Margaret Purvis

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Margaret Purvis (Sorrell)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bath County, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 11, 1900 (67)
Monterey, Owen County, Kentucky, USA
Place of Burial: Monterey Cemetery, Monterey, Owen County, Kentucky USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John P. Sorrell, Sr. and Martha "Patsey" Sorrell
Wife of Thomas “Franklin” Purvis
Mother of Clarissa E. Sorrell; Charles Purvis; Louisa Purvis; Thomas Purvis; Angeline Purvis and 4 others
Sister of William M. Sorrell; John P. Sorrell, Jr.; Joseph Sorrell; NN Sorrell; Nancy Sorrell and 4 others
Half sister of James C. Sorrell; Alfred Sorrell; Isaac Sorrell; Henry S. Sorrell and Martha Jane McCarty

Managed by: Jim Wile
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About Margaret Purvis

Margaret Sorrell was born in Jan 1833 in Bath, Kentucky, USA (Licking River, Iles Mill as the second child of John Sorrell Sr. and Martha "Patsey" Stearman). She had nine siblings, namely: William M., John P. "Pancake" Jr., Joseph, ???, Nancy, Leonard, Silas, Archibald, and Elizabeth. She died after 11 Jun 1900 in West Monterey, Owen, Kentucky, USA. When she was 19, she married Thomas Franklin Purvis, son of Samuel Purvis and Nancy Rutherford, on 16 Mar 1852 in Bath, Kentucky, USA.

Margaret Sorrell was buried in Monterey, Owen, Kentucky, USA (Monterey Cemetery). She was counted in the census on 20 Sep 1850 in Bath, Kentucky, USA. She was counted in the census on 24 Jul 1860 in Clayton, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA. She was counted in the census on 04 Aug 1870 in Butler, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA. She was counted in the census on 14 Jun 1880 in Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, USA. She was counted in the census on 11 Jun 1900 in West Monterey, Owen, Kentucky, USA ((10B6L)).

Thomas Franklin Purvis and Margaret Sorrell had the following children:

Linea Purvis was born in 1853 in Bath, Kentucky, USA.

Clarissa E. Purvis was born on 24 Aug 1853 in Bath, Kentucky, USA. She died on 21 Jan 1880 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA. She married Enoch Sorrell on 17 May 1868 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA Frank Purvis' House.

Thomas Purvis was born in May 1854 in Kentucky, USA. He married Mary ??? in 1879.

Charles Purvis was born in Aug 1854 in Bath, Kentucky, USA. He died on 30 Apr 1918 in Gratz, Owen, Kentucky, USA. He married Elizabeth ??? in 1886.

Louisianna Purvis was born in 1856 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA.

Sarah E. Purvis was born on 07 Sep 1860 in Kentucky, USA. She died on 10 Sep 1944 in Eminence, Henry, Kentucky, USA. She married Jesse R. LaFollette on 05 Feb 1880 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA Frank Purvis' House.

Angelina Purvis was born in 1861 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA.

Nancy Mary Purvis was born in 1865 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA.

Albert Purvis was born on 22 Feb 1870 in Kentucky, USA. He died on 14 Dec 1950 in Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. He married Martha J. Sorage in 1888.

William Purvis was born on 10 Mar 1871 in Pendleton, Kentucky, USA. He died on 04 Jan 1951 in New Castle, Henry, Kentucky, USA.

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Margaret Purvis's Timeline

1833
January 1833
Bath County, Kentucky, United States
1853
August 24, 1853
Bath County, Kentucky, United States
1854
August 1854
Bath County, Kentucky, United States
1856
1856
1858
1858
1861
1861
1861
Pendleton, Kentucky, USA
1865
1865
1868
1868