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JOHN H., born June 15, 1820, mar- ried Jan., 1848, to Mary A. King, have three children, and reside in Menard county, four miles southwest of Cantrall, Illinois.
ELIJAH S., born Oct. 27, 1822, in Sangamon county, married August 20, 1844, in McLean county, to Mary E. Glascock. They had two children, JOSEPH H. died Jan. 30, 1863, in his eighteenth year. ELIJAH S., Jun., . born June 20, 1847, married April 5, 1866, to Alice M. Myers, who was born Oct. S, 1846, in Licking county, Ohio. They have three children, JOSEPH T., JAMES E., and FREDERICK, and live in Menard county, within two hundred yards of the Sangamon line, and two and a half miles southwest of Cantrall, Ill. Elijah S. Primm died Feb. 25, 1847, three months before the birth of his son, of the same name. His widow married Oct. 3, IS50, to James Driskell. They had three child- ren. MARGARET A. married William F. Lake. See his name. They have one child, OLIVE MAY, and reside in Logan county. JAMES E. lives with his uncle, Thomas Glascock, and MARY L., with her aunt, Lucinda C. Primm. Mrs. Mary E. Driskell died April 20, 1858, and James Driskell died Nov., 1862.
Jolin Primm died August 9, 1848, where he settled in 1820, and his widow died Feb. 3, 1856, at the house of her son, Elisha.
When Elisha Primm was married, his wife remembers that they bought a feather bed for seventy-five cents per pound, and paid for it by selling corn at ten cents per bushel. They sold bacon for three cents per pound, and at the same time bought calico for forty cents per yard. More recently they sold bacon for forty cents per pound. Mr. Primm has sold pork, neatly dressed, in Springfield,
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for one dollar and fifty cents per one hun- dred pounds, and has sold the some quali- ty at fourteen dollars per hundred. For his account of cotton raising in Sangamon county. See page 73.
PRIMM, THOMAS, was born May 11, 1782, in Stafford county, Va., moved with his father's family, in ISoI, to St. Clair county. Elizabeth Stallions was born Aug. 19, 1792, in Wheeling, Va. Her parents moved to St. Clair county, Ill., arriving May 13, 1796, at Whiteside station. Thos. Primm and Eli- zabeth Stallions were there married, Mar. 12, 1807. She was less than fifteen years old. They had six living children in that county. The family moved to San- gamon county, arriving Oct. S, IS20, where three children were born. Of their nine children-
WILLIAMI, born Jan. IT, 18OS, in St. Clair county, married in Sangamon county to Maria Canterbury. They had seven children-ASA C. married Fidelia Hall, who died, in 1859, leaving two chil- dren, and he married Mrs. Mary A. Ry- ker, whose maiden name was Moore. They have four children, and live in Bourbon county, Kansas. MARGA- RET J. married, in 1866, to Wm. War- field. They have two children, and live in McLean county, Illinois. WILLIAM H. enlisted in Aug., 1862, in Co. C, 114th Ill. Inf., served full term, and was honor- ably discharged. He was married to Catharine Perrine, have two children, and live in Lucas county, Iowa. THOM- AS N. enlisted Aug. 3, 1861, in Co. F, 2Sth Ill. Inf., for three years, served more than full term, and was honorably dis- charged. He was married to Adelia Perrine, had two children, one died, aged six years. They live in Lucas county, Iowa. ISAAC H. married Ann M. Roberts. They have two children, MAG- GIE M. and ELVIRA M., and live one mile east of Athens, and three miles north of Cantrall, Illinois. Mrs. Maria Primm died April 30, 1872, and William Primm lives three-quarters of a miles south- east of Athens, Illinois.
JAMES, born Sept. 4, ISog, in St. Clair county, married Maria Russell, who was born at Harper's Ferry, Va. They had nine children, five of whom only are living. THOMAS F. and JOHN J. were Union soldiers in an Illinois regi-
ment, and live with their mother. ED- WARD T., WILLIAM R. and RUTH E. live with their mother. James Primm died, Jan. 4, 1872, and his widow and children live two and one-half miles south of Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois.
