John Purdy and Hannah Christy

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Husband John Purdy ¹

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           Born: 8 Nov 1833 - Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Farmer Purdy (1803-Aft 1889) 1 3 4
         Mother: Esther Richmond (      -1851) 1 5

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       Marriage: 1868 2

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Wife Hannah Christy ²

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         Father: Abraham Christy (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M William Purdy ²

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2 M Almner Purdy ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Purdy

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He was reared on the farm, the pursuits of which he always followed, and was educated at the common schools. He owned seventy-six acres of land, where he resided, in Brighton township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife were members of the United Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder. He was a Republican, and served two terms as supervisor of Brighton township.
He enlisted in 1862, in Company H, 140th Regiment, and was a non-commissioned officer; was present at the surrender of General Lee, and was wounded at Spottsylvania in the arm and side; was slightly wounded at Gettysburg, but he remained at his post until the battle was over.

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

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

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

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

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