Frank Willets.Frank married Emma MCILVAIN in Topeka, KS.
Emma MCILVAIN [Parents] was born in Lincoln, Logan Co, IL. She married Frank Willets in Topeka, KS.
Emma and Frank had 7 children.
Victor Moreau Griswold.Victor married Caroline Mills MCILVAIN. Victor resided.
Caroline Mills MCILVAIN [Parents].Caroline married Victor Moreau Griswold.
Caroline and Victor had 7 children.
Harry F BATHE [Parents].Harry married Mabel E Byrom.
Harry and Mabel had a total of 4 sons and 4 daughters.
Mabel E Byrom.Mabel married Harry F BATHE.
They had the following children:
M i Harry F Jr BATHE was born on 20 Jan 1920. He died on 7 Oct 2001. M ii Gene BATHE died after Oct 2001.
He was among the survivors listed for brother, Harry.
Richard "Bird Eggs" Dunscomb.Richard married Maude MCDONALD.
Maude MCDONALD [Parents].Maude married Richard "Bird Eggs" Dunscomb.
John PURVIS [Parents] was born in 1831 in Sangamon Co, IL. He died on 17 Jul 1885 in Granite Falls, MN. He married Sarah Crouch in Moultrie/Moline Co, IL.
He was a carpenter.
Residences & events:
1860 Moultrie Co, IL. At census time he was living with cousin, Enoch Purvis, as a farm laborer.
7/25/1861 He joined Civil War efforts by enlisting in Co B 75h IL Inf, serving in the TN fighting, including the Battle of Shiloh.
12/3/1862 St Louis, MO. He was discharged by a surgeon's certificate.
Palmyra, Macoupin Co, IL. He farmed there as well as carpenter work.
Abt 1882 Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine Co, MN, where he died.
Sarah Crouch was born in 1848 in TN. She died on 27 Feb 1929 in Kalamazoo, MI. She married John PURVIS in Moultrie/Moline Co, IL.
In 1922 she was living in Wichita, KS.
They had the following children:
M i William W PURVIS was born on 10 Mar 1876. M ii Ernest Lawrence PURVIS was born on 18 Aug 1878.
He had the following children:
M i James GINN was born in 1754. He died in 1826. M ii Thomas GINN was born about 1757. He died after 1820. M iii Laurence GINN.
Residences & events:
1800 Mason Co, KY. He was taxed in this county this year, along with James, Thomas, and William.
1810 He was not in KY at census time.
John GINN [Parents] was born in 1807 in Ireland. He died in 1874 in Moultrie/Coles Co, IL. He was buried in Greenhill Cem, Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL. He married Jane (Ginn) about 1828.
Residences & events:
1820 Campbell Co, KY. He was living in the neighboring county to the rest of the Ginn family who were in Bracken.
Shelby Co, IL. He served on the first petit jury along with John Purvis.
1860 Sullivan Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. In the census, John was counted among the county's more fortunate men with property = $12,800/4600. His sister, Jane, was living with the family, next door was Margaret McFarland, who was probably their daughter.
1869 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. He owned a farm of 255.22 acres there according to the county plat map. By the time the next map was published in 1893 it was in the possession of son, Robert.
Jane (Ginn) was born in 1808 in Ireland. She died in 1869 in Moultrie/Coles Co, IL. She was buried in Greenhill Cem, Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL. She married John GINN about 1828.
Hers and John's birth dates are 2 years off when comparing gravestones
to census records.
They had the following children:
M i Robert GINN was born in 1833 in Ireland. He died in 1915 in Moultrie Co, IL. He was buried in Greenhill Cem, Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL.
Residences & events:
1880 E Nelson Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. Recorded as a farmer in the census, Robert was head of the house with sisters, Mary and Lizzie, and cousin, Eliza Johnson, 50, living with him as well as a Charles Higgby, 30, farm laborer. He had no wife at that time.
1893 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. He apparently inherited his father's 255 acre farm. The county plat map recorded him as the current owner.
1913 Same place. The next plat map showed he still owned the same piece of ground.
He birthdate as posted is engraved on his headstone. However, the 1880 census listed him as 43 yrs old, making his birthdate 1837.F ii Margaret GINN was born in 1838. M iii Johnnie GINN was born in Moultrie Co, IL. He died in infancy. He was buried in Greenhill Cem, Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL. F iv Mary A GINN was born in 1845 in IL. She died in 1913. She was buried in Greenhill Cem, Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL.
Mary was deaf and dumb according to the 1860 census.