ABRAHAM S., born Dec. 25, 1812, in St. Clair county, raised in Sangamon county, married, June IS, 1839, to Lucin- da Hall, who was born April 28, IS20, in Ohio, opposite Guyandotte, Va. They had eleven children, six of whom died under five years. Of the other five- MARY married Henry Cline. See his name. MELISSA married Michael T. Hargrave, who was born March 17, 1842, in Guilford county, N. C. They have one child, LILLIE M., and live near Ath- ens, Illinois. MINNIE E. married An- drew P. West, and live in Atlanta, Illi- nois. ROSE A. and LILLIE M. live with their parents, adjoining Athens, Illi- nois, on the northeast .- 1874.
JOHN L., born Oct. 31, IS14, in St. Clair county, married Hannah M. Rankin. She died, August, 1846, leaving three children. He was married, Aug., IS47, to Mrs. Sinai Davis, whose maiden name was Allen. They have four child- ren, and live two and one-half miles southeast of Lincoln, Illinois.
DANIEL C., born Jan. 3, 1817, in St. Clair county, married Elizabeth Tice. He died, Oct., 1864, leaving a widow and six children in Menard county, Illinois.
MARY A., born April 19, 1819, mar- ried Augustus Rankin, and died, Nov. 21, 1852, leaving one child in Logan county, Illinois.
THOMAS Y., born Jan. 25, 1822. He has practiced medicine more than a quarter of a century, is unmarried, and lives in Athens, Illinois .- 1874-
ELIZABETH, born Jan, 12, 1824, married George W. Cline. See his name. He died, and she married Jacob Barnsback, who died, in IS61, leaving a widow and four living children in Madison county, Illinois.
NINIAN E., born April 6, 1830, mar- ried Elizabeth Wood. He died, in IS57. His widow lives in Athens, Illinois.
Thomas Primm died May 14, 1856, and his widow, familiarly known as Aunt Betty Primm, lived with her son, Abraham S. Primm, near Athens. Illi- nois, until her death in 1874. She was
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eighty-three years old. Her recollection of early events was remarkably vivid. She remembered passing over the ground where Springfield stands when the grass was higher than her head as she sat on horseback. She carried a child on one arm and used the other to keep the grass out of her face, and lived to see that spot of land occupied by a city of more than twenty thousand inhabitants.
PROCTOR, SIMON L,, born Jan. 12, 1793, in Shelby county, Ky. He was a soldier in the war of IS12, and was in the battle of Tippecanoe; was married in Nelson county, Ky., May 16, IS13, to Jane Seifers, who was born April 5, 1795, in that county. They had one child, and moved to Green county, Ind., where two children were born, and moved to Hardin county, where they had eight children, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving May . IS, 1837, at Springfield. Three years later they moved to Lick creek, and in 1845 to what is now Cotton Hill township. Of their eleven child- ren-
SARAH, born February 5, IS15, in Nelson county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, in 1846, to William Hays, who died, and she married Wm. George, who died, July, 1872, aged ni ety-three years. She lives in Rochester, Illinois.
RICHARDSON H., born Oct. 28, IS16, in Indiana, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Young, had two chil- dren, and she died March, 1851, and he married Sibbie A. Young, had two child- ren, and R. H. Proctor died, in 1858, at Springfield, Illinois.
MARGARET, born Oet. 7, ISIS, in Green county, Ind., married in Sangamon county to John Williams, have a family, and live near Milton station, Mills county, łowa.
ELIZABETH, born May 12, 1821, in Hardin county, Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Stephen B. Neal. Sce his name.
GANE, born June 15, 1823, in Ken- tucky, died in Sangamon county, Oct. 10, IS50.
BARBARA, born May 12, IS25, in Hardin county, Ky., married in Sanga- mon county to Elisha T. Sanders. Sce his name.
SAMUEL C., born June 14, 1827, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county
to Dorcas A. Crowder, a daughter of Chandler Crowder. They had eight children, two only are living, MARY E. and JOHN. Mrs. Proctor died Jan. 9, 1869, and he died June 28, IS71. Samuel C. Proctor was ordained, May 16, 1868, as a minister of the gospel, at the Horse Creek Baptist church.
