Known as Deacon Purdy, he helped to found the Myron Baptist Church- a sod structure- in Faulk Co., Dakota Terr. in March 1883. It was the first church in the county.

Name: Samuel C Purdy
Age: 71
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Census Location: Range 68 and 69, Faulk, Dakota Territory
Enumeration District: 43

SOURCE- South Dakota, Territorial Census, 1885

See "Sod Church" cemetery in Findagrave for a photo of the mound that was the church building and the pioneer and later interments beside it.

Samuel homesteaded several quarters east of the church, his nephew Mark Purdy had an abutting homestead.

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Name: Samuel C Purdy
Age: 46
Birth Year: abt 1814
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: Floyd, Floyd, Iowa
Post Office: Floyd
Dwelling Number: 467
Family Number: 455
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 4000
Personal Estate Value: 327
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel C Purdy 46
Fanny Purdy 57
Esther A Purdy 13
Stacy J Purdy 11

SOURCE- 1860 United States Federal Census

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Name: Samuel C Purdey
Age in 1870: 56
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Dwelling Number: 11
Home in 1870: Floyd, Floyd, Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Male Citizen over 21: Y
Personal Estate Value: 1635
Real Estate Value: 6200
Inferred Spouse: Hannah Purdey
Inferred Children: Marcus Purdey
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel C Purdey 56
Hannah Purdey 61
Marcus Purdey 17 (nephew)

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Name: Samuel Purdy
Age: 68
Birth Date: Abt 1812
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1880: Floyd, Floyd, Iowa, USA
Dwelling Number: 144
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Fanny Purdy
Occupation: Farmer
Neighbors:
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Purdy 68
Fanny Purdy 73

SOURCE- 1880 United States Federal Census