Alfred was the son of George Purcell & Margaret Peggy Randolph. He married Elizabeth Parvin on Dec 22, 1840 in Muscatine, Iowa. They were the parents of Louisa, James, Oliver, Malinda, Lydia, Charles, Rhoda, Sarah, & Elizabeth.
Muscatine Journal - Monday, December 14, 1908 - Reminiscences of long ago - 30 years ago - Alfred Purcell, one of the pioneers of Muscatine Co, died at his home on the island this morning at 5. He was 74 years old last July and located here in 1840.
Muscatine Journal and News Tribune - Wednesday, March 13, 1940 - Do you remember - MARCH 16. SATURDAY. A sanitary committee composed of Hiram Mathews, A.J. Fimple and Alfred Purcell was appointed on this date in 1849, whose duties included supervision of slaughter houses and preventing livestock from running loose on the city streets.
Contributed by Colroot - History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 631 - from bio of MRS. ELIZABETH D. PURCELL, nee Parvin.
In 1840, she married Alfred Purcell, a native of Kentucky, born near Maysville in 1804; Mr. P. came to Iowa the same year that they were married, and died Dec. 16, 1878; they have had nine children, eight still living---
Melinda (now Mrs. Adkins),
Louisa (now Mrs. Pierson),
Lydia (now Mrs. Middleton),
Charles, James, Rhoda, Alfred Oliver and Lizzie.
Mr. P. was a plasterer by trade, which he followed for some years in Muscatine. Mr. P. was formerly a Whig, afterward a Republican. In 1854, they moved on the farm on which they now reside, of 104 acres, which they improved.
Alfred was the son of George Purcell & Margaret Peggy Randolph. He married Elizabeth Parvin on Dec 22, 1840 in Muscatine, Iowa. They were the parents of Louisa, James, Oliver, Malinda, Lydia, Charles, Rhoda, Sarah, & Elizabeth.
Muscatine Journal - Monday, December 14, 1908 - Reminiscences of long ago - 30 years ago - Alfred Purcell, one of the pioneers of Muscatine Co, died at his home on the island this morning at 5. He was 74 years old last July and located here in 1840.
Muscatine Journal and News Tribune - Wednesday, March 13, 1940 - Do you remember - MARCH 16. SATURDAY. A sanitary committee composed of Hiram Mathews, A.J. Fimple and Alfred Purcell was appointed on this date in 1849, whose duties included supervision of slaughter houses and preventing livestock from running loose on the city streets.
Contributed by Colroot - History of Muscatine County Iowa, Biographical Section, 1879, page 631 - from bio of MRS. ELIZABETH D. PURCELL, nee Parvin.
In 1840, she married Alfred Purcell, a native of Kentucky, born near Maysville in 1804; Mr. P. came to Iowa the same year that they were married, and died Dec. 16, 1878; they have had nine children, eight still living---
Melinda (now Mrs. Adkins),
Louisa (now Mrs. Pierson),
Lydia (now Mrs. Middleton),
Charles, James, Rhoda, Alfred Oliver and Lizzie.
Mr. P. was a plasterer by trade, which he followed for some years in Muscatine. Mr. P. was formerly a Whig, afterward a Republican. In 1854, they moved on the farm on which they now reside, of 104 acres, which they improved.
Family Members
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Lemuel S Purcell
1828–1901
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Mary Tabitha Purcel Longfellow
1834–1914
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George Webster Purcell
1838–1919
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Malinda Purcell Vaughan
1841–1919
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Louisa Purcell Pierson
1844–1931
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Sarah Purcell
1846–1846
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Alfred Purcell
1846–1847
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Charles Purcell
1848–1918
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Lydia Purcell Middleton
1854–1909
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Rhoda Elizabeth Purcell Sweeney
1858–1920
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Purcell Beil
1862–1945
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