LOUISA, born July 4, 1828, in Ken- tucky, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 17, 1851, to Marion F. Greenawalt. They have seven children, and live near Roch- ester, Illinois.
LUCINDA, born Sept. 28, IS31, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to George W. Sanders. Sec his name.
BRYANT R. W., born May 11, 1834, in Kentucky, was drowned while bathing, in Sangamon county, June 28, 1851.
BENGAMIN K., born May 28, 1836, in Kentucky, raised in Sangamon county, enlisted July, IS62, in Co. K, 114th Ill. Inf., for three years, and died, Jan., 1864, at Pawnee, Ill., while at home on sick furlough.
Simon L. Proctor died Sept. IS, 1845, and his widow died June 14, IS53, both in Sangamon county.
PULLIAM, ROBERT, was horn April 12, 1776, in Henry county, Va. His father, John Pulliam, emigrated to Kentucky when Robert was a hoy, and the family moved from there to Illi- nois, arriving in 1796, in what was then called the New Design settlement, now a part of Monroe county. The next year they moved into a settlement in the dis- trict of St. Louis, in what was then local- ly known as "New Spain." They moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and a few years later to Randolph county, Ill., ncar where the town of Red Bud now stands. In 1Soz Robert Pulliam im- proved a farm a few miles east of Belle- ville, St. Clair county, and about 1So3 he settled in the American Bottom, near the Bluff, six or seven miles below the present city of Alton. Mary Stout was born April 9, 1776, but the locality is not known. Robert Pulliam and Mary Stout were married Sept. 13, 1So4. In IS15 they moved to St. Clair county, and in the fall of IS17, leaving his family in St. Clair county, he, with two or three hired men, and a woman by the name of Strickland-sister of one of the hired men-to cook for them, he came to Sugar
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creek and built a cabin in the timber, on the east side of the creek. The land is now owned by James Scott, and is situat- ed nearly three-quarters of a mile west of a point ten and a half miles due south of Springfield, on a line with Sixth street. When the government survey was made it was found to be on the southwest quar- ter of section twenty-one, township four- teen north, range five west, and is now in Ball township. That is believed to have been, without doubt, the first habitation of any kind built by white men in what is now Sangamon county. Mr. Pulliam brought with him a herd of cattle and some horses. The growth of grass, which had been luxuriant for ages, afforded ample grazing when there was not any snow. When that covered the ground Mr. P. had the men cut down elm trees, and the stock would live on the buds until the snow passed away. The cabin was built in a forest, composed principally of sugar trees. As the spring approached, Mr. Pulliam put his men to work and made sugar. As the season advanced, and caused the grass to grow, he collected bis horses and cattle and returned to his fami- ly in St. Clair county in the spring of ISIS. He remained there until the spring of IS19, when he came, with all his fami- ly, back to Sugar creek, to find his cabin occupied by Zachariah Peter. See his name. Robert Pulliam had six children in Madison and St. Clair counties, name- ly-
NANCY, born July 26, IS05, in Mad- ison county, married in Sangamon county to John Brownell. See his name.
MARTIN G., born Sept. 17, 1So7, in Madison county, married in Sangamon county, Nov. 25, 1827, to Lucy Knotts. They had twelve children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young. THOMAS J. married Elizabeth Mc- Laughlin, and resides in Girard, Macoupin county, Ill. ROBERT L. married Re- becca Wilson, and lives in Iowa. SARAH married Basil Brawner. Sce his name. They live in Iowa. GEORGE S. mar- ried Ellen Knotts, has a family of child- ren, and lives in Ball township, within three-quarters of a mile of where his grandfather built the first house in the county. His postoffice is Chatham, Ill. MARTIN H. died unmarried, in Iowa, aged twenty-four years. JOSEPH O.
married Sarah A. Stewart, and lives in Iowa. DOROTHY is unmarried, and lives near Chatham, Ill. MARY E. married Harvey Hegler, and lives near Virden, Ill. CHARLES M. is unmar- ried, and lives near Chatham, Ill. Mar- tin G. Pulliam died in June, IS72, and his widow, Mrs. Lucy Pulliam, resides with her son, George S., in Ball township, near Chatham, Sangamon county, Illi- mois .-- IS74.
