Eugene Irvin Purcell (1882-1936) - Find a Grave Memorial

Eugene Irvin Purcell

Birth

3 Mar 1882

Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Death

8 May 1936 (aged 54)

Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Burial

Woodlawn Cemetery

Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Plot

Div 2, Sec 1, Bl 6, Lot 7

Memorial ID

67769692 View Source

Eugene Irvin Purcell, age 25 of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri married Pansy Kramer, age 20 of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on August 7, 1907 in Jackson County, MO.
Jackson County, Missouri marriage certificate #1907I0006015.

Eugene Irvin Purcell, age 25 of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri married Hazel G. Ryan, age 20 of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on August 21, 1934 in Jackson County, MO.
Jackson County, Missouri marriage certificate #1934I0022218.

Eugene Purcell was known as buck. He was best friends with former President Harry Truman when they were both sitting judges in Jackson County Missouri. When Truman went to washington it was Buck Purcell who took over as the head judge of Jackson County Missouri. It is Buck who Truman credited with the saying if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen as well as the saying the buck stops here. I know this history to be fact because I am a great great nephew of Eugene "Buck" Purcell
Contributor: mark hill (48486198) • [email protected]

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