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CHARLES THOMAS PURNELL was born at Denton, Md., April 16, 1833, and died at McNutt, Sunflower Co., Miss., September 26, 1866, aged 33 years. He entered College from Port Gibson, Miss., and after graduation studied law, both at Baltimore and at Port Gibson, and was admitted to the Mississippi bar in April, 1856. In January, 1857, he commenced the practice of his profession in Port Gibson, but subsequently removed to Sunflower County, practicing law until 1861, when he took charge of his father-in law's estate in that county, and led a farmer's life during the civil war, to which he was earnestly and consistently opposed. He was not in the service at any time during the war. From June, 1865, until August, 1866, he was with his father at Berlin, Md.
He married Miss Clara Bertram, of Clairborne Co., Miss., May 26, 1857, and leaves one son.
