Re: ELISSE or ELISA or ELIZA JANE PURDY
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In reply to:
ELISSE or ELISA or ELIZA JANE PURDY
12/12/06
Since I responded to your original message, I've discovered more about Eliza Jane Purdy Looman's family, below. I'm still trying to figure out how her father James was related to the other Purdys living nearby at the time.
1. James Purdy.
Married Aurilla Ann Bartlett Purdy on 21 Dec. 1837 in Marshall County, Va. /W. Va (Aurilla Ann Bartlett was about 20 years old). Aurilla Ann Bartlett Purdy b. about 1817 in N. Y.
Issue of James Purdy and Aurilla Ann Bartlett Purdy:
2 i. son George Harrison Purdy b. about 1840 in Va.
ii. son Simeon Purdy b. about 1842 in Va; m. Margaret Cook Purdy (abt. 1839 in Wetzel County, W. Va–) on 30 Aug. 1891 in bride’s home, Wetzel County, W. Va when about 49 years old (Margaret Cook was about 52 years old).
iii. dau. Eliza Jane Purdy Looman b. about 1846 in Va or Ohio; m. E. J. Looman (abt. 1845 in Ohio–) in 1867 when about 21 years old (E. J. was about 22 years old).
iv. son Rufus S. Purdy b. about 1848 in Marshall County; m. Emma J. McKnight Purdy (abt. 1851 in Marshall County–) on 17 May 1874 in Marshall County when about 26 years old (Emma J. McKnight was about 23 years old).
v. son Ethan James Purdy b. about 1850 in Va.
1850 U.S. census, Marshall Co., Va./W.Va. - Aurelia Purdy, 33, b. N.; George H., 10; Simeon, 8; Eliza Jane, 4; Rufus, 2; Ethen [sic] James, 4 months. All children b. Va.
1860 U.S. census, Marshall Co., Va./W.Va. -- Aurilla Purdy, 42, weaver, b. N.Y.; George H., 19, day laborer; Simon S., 18, farmer; Eliza J., 14, b. Ohio [sic]; Rufus S., 12; Ethan J., 10. All children except Eliza b. Va.
1870 U.S. census, Marshall Co., W.Va. -- Aurilla H. Purdy, 52, b. N.Y. is living in Davis household: Adams [sic] R. Davis, 49, blacksmith; Angeline, 45, b. Ohio; Jane M. Davis, 15; George Decker, 9; Eliza J. Decker, 11.
April 24, 1862 will of Rufus Bartlett, Fork Ridge, Marshall Co., Va./W.Va., lists Aurilla A. Purdy as an heir, probably his daughter. [Marshall Co. GenWeb site]