IRWIN S., born Sept. 12, ISHI, in Madison county, Illinois, married in San- gamon county, Dec. IS, IS34, to Matilda Nuckolls, who was born in Grayson county, Va., Nov. 16, 1813. They had nine children in Sangamon county, name- ly: JOHN R., born Jan. 2, 1836. He enlisted, May, 1864, for one hundred days, served full time and one month over, and was honorably discharged. He is un- married, and lives in Ball township, four miles southeast of Chatham, Sangamon county, Ill. MARY A., born August 19, 1837, married Benjamin H. Taylor, who was born Oct. 2, 1835, in Morgan county, Ill. They have two children, EDWARD C. and WILLIAM SHERMAN, and live in Pawnee township, six miles east of Auburn, Ill. Benjamin H. Taylor en- listed August 2, 1861, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf., served two years, was wounded, suf- fered amputation of a leg twice, and was honorably discharged August 7, 1863. JAMES H., born Nov. 6, 1839, enlisted Aug., 1862, in Co. B, 114th Ill. Int., for three years, and was captured at the battle of Guntown, June, 1864. On the ISth of that month he was imprisoned at Ander- sonville, and was released April 2S, 1865, by the collapse of the rebellion. After returning home he was honorably dis- charged. His weight, in health, was from one hundred and sixty-five to one hundred and seventy-five pounds. When he reached home, one month after his discharge, he weighed one hundred and twenty pounds. He was not sick a day, but the loss of flesh and muscle was wholly caused by starvation. James H. Pulliam unites with B. F. Fletcher in confirming the statement made by Stephen Bell about the breaking out of a spring in Andersonville prison. Sec name of Bell. Mr. Pulliam was married Nov. 26, IS6S, to Addie Fairbanks. They had one child, ORA V., and Mrs. Addie Pulliam died
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March 25, 1870. James H. Pulliam was married March 4, 1873, to Lydia Shell- house, and lives now-1876 -- in Ball township, at his grandfather's old homestead, not where he built the first cabin, but the second. MAR- GARET J. died young. CHARLES IR WIN, born August 22, 1844, was mar- ried Nov. 19, 1872, to Emily J. Drennan, and lives in Pawnee township, five miles east of Auburn. GEORGE W., born March 31, 1847, was killed by a kick from a horse, aged five years. THOMAS J., born Oct. 27, 1849, lives at the family homestead. WILLIAM S., born April 3, 1852, lost his right hand by being crushed in a corn mill when a boy. He lives at the homestead with his brother, Charles I. FRANCIS M., born Sept. 16, 1858, lives at the homestead. Irwin S. Pulliam died May S, 1869, and his widow resides with her son, Charles I., at the family homestead in Pawnee town-' ship, five miles east of Auburn, Sanga- mon county, Illinois.
MARY, born Oct. 7, 1814, in Madison county, married in Sangamon county, April 19, 1835, to Ludwell P. Fariss. They had four children, and both died at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. One of the daugh- ters is now the wife of Dr. McBride, of Decatur, Illinois.
MARGARET, born Oct. 13, 1816, in St. Clair county, marrried in Sangamon county to Samuel Peter, a son of Zacha- riah. She died at Winterset, Iowa, leav- ing four children, namely: ELIZA- BETH, NANCY J., WILLIAM and JOHN.
GEORGE W., born Sept. 12, 1822, in Sangamon county, died June 18, 1872, after having been thirty years an invalid, though the immediate cause of his death was being thrown from a wagon by a runaway team. He lived with his brother, Irwin S., until the death of the latter, and remained with the family until his own death.
Robert Pulliam died July 31, 1838, seven miles south of Carlinville, in Ma- coupin county. His widow died July 1, 1847, in Sangamon county, Illinois.
