Friday’s Faces from the Past~The James Buchanan Purvis Family

Photo Courtesy of John Carr

Claude Clifton Purvis, Ina May Purvis, and Irvin Kersh Purvis with their father, James Buchanan Purvis shortly after the death of their mother, Sally Terry Purvis. (ca.  1905). [1]

Sally Terry Purvis died 26 December 1905; James her husband died on 25 December 1921. James and Sarah had 10 children. The three youngest children appear in the above photo. There were eight boys and two girls.[2] [3]  

James Buchanan Purvis was the son of James M. Purvis  and Martha Caroline Russell and the grandson of William James Purvis and Millie Cook.[4]












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[1] 1910 U. S. Census, Smith County, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 4, Smith County, Mississippi, enumeration district (ED) #0115, Page 73B; Line 86, Dwelling 216, Family 216, Household of James B. PURVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 18 November 2011); citing NARA publication T624_759.
[2] Conversation and e-mail correspondence with Charles Terry Purvis, grandson
[3] image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for J. B. Purvis; (24 November 1855–25 December 1921); Memorial # 49563213; Record of the Rock Bluff Cemetery; Daniel, Smith County, Mississippi, USA; Accessed on 19 November 2011.
[4] 1870 U. S. Census, Smith County, Mississippi, population schedule, Smith County, TWp 3, Range 6E, Mississippi, Page: 359B(Stamped), Line 33, Dwelling 44, Family 44, Household of James PURVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 February 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm M593 Roll 749.