Husband Joseph L. Purvis 1 2 3 4 5 6
Born: 4 Oct 1838 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 4 7
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Died: 6 Apr 1907 4 7
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: Samuel G. Purvis, Esq. (1808-1879) 3 8 9 10
Mother: Elizabeth Logan ( -1892) 1 3 10
Marriage: 22 Jun 1869 7
Wife Mary Ellen Bailey 7
Born: 1839
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Died: Jun 1918 4
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: E. H. Bailey ( - ) 2
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1 F Mary M. Purvis 4 7 11
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Spouse: Ernest William Robinson ( - ) 7 11
2 M Samuel H. Purvis 7
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3 M William Bailey Purvis 6 7 10 12
Born: 28 Nov 1875 or 1876 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 6 10
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4 M Wilson L. Purvis 7
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5 M Dr. Joseph Dixon Purvis 7 10
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph L. Purvis
He and his brother, Levi O. Purvis, succeeded their father in the management of the planing mill and lumber business, which they conducted successfully and on a large scale.
He acquired his early education in the public schools and Witherspoon Institute of Butler, afterwards attending one of the commercial schools in the city of Pittsburgh. He also studied architecture in the office of H. M. Reed in the city of Pittsburgh.
He learned the carpenter trade under his father and in 1867 became his partner in the lumber and planing mill business under the firm name or style of S. G. Purvis and Co.
Though devoting his principal attention to the business, Mr. Purvis found time to interest himself in other promising business enterprises in Butler. He was president of the Butler Savings Bank from 1887 until 1902; he was one of the original members of the Home Natural Gas Company and one of the organizers of the Butler Water Company.
In politics a Democrat, he was elected by that party a member of the Borough Council, and for a period of fourteen years rendered useful service on the School Board. He early became a member of the United Presbyterian Church and served as trustee of the local congregation for a number of years. He was also chairman of the building committee which had in charge the erection of the church edifice. He was also for two terms a member of the Board of Trustees of Westminster College. [HBC 1909, 641]