Person:Alfred Purcell (1)

Name	Alfred Purcell
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	24 Jun 1804	Mason County, Kentucky
Marriage	13 Mar 1825	Champaign County, Ohioto Mary Hill
Marriage	22 Dec 1840	Muscatine, Iowato Elizabeth Parvin
Death`^?`	16 Dec 1878	Muscatine County, Iowa
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Biography

Alfred Purcell, son of George Purcell and Margaret Randolph (Purcell), was born near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, in Template:Red of 180Template:Red(4). He married (1) Mary (Polly) Hill on 13 March 1825, in Champaign County, Ohio. Mary was born 19 November 1804 and died 10 December 1838; she was the daughter of Joseph Hill. After Mary's death, Alfred moved to Muscatine County, Iowa, in 1840, with other family members. He married Elizabeth D. Parvin there, on 22 December 1840. She was born 21 January 1821 near Cincinnatti, Hamilton Cty., Ohio, daughter of William Parvin and Hannah Westcott, both natives of Cumberland Cty., New Jersey. Alfred was listed as a plasterer in the early censuses; later a farmer. He died 16 December 1878 at Muscatine, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine. Elizabeth was believed to be the oldest living resident of Muscatine at the time of her death, 2 March 1914, in Muscatine. She is also buried in Greenwood Cemetery. The grave sites for Alfred and Elizabeth are adjacent to the grave sites of Elizabeth's parents, William and Hannah Parvin.Inherited research from Ruth Ellen Middleton Hintz / Descendants of Alfred Purcell by Keith M. Street. (Never published, only mailed his research papers. One of which was Ruth.)

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