There was a Mary Ginn who died of "conjestion" in 1860 according to
census/mortality schedules. It probably was another person or this
Mary's gravestone is incorrect.F v Elizabeth "Lizzie" GINN was born in 1847 in IL. She died in 1934 in Moultrie Co, IL. F vi Harriett E GINN was born in 1851 in IL.
John PURVIS [Parents] was born about 1765 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died in Jul 1834 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He married Margaret Strother on 6 Jan 1787 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.
Residences & events:
Spotsylvania Co, VA, where he was a tobacco planter with a considerable estate.
1807, 1809, 1811 He was elected to serve as constable.
1810 At census time he owned 9 slaves.
Margaret Strother.Margaret married John PURVIS on 6 Jan 1787 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.
They had the following children:
M i John PURVIS was born about 1787 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. F ii Elizabeth PURVIS was born in Spotsylvania Co, VA. M iii William PURVIS was born in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died on 3 Sep 1849 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. M iv Francis PURVIS was born on 3 Oct 1793. He died on 25 Nov 1872. F v Frances PURVIS was born in 1794. M vi Nicholas Strother PURVIS was born about 1795. He died about 1845. M vii George PURVIS was born about 1796. He died on 7 Feb 1846. M viii Thomas S PURVIS was born about 1800 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died on 13 Feb 1830 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.
The cause of his death was drowning.F ix Harriet PURVIS was born in 1809. F x Mary H PURVIS was born in 1812.
Francis PURVIS [Parents] was born on 3 Oct 1793 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died on 25 Nov 1872 in Logan Co, KY. He married Emily Walsh on 12 Apr 1827 in Logan Co, KY.
Residences & events:
Spotsylvania Co, Va. He served several tours of duty in the War of 1812:
Pvt in Capt Clarke's Co of 1st Regt VA Militia
Cpl in Capt Waller's Co of 16 Regt VA Milita
Cpl in Capt James Fox's Co of 16 Regt VA Militia - 12 days
Cpl in Capt Geo Hamilton's Co of 16th VA Militia - 25 days (7/24 - 8/17/1814)Logan Co, KY. Following the war, he moved and married a local girl, settling down as a farmer for the rest of his life.
Emily Walsh was born on 1 Apr 1803 in KY. She died on 14 Jan 1868. She married Francis PURVIS on 12 Apr 1827 in Logan Co, KY.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret PURVIS was born on 16 Jan 1828. She died in 1874/1878. F ii Mary J PURVIS was born on 3 Jul 1829 in Logan Co, KY. She died on 27 Jan 1855 in Logan Co, KY. M iii John Quincy PURVIS was born on 14 Jul 1831. He died on 30 Apr 1915. F iv Katherine E PURVIS was born on 5 Sep 1833 in Logan Co, KY. F v Sarah J PURVIS was born on 25 Nov 1835 in Logan Co, KY. She died in 1911.
She never married. In 1900 she was a patient at the Western KY Asylum for the Insane at Pembroke.M vi William Tecumseh Purvis was born on 20 May 1838. He died on 1 Dec 1910. M vii George S PURVIS was born on 10 Mar 1841. He died on 4 Feb 1906. M viii Francis S PURVIS was born on 22 Jan 1843 in Logan Co, KY. He died on 29 Oct 1916. M ix Hiram M PURVIS was born on 12 Sep 1847.
George PURVIS [Parents] was born about 1796 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He died on 7 Feb 1846 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He was buried in Spotsylvania Co, VA. He married Elizabeth Jane Farrell on 11 Dec 1823 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.
Other marriages:Fox, Amanda
Residences & events:
Spotsylvania Co, VA, where he was a tobacco planter.
7/22/1814 - 8/17/1814 He was a Pvt in Capt Thornton's Co of VA Militia during the British invasion of the Chesapeake during the War of 1812.
1830 Stafford Co, VA, where he also raised tobacco.
The birth year is calculated from the death date.
His gravestone says: "Sacred to the memory of Goerge Purvis Who departed this life February the 9th in the 50th year of his age."
George, his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Elizabeth, are all buried in a corner of a graveyard overgrown with briars and surrounded by a forest located about 12 miles south of Fredericksburg and about 1/4 mile east of the RF&P railroad. Most of the others buried there are Bullocks. The old house spot nearby was known as Parmount.
Elizabeth Jane Farrell was born in 1804. She died on 22 Mar 1827 in Spotsylvania Co, VA. She married George PURVIS on 11 Dec 1823 in Spotsylvania Co, VA.
They had the following children: