Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
William I. Purcell was born in Bastrop Co., Texas, January 1,1855, the son of Samuel and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Purcell, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of New York. The parents went to Texas in 1852, migrated to Baker Springs, Kansas, in 1869, and returned to Pike County, Illinois, in 1870, where the father died one year later. The mother came west with our subject in 1886 and died December 7, 1889, aged seventy-six years, seven months and twenty-one days. She was a devoted member of the Christian church, was married twice and reared a family of seven children by her second marriage.
Her first husband's name was William Martin, and his death occurred in 1838.
Mr. Purcell received his early education in a subscription school in Texas, and after going to Illinois with his parents he attended school in that state three years. At the age of sixteen he engaged in work on a farm, this being his first start for himself. He remained thus engaged five years, then worked a rented farm for twelve years, at the expiration of which period he came to Adams Co., WA.
William I. Purcell was born in Bastrop Co., Texas, January 1,1855, the son of Samuel and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Purcell, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of New York. The parents went to Texas in 1852, migrated to Baker Springs, Kansas, in 1869, and returned to Pike County, Illinois, in 1870, where the father died one year later. The mother came west with our subject in 1886 and died December 7, 1889, aged seventy-six years, seven months and twenty-one days. She was a devoted member of the Christian church, was married twice and reared a family of seven children by her second marriage.
Her first husband's name was William Martin, and his death occurred in 1838.
Mr. Purcell received his early education in a subscription school in Texas, and after going to Illinois with his parents he attended school in that state three years. At the age of sixteen he engaged in work on a farm, this being his first start for himself. He remained thus engaged five years, then worked a rented farm for twelve years, at the expiration of which period he came to Adams Co., WA.
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
William I. Purcell was born in Bastrop Co., Texas, January 1,1855, the son of Samuel and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Purcell, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of New York. The parents went to Texas in 1852, migrated to Baker Springs, Kansas, in 1869, and returned to Pike County, Illinois, in 1870, where the father died one year later. The mother came west with our subject in 1886 and died December 7, 1889, aged seventy-six years, seven months and twenty-one days. She was a devoted member of the Christian church, was married twice and reared a family of seven children by her second marriage.
Her first husband's name was William Martin, and his death occurred in 1838.
Mr. Purcell received his early education in a subscription school in Texas, and after going to Illinois with his parents he attended school in that state three years. At the age of sixteen he engaged in work on a farm, this being his first start for himself. He remained thus engaged five years, then worked a rented farm for twelve years, at the expiration of which period he came to Adams Co., WA.
William I. Purcell was born in Bastrop Co., Texas, January 1,1855, the son of Samuel and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Purcell, the father a native of Indiana and the mother of New York. The parents went to Texas in 1852, migrated to Baker Springs, Kansas, in 1869, and returned to Pike County, Illinois, in 1870, where the father died one year later. The mother came west with our subject in 1886 and died December 7, 1889, aged seventy-six years, seven months and twenty-one days. She was a devoted member of the Christian church, was married twice and reared a family of seven children by her second marriage.
Her first husband's name was William Martin, and his death occurred in 1838.
Mr. Purcell received his early education in a subscription school in Texas, and after going to Illinois with his parents he attended school in that state three years. At the age of sixteen he engaged in work on a farm, this being his first start for himself. He remained thus engaged five years, then worked a rented farm for twelve years, at the expiration of which period he came to Adams Co., WA.
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