A paper was prepared by Gov. John Reynolds, to be read at the first old set- tlers' meeting in Sangamon county, in 1859. In that paper Gov. Reynolds re- lated some incidents in the life of Robert
Pulliam. It was not read, as intended, but came into my hands. It is known to all the old settlers that Mr. Pulliam wore an artificial leg. Gov. Reynolds says that one of Mr. Pulliam's legs became dis- eased, and in the summer of 1808 it was found to be absolutely necessary to am- putate it in order to save his life. Dr. Tuthill, of Cahokia, performed the oper- ation. The Governor says: "I resided with my father in the neighborhood of Mr. Pulliam, and knew the circumstances of the amputation. The patient possessed such courage that he held his body as firm as a rock, without assistance, during the operation. I presume this was the first amputation of a limb that occurred in Illi- nois, and at that time was considered a surgical operation almost superhuman." Gov. Reynolds describes Mr. Pulliam as a man of fine proportions and perfect physical development. He says the cir- cumstances of his Life prevented his ob- taining an education from books, to any considerable extent, but his natural good sense and opportunities for studying men, enabled him to hold a place in the front rank of business men of that time. He was fond of the rude sports of the times; such as horse racing, hunting, and games of various kinds, but later in life he felt that the example was injurious, and changed his course. He first united with the Baptist church, and then, for greater convenience, connected himself with the Methodist church, and his wife did the same. They continued in its communion to the end of their lives. Mr. Pulliam understood the advantages of improved machinery, and endeavored to introduce it into the settlement whenever it was practicable. He was one of the earliest to build a mill in the county. It was run by tread wheel, and the motive power was either horses or oxen. All the early settlers raised cotton quite extensively, and he was one of the first, if not the first, to introduce a cotton gin into the settlement.
PURVIANCE, JOHN, was born June 19, 1760. The place of his birth is not known, but he went from Pennsylvania to the vicinity of Concord, Cabarras county, North Carolina. He was a soldier in the colonial army that achieved American Independence, but whether he went from Pennsylvania or North Carolina is not known. John Pur-
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viance and Nancy Ferguson were married and had three sons and three daughters in North Carolina, namely-
DAVID SIMPSON, ALEXAN- DER C., HOHN G., ELIZABETH, MATILDA and MARGARET.
Mrs. Nancy Purviance died, and he married Elizabeth Lisenby. They had two sons and two daughter-
JAMES, SAMUEL, NANCY and ELIZA.
All except one of his children-who married and died in North Carolina- came to Sangamon county, and their his- tories are given each as the head of a family of early settlers. He came to Sangamon county after nearly all his children were settled here, and died Sept. 27, 1833. His remains were buried at Richland Baptist church, in Cartwright township. From the earliest records in some branches of the family in this coun- ty, I found the name spelled as it is at the head of this sketch, but they have very generally permitted it to be changed to Purvines, probably because without pre- cision in speaking the original name, the sound would be that produced by the modern spelling which is now adopted by all the descendants in Illinois, as fol- lows:
PURVINES, DAVID SIMPSON, was born May 18, 1787, in Cabarras county, N. C. Elizabeth Weddington was born Dec. 25, 1790. They were married, and had three child- ren in North Carolina, and the family moved to Richland creek, in what became Sangamon county, and Cartwright town- ship, arriving in the fall of 1820, where they had five children. Of their seven children-
JOHN L., born Feb. 6, 1814, in North Carolina, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth Earnest. They had two children-HENRY married Jane Thompson, and lives near Clinton, De- witt county, Illinois. JOHN died, at twenty years of age. John L. Purvines died, Jan. 6, 1842, in Sangamon county. His widow has been twice married since, is now a widow-1873-and lives near Clinton, Illinois.
MATILDA, born May 3, 1816, in Cabarras county, N. C., brought up in Sangamon county, married Madison A. Cartwright. See his name.
WILLIAM H., born Dec. 13, 1819, in North Carolina, married Feb. 25, 1847, in Sangamon county, to Frances A. Har- rison. They had four children-AL- FRED B., born May 11, 1848, married, Sept. 13, 1870, to Nannie C. Martin, who was born Nov. 27, 1850, in Robertson county, Tenn. They have one child, LEVI PERRY, and live two and one-half miles northeast of Pleasant Plains-1873. PEYTON A. lives with his mother. SARAH E. married Henry Welland, has one child, HARRY A., and lives one mile tvest of Pleasant Plains, Illinois. WILLIAM H., Jun., lives with his mother. William H. Purvines died, Sept. 25, 1855, and his widow married Wm. H. Harrison. They had one child, FIELDING T., who lives with his mother, one and one-half miles west of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.
