Lee Burdette Purdy and Lula Agnes Witherspoon
Husband Lee Burdette Purdy 1
Born: 6 Aug 1874 - Moon Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: William Purdy ( -1897) 1 Mother: Elizabeth M. Onstott ( - ) 1
Marriage: 2 Sep 1910 2
Wife Lula Agnes Witherspoon 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband - Lee Burdette Purdy
He acquired a thorough education in the public schools of Moon township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh, and at Pittsburgh Academy, which he left shortly before his graduation. He then taught school for four years in Allegheny County, after which he accepted a position as invoice clerk with the Westinghouse Machine Company. He next went to Sewickley, where in 1904 he established the firm of Purdy Brothers, his partner being his brother Wilbur Greenlee Purdy, and they carried a full line of flour, feed, etc. In May, 1911, they erected an elevator on the outskirts of Edgeworth. They were also dealers in coal, and were interested in oil production.
General Notes: Wife - Lula Agnes Witherspoon
from near Bovington, Washington Co, PA
1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1668.
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John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1669.
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