Farmer Purdy and Esther Richmond

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Husband Farmer Purdy ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Farner Purdy 4
           Born: 11 Feb 1803 - Pennsylvania 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Purdy (1755-1822) 2 3 5 6
         Mother: Mary Farmer (      -      ) 2 3 5

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       Marriage:  - Allegheny Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: Mary Frazer (      -      ) 5

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Wife Esther Richmond ^{1 4}

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           Born:  - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1851 - Beaver Co, PA 7
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M James Purdy ⁵

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

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2 M John Purdy ¹

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           Born: 8 Nov 1833 - Allegheny Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Christy (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1868 7

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3 F Esther Purdy ⁵

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Farmer Purdy

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He was a farmer and made the raising of sheep a specialty, owning 250 head. He owned a farm of 150 acres, and, even when eighty-five years old, attended to all his own business
He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church, of which he became an elder in 1854.

His first wife died, leaving nine children, only three of whom were still living in 1888.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 708, 882.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1092.

3 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 644.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1668.

5 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 882.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1667.

7 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 708.