Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Col. John N. Purviance, Esq. and Annalana Anderson




Husband Col. John N. Purviance, Esq. 1 2 3 4

            AKA: John W. Purviance 5
           Born: 28 Dec 1781 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1 3 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Dec 1820 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 3 6
         Buried: 


         Father: John Purviance (1742-      ) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Thompson (1757-      ) 4 5


       Marriage: 



Wife Annalana Anderson 5 7

           Born: 1780 - Baltimore, MD
     Christened: 
           Died: 1858 - Butler, Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 


         Father: Rev. Samuel Anderson (      -      ) 1 4
         Mother: Ann Nelson (      -      ) 4




Children
1 M Campbell Edmunston Purviance 4 8

            AKA: Campbell P. Purviance 8
           Born: 6 May 1806 or 1807 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1883
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Catharine Bredin (      -1854) 8
           Marr: 1 Jan 1835 8


2 M Hon. Samuel Anderson Purviance 9 10

           Born: 10 Jan 1808 or 1809 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Feb 1882 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 12
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Caroline Lowrie (      -1891) 10


3 M Gen. John Nelson Purviance 13 14




           Born: 27 Sep 1810 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 13 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1885 14
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
         Spouse: Eliza Jane Potts (Abt 1816-1886) 14 15
           Marr: 3 Sep 1833 15


4 F Ann Eliza Purviance 10

           Born: 1812 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1901 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dr.  Orr (      -      ) 10


5 F Eleanor Purviance 5 10 16

           Born: 1815 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Apr 1890 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John McClelland (1806/1807-1837/1847) 10 16 17 18
         Spouse: James Bryden (      -      ) 1 5 10 19


6 F Harriet T. Purviance 1 10 20

           Born: 1819 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 May 1881 10 20
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Haslett (1816-1872) 1 10 21


7 F Adelia Purviance 10

           Born: 1820 10
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1901 10
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 22
         Spouse: Edward M. Bredin (1819-1887) 10 14 23



General Notes: Husband - Col. John N. Purviance, Esq.


He was one of the attorneys who first settled in Butler County, Pennsylvania. He studied law with Parker Campbell, Esq., of Washington, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the first court held in Butler, and continued the practice of his profession until the War of 1812 with Great Britain. Soon after the war began, he was elected Colonel of the Second Regiment of Infantry, which he commanded until mustered out of service, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment. A few years after his return from the army, he moved back to Washington. During his residence in Butler County, he was the attorney of the Rapp Society, at Harmony, and continued as such until the society removed to Posey County, Indiana. After his death, the family moved back to Butler.

The first Sheriff's sale in Butler County, Pennsylvania, occurred May 13, 1805. John McCandless, then Sheriff, went into court and acknowledged a deed to John Purviance, Esq., of Butler, for 300 acres of land, more or less, in Middlesex Township, adjoining land of D. C. Cunningham and others, and on which George Boyd then lived. This was the property of Samuel Cunningham and sold by the Sheriff as such.

He and his wife came to Butler from Washington County, Pennsylvania, and were among the earliest settlers of the borough. In 1814, the family returned to Washington County, and, the husband and father dying there, Mrs. Purviance and her children shortly afterward came back to Butler.

When he died at an early age, he left surviving him a widow and seven children\emdash three sons and four daughters.

He was born in 1774, died in 1821. He lived in Little Washington, Pennsylvania, and removed to Butler, Pennsylvania, about the time the county of Butler was opened. The record and pension office at Washington, D. C., shows that he served as colonel of the Second Infantry in the war of 1812. He was a practicing attorney at the Butler bar, and was attorney for the Economites when they settled in Harmony, Butler county.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 151, 738.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 243.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 488.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1458.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 151.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50, 57.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 174.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50, 54.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 489.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 54.

12 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 55.

13 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 57.

14 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 154.

15 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 58.

16 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.

17 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 749.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 806.

19 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 497.

20 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 738.

21 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 737.

22 —, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 3 - North Cemetery (Butler, PA: Butler County Historical Society, 1984?), Pg 88.

23 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 59.


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