Levi Oliver Purvis and Zoe Dempsey

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Husband Levi Oliver Purvis ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 May 1846 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1941
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 4

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         Father: Samuel G. Purvis, Esq. (1808-1879) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Logan (      -1892) 1 7 8

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Wife Zoe Dempsey ⁹

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           Born: 1850
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           Died: 1925
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 4

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         Father: Capt. Francis Dempsey (      -      ) 9
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1 M Harold G. Purvis ⁹

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2 F Clara Purvis ⁹

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3 F Florence Purvis ⁹

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4 F May Purvis ⁹

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5 F Bessie Purvis ⁹

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General Notes: Husband - Levi Oliver Purvis

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He and his brother, Joseph L. Purvis, succeeded their father in the management of the planing mill and lumber business, which they conducted successfully and on a large scale.

He was educated in the public schools and at Witherspoon Institute. After learning the carpenter's trade he worked at it as a journeyman until 1876, at which time he became a member of the firm of S. G. Pur­vis & Company, with which he was con­nected for many years. Then, with his son, Harold G., he established the firm of Levi O. Purvis & Company, manufactur­ers of and dealers in sash, doors, blinds and general wood-work, having a plant at No. 100 S. Franklin Street, Butler. He was a Democrat politically, and performed useful service on the School Board for twelve years. He belonged to Butler Lodge, F. & A. M., and also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 170X.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 729.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1111.

4 —, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 3 - North Cemetery (Butler, PA: Butler County Historical Society, 1984?), Pg 40.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 70, 170X.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 728.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 641, 1111.

8 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 945.

9 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1112.