SAMUEL F., born March 24, 1822, in Sangamon county, married April 16, 1845, to Elizabeth Bryant, and had two sons. CHARLES married Miss Mc- Atee, and lives at Greenview, Menard county, Illinois. JOHN lives with his mother. Samuel F. Purvines died July 22, 1819. His widow has been twice married, and lives in Iowa or Kansas .- 1873.
`NATHAN S., born March 3, 1829, in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 6, 1849, to Wealthy M. J. Harrison. They had seven children, one died in infancy. EMILY F., horn Oct. 13, 1850, married Feb. 25, 1868, to Wm. Fletcher Correll. See his name. JOHN Q., NORMAN M., ELIZABETH P., PEYTON L. and NATHAN L., reside with their parents, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois.
DAVID P., born Jan. 17, 1832, in Sangamon county, married, May 20, 1852, to Amanda Crafton. She died, Aug. 29, 1865, and he lives in Springfield, Illi- nois-1873.
David Simpson Purvines died March 14, 1852, and his widow died Jan. 6, 1872, hoth in Cartwright township, Sangamon county, Illinois.
PURVINES, ALEXAN- DER C., born March 16, 1794, in Cabar- ras county, N. C., married Margaret Wed- dington, and had one child there. They moved to what became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in 1819, and settled on Rich-
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land creek, where they had three child- ren-
ALFRED B., born Oct. 25, 1818, in North Carolina, died in Sangamon county March 11, 1839.
JOHN W., born Oct. 25, 1821, in Sangamon county, died, aged twenty- three years.
ELIZABETH Y., born June 23, 1824, in Sangamon county, married John C. Bone. She had one child, ALMEDA J., who married Robert P. Harrison. See his name. Mrs. E. J. Bone died in 1852.
ORAMEL G. L., born Nov. 10, IS26, in Sangamon county, married, February 4, 1862, to Louisa Potter. They have two children, MARY E. and ELIJAH A., and live in Menard county, three miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Illi- nois.
Mrs. Margaret Purvines died January, 1831, and Alex. C. Purvines married, Oct., 1831, to Mrs. Jane Hamilton, whose maiden name was Coleman. They had eight children-
MARGARET A., born Sept. 5, 1832, married Abraham J. Duff, have six child- ren, and live in Logan county, Illinois.
WILLIAM G., born Sept. 3, 1834, married Emily F. Eaton. They have four children, VIOLA, LOREN, ALICE and CARROLL, and reside one and three-quarter miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Illinois.
NANCY S., born Aug. 9, 1836, died, aged sixteen years.
SARAH A., born July 17, 1838, mar- ried Samuel H. Armstrong, and lives in Menard county, Illinois.
ALEXANDER G., born August 3, IS40, married Susan Jones. They have seven children, and live in Iroquois coun- ty, Illinois.
ITHA L., born Sept. 12, 1843, mar- ried E. L. Bone, have five children, and live in Menard county, Illinois.
GAMES O. and
EDGAR C. live with their mother.
Alexander C. Purvines died July 16, 1861, from injuries received by being thrown from a wagon, by a runaway team. His widow, Mrs. Jane Purvines, resides one and one-half miles northeast of Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, Illinois .- 1873.
PURVINES, JOHN G., born July 8, 1796, in Cabarras county, N. C.,
came to Sangamon county, when a young man, with his brother Simpson, or Alex. C., and was married, Jan. 1, 1823, to Eli- zabeth Coleman. They had ten children in Sangamon county, namely-
EVAN E., born Sept. 30, 1823, died at seventeen years of age, caused by a runaway ox team.
NANCY M., born Oct. 20, 1824, mar- ried Hiram Stevens, has two living child- ren, LOUISA F. and WILLIAM H. and live at Pleasant Plains, Illinois.
JOHN R., born Jan. 10, 1827, mar- ried Mary Coleman, had four children, and Mrs. Purvines died. His children, JOHN G., DAVID S., NOAH G. and MARSIA J. live in Sangamon county. J. R. Purvines lives in Crawford county, Missouri.
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