Edward M. Bredin and Adelia Purviance

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Husband Edward M. Bredin ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 9 Dec 1819 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 9 Aug 1887 4
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 5

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         Father: James Bredin (      -      ) 1
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Wife Adelia Purviance ³

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           Born: 1820 3
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           Died: Jan 1901 3
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 5

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         Father: Col. John N. Purviance, Esq. (1781-1820) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Annalana Anderson (1780-1858) 10 11

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Children

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1 F Dot Bredin ³

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2 F Anne Bredin

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           Born: 1842
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           Died: 1925
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 5

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3 F Eleanor G. Bredin ³

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           Born: 1844
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           Died: 1924
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 5

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4 M Henry Bredin ³

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5 M Edward Bredin ³

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6 M John Bredin ³

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7 M Francis Bredin ³

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8 F Mary Bredin ^{3 12 13}

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         Spouse: Andrew White McCollough (1840-      ) 13 14 15
           Marr: 17 Oct 1867 12 13

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9 F Fannie Bredin

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           Born: 1859
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           Died: 1928
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 5

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General Notes: Husband - Edward M. Bredin

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He was educated at Dickinson College, studied law with Judge Bredin, and was admitted to the bar in the year 1839. He had a fine legal mind, was a close student, and soon became prominent as a counselor. He was especially fond of practice in courts of equity. When acting in concert with other counsel, the preparation of important papers was mostly referred to him. He was quite familiar with the forms in equity practice, and with pleadings generally at common law.
In politics, he was a Jacksonian Democrat. Indeed, he seemed to be one of those who have unyielding faith in the final triumph of his party. He was often honored by marks of party confidence. Once he was the candidate of his party for President Judge of the district in which he practiced, receiving the hearty support of his party, but, with it, suffering defeat.

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

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

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

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 155.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 819.

13 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1183.

14 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 819, 1240.

15 —, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 342.