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In the above posting I introduced you to the concept that William A. Purvis was twice married; discuss his second wife – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Purvis – and documented the family of her oldest daughter, Mary Jane Purvis Lang.
Remember that in the 1880 Census, Betsy and her daughter Mary J. was listed as Family 252 in the same Dwelling 233 as William A. and Sarah J. Purvis (Family 251). No husband was present nor has a husband been identified for Betsy prior to the September 1899 Land Deed (DB 33, pg 370).
We do know that the Anson County Land Deed (DB 33, pg 370) identified Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Purvis as the wife of William A. Purvis. We also know that William A. married Sarah Jane Graves on 19 June 1852 and that Sarah Jane died on 31 December 1893.
Therefore, if William did in fact remarry it had to occur between 1 Jan 1894 and 23 Sept. 1899. Yet, in the 1900 census, we find Betsy with another daughter, Ella Frances Purvis, b. 25 September 1881.
This little snippet from the 1900 Census contains significant information; but, there is also conflicting information.
- Elizabeth Purvis is was Widow (the census date is 28 June 1900
- Elizabeth had 2 children 1 living; Mary J. and Ella Frances Purvis
- Elizabeth was born in Oct. 1860; Ella Frances was born in Dec. 1886
When was Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ born in 1880 she is age 30; in 1900 she is age 39, born Oct. 1860. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ was still living on the Purvis farm in 1900.
On 14 August 1904, daughter Ella Frances married Thomas T. Tarlton in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
On 30 September 1900, Betsy gives up her life estate in the 19 acres William A. Purvis left her selling the land to J. D. Rhyne for a measly $50.00 dollars. (DB 34, Page 491-492, Betsy Purvis to J. D. Rhyne, Anson Co., NC). Betsy moves in with Tom and Ella Tarlton.
In the 1920 Census we find Ellen and Tom with 5 children and her Mother, Elizabeth Purvis, age 75, in the household all living in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. Elizabeth in 1900 said she was born in October 1860; now in 1920 she is 75 years of age. That computes to a birth year of 1845. Elizabeth ‘Betsy” Purvis died on 18 October 1926. To add to the confusion her obituary states that she is 90 years old, a birth year of 1836.
Mrs. Betsy Purvis
Mrs. Betsy Purvis, aged 90, died Oct. 18th in Great Falls village. The interment was at Mizpah the same day.
Tom and Ella had seven children; 2 daughters and 5 sons. I spent a lot of time talking on the phone and corresponding with the two daughters.
While my family and Ella Frances family were from the same Grandparent it was as if neither knew anything of the other family. I can’t help to believe that William A. Purvis only son, my Great Grandfather William James Purvis, disapproved of his father’s remarriage, if a marriage occurred and kept it a family secret.
I just had a 92 year old Aunt who passed away and she knew nothing of this family and great aunts that I talked to claimed to have no knowledge of what I was talking about.
If you have any information om Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Purvis and her two daughters, Mary Jane Purvis wife of Charlie Franklin Lang and Ella Frances Purvis, wife of Thomas T. Tarlton I would love to hear from you.
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1. 1900 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #7, page 145, line 20, dwelling 337, family 338, Household of Elizabeth Purvis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1976); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Steer Pen, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0028, Page 18B/204 (stamped); Line 57, Dwelling 353, Family 364, Household of Malcom DECKER; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : Viewed 22 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
3. 1910 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #6, Page 81A, Line 21, dwelling 170, family 172, Household of Tom TARLTON; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 July 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.
4. 1920 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 6, Page: 1A/73 (stamped); Line 4, Dwelling 2, Family 2, Household of Tom TARLTON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 10 June 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
5. Thomas T. Tarlton obituary, Evening Herald, Rock Hill,, 16 May 1964, page 2.
6. Anson County, North Carolina, Short Locals, , Tom Tarlton & Ella Purvis, 14 August 1904; Messenger-Intelligencer Issue of August 18,1904 page 3, Wadesboro.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 January 2013); Memorial page for Ella Frances Purvis Tarlton; (25 September 1881–27 October 1971); Find a Grave memorial # 52220581, Citing Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery; Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina, USA.
8. State of North Carolina, death certificate no. 39499 (27 November 1971), Ella Frances Tarlton; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
9. Social Security Administration, Ancestry database, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com : <viewed|accessed> 2 January 2009), Ella P. Tarlton, 1965 derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).
10. Mrs. Betsy Purvis obituary, The Rockingham Post-Dispatch, Rockingham, Richmond County, NC, 21 October 1926, Page 6, Column 2. Deaths.
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