Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Tombstone Tuesday~ Hosick P. Purvis


Hosick P. Purvis
b. 14 Feb. 1885
d. 11 May 1942
bu. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
McFarlan, NC

Hosick Purvis

Hosick P. Purvis was born 14 February 1885 to John P. Purvis and his wife Margaret Gulledge. Hosick died in 1942 after falling from a railroad trestle that he was attempting to cross in Darlington County, South Carolina.

Not much is known of this line and I’m posting it today in hopes of connecting with some descendants from the line. 

There’s another Hossack Purvis born 1866 to John Purvis and Rebecca Parr that may be related to this family. If you have any information on the Hosick/John P. Purvis family please contact me by posting a comment to the blog post.  If you are a direct descendant of this Purvis line and is interested in Autosomal DNA testing of the line I would love to hear from you. 

Desc. of John P. Purvis








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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 August 2001); Memorial page for Hosick Purvis; (14 February 1885–10 May 1942); Find a Grave memorial # 59015111, Citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery; McFarlan, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.

5 comments:

  1. Your post just underscores the fact that we can never assume two names are the same person until we do some research.....who would have ever thought there would be TWO by the name of Hossack Purvis?

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  2. The second Hossack is a very elusive man. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  3. Hi!!! I am the great grand daughter of Hosick Purvis. I have a lot of info and would love to talk to you. I live in Kannapolis. djdelaney72112@gmail.com

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  4. Looking forward to sharing data with you.

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  5. I probably should have specified... that my g-grandfather was the one that died falling from the train tressel. I have a copy of coroners report. He was married to Mary Purvis.

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