Family
Angier March had two sons:
- Angier Greenleaf Perkins (1832–1871), also an engineer;
- Loftus Perkins (1834–1891), was apprenticed to his father in 1848 becoming a partner in A. M. Perkins & Son in 1866.
Angier March died April 22 1881 at his family home in Hampstead and was buried in the family vault in Kensal Green Cemetery. He was age 81.
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