'My Grand Father John Purviance, son of the preceding John Purviance and Elizabeth Thomson Purviance, was born in 1774, lived in Little Washington Pennsylvania, and settled in Butler County about the time the County was opened. he died in 1821. The Record & Pension Office show that he served as Colonel of 2nd Infantry, in a Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia in War of 1812.'
'My Great Grandfather - John Purviance, son of the preceding John Purviance and his wife Elizabeth - was born in 1774 in Little Washington, Pa. He moved to Butler County about the the time the County opened - settled in Butler and died in 1820.'