Person:Edward Purchase (1)

Watchers
Edward Jesse Purchase
b.22 Apr 1875 Kansas, United States
Facts and Events
Name Edward Jesse Purchase
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Apr 1875 Kansas, United States
Death[2] 2 Aug 1889 Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States

Autobiography of Sarah Elizebeth Mouttell.

Communication from Alice Abarr, daughter of Edith Purchase, daughter of Sarah Mouttell: "Died about the age of 14. Accident. When parents returned from town, Milie said she could not find Edward. He was hanging in the barn by his neck. (My Mother always said it was an accident, Gloria said that Aunt Jessie found out later a neighbor saw a horse at the barn. The owner was a fellow Grandfather Purchase had fired."

References
  1. 1880 Census, Highland, Clay, Kansas
    Edward J. Purchase, age 5 , born Kansas.
  2. Tree submitted to Genealogy.com by Harris Howard Hicks Jr. & Vanita Klotz. (Found on Genealogy.com Vol #12 Tree #1789)
    Edward Jesse Purchase, die 2 Aug 1889 in Clay Center, Clay, Kansas.