indiana. Mrs. Perkins had attended Sylvester M. Perkins, who was 78 years old, for a long time and when she died the old man declared that he had no desire to live. He sank rapidly after her death. Mrs. Perkins was 63 years old and left a husband and three children. The funeral of Mr. Perkins will be held this afternoon.