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About Robert Purvis, abolitionist
Robert Purvis: Aug 4, 1810-Apr 15, 1898
Parents: William Purvis 1757-1826 and Hannah Judah
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Robert Purvis, abolitionist's Timeline
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August 4, 1810
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Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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| 1898 |
April 15, 1898
Age 87
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Fair Hill Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
When the burial ground of St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, where his mother had been buried in central Philadelphia was closed, Purvis had the remains transferred to Fair Hill Burial Ground in Philadelphia's Germantown neighborhood, where his wife (1810-1875) and daughter Georgianna (1850-1877) who had died of consumption were buried, and where he himself would be buried in 1898.
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