It’s Family Time~The Mary Jane Purvis Lang Family

Mary Jane Purvis was born abt 1873, a daughter of Elizabeth/Betsy Purvis. Her mother and sister Ella Frances state that her father was Billie Purvis.

About 1888, Mary Jane Purvis married Charlie Franklin Lang, a son of John Henry Lang and Frances A. Teal. Charlie was born on 3 April 1868.

Charlie and Mary Jane had 4 children. Their 3rd born, an unnamed son died upon birth and their 4th born, a daughter, Frances Elizabeth “Effie” Purvis survived childbirth in March 1895; but, her Mother Mary Jane did not survive. 

The Children of Charlie and Mary Jane Purvis are: 
     i.    Ella Jane Lang, born 4 Aug 1889, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Jack Allison Dillard; died 18 May 1960, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
    ii.    John Henry Lang, born 14 Jan 1893, Anson County, North Carolina; married Edith Melvine Stowe; married Blonnie Irene Gunter; married Edna Eveline Ashley; died 29 Apr 1968, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
    iii.    Unnamed Son Lang, born/died 14 Jan 1893 in Chesterfield County, SC.
   iv.    Frances Elizabeth "Effie" Lang, born Mar 1895, Marshville, Union, North Carolina; married Jacob Brown, 26 Nov 1910, Union County North Carolina; married Will L. Threate, 1916, Union County North Carolina; married Floyd Pinkney Reinhardt; died 13 Mar 1949.

With a baby and two young children, Charlie, a farmer, had no choice but to find himself a bride. Charlie next married Dora Watkins, age 25, about 1898.

No record of Mary J. Purvis had been found after the 1880 Census. Her 1888 marriage date is estimated based on the birth of her first child, Ella Jane Lang, on 4 August 1889. No marriage or death certificate, notice, or date has been found. Only that Charlie remarried and brought his children into his new marriage.

1900 CENSUS: Marshville Township, Union County, North Carolina, GS Film # 1241220, Roll: T623_1220; Page: 117B; Enumeration District: 136; Line 76; Dwelling 57, Family 60; Charles F. LANG, male, age 32, Day laborer, born Apr 1868 in NC; married 2 years, 1 child, 1 living; his wife, Dora LANG, Wife, age 20, born Jan 1880 in NC; Johnnie H. LANG, Son, age 7, born Jan 1893 in NC; Effie LANG, Daughter, age 5, born Mar 1895 in NC and Annie A. LANG, Daughter, age 5/12, born Dec 1899 in NC.

Annie A. Lang in the above census is the firstborn child of Charlie and his new bride, Dora.

Mary Jane Purvis Lang is my Great Grand Aunt.


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1. State of North Carolina, death certificate (28 August 1948), Charlie Franklin Lang; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
2. 1880 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #2, page 340A, Line 46, dwelling 39, family 41, Household of John Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
3. 1900 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville Township, Union County, NC, enumeration district (ED) #136, page 117B, Line 76, dwelling 57, family 60, Charles F. Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
4. 1910 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville, Union County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0126, Page 26A, Line 5, dwelling 58, family 58, Charlie F. LANG; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1134.
5. 1920 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #15, Page 216, Line 33, dwelling 101, family 101, Charlie Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll 1283.
6. 1930 US Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 23, Page 13B/87B (stamped); Line 76, Dwelling 241, Family 270, Lonnie LANG; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T626, Roll 1692.
7. 1940 U. S. Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 36-19, Page: 23A/353(stamped); Line 16,, Household #454, Household of Charlie F. LANG; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : viewed 3 March 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, Roll 2914.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  11 February 2014); Memorial page for Charlie Franklin Lang; (3 April 1868–28 August 1948); Find a Grave memorial # 92910671, Citing Gaston Memorial Park; Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA.
9. Death: C. F. Lang obituary, The Gastonia (NC) Gazette, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, 30 August 1948, page 9.
10. Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index database, Ancestry.com,  (http://www.ancestry.com : <viewed|accessed> 3 March 2013), Charlie Franklin Lang, XXX-XX-4295, derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).

It’s Family Time~Mary Jane Purvis Lang

In the 1880 Census Mary Jane Purvis and her mother, Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Purvis are enumerated in the household of William A. Purvis and His Wife Sarah Jane (Graves) Purvis.

Mary Jane’s age is reported to be 7 years of age.


Sarah Jane Graves Purvis died in December 1893 and a Land Deed dated 23 September 1899 shows Betsy Purvis as the wife of William A. Purvis. DNA test results also shows that William A. Purvis and these children are related which suggests that the 1st husband of Betsy was also related to William A. Purvis hence the Purvis surname in 1880 census.

In 1888, Mary Jane Purvis and Charlie Franklin Lang were married. Charlie was the son of John H. Lang and Frances A. Teel. By 1893, Charlie and Mary Jane had three children of which one passed away during birth or shortly thereafter.

Then in March 1895, Mary Jane had her 4th child, a daughter named Frances Elizabeth ‘Effy’ Lang. While this birth was a treasure it also turned out to be a tragedy for the family. All indications are that Mary Jane did not survive the birth of this child. This left Charlie in a very troublesome situation with 3 small children.

In 1898, Charlie Franklin Lang married Dora Watkins, daughter of Calvin Watkins and Sarah Kelly.

Charles Franklin Lang and Mary Jane Purvis had the following children:

i. Ella Jane Lang, born 4 Aug 1889, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Jack E. Dillard; died 18 May 1960, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
ii. John Henry Lang, born 14 Jan 1893, Anson County, North Carolina; married Edith Melvine Stowe; married Blonnie Irene Gunter; married Edna Eveline Ashley; died 29 Apr 1968, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
iii. Unnamed Male Lang was buried in Jan 1893. He was born on 14 Jan 1893 in SC. He died on 14 Jan 1893 at the age of 0. SOURCE: Gordon E. Lutz, Lincolnton, NC.
iv. Frances Elizabeth "Effie" Lang, born Mar 1895, Marshville, Union, North Carolina; married Jacob Brown, 26 Nov 1910, Union County, North Carolina; married Will L. Threate, 1916, Union County, North Carolina; married Floyd Pinkney Reinhardt; died 13 Mar 1949.

Mary Jane Purvis Lang is my Great Grand Aunt. 



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1. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) # 2, Page 350B, Line 36, Dwelling 233, Family 251, Household of William A. Purvis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1976); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
2. State of North Carolina, death certificate (28 August 1948), Charlie Franklin Lang; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
3. 1880 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #2, page 340A, Line 46, dwelling 39, family 41, Household of John Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
4. 1900 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville Township, Union County, NC, enumeration district (ED) #136, page 117B, Line 76, dwelling 57, family 60, Charles F. Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
5. 1910 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville, Union County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0126, Page 26A, Line 5, dwelling 58, family 58, Charlie F. LANG; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1134.
6. 1920 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #15, Page 216, Line 33, dwelling 101, family 101, Charlie Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll 1283.
7. 1930 US Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 23, Page 13B/87B (stamped); Line 76, Dwelling 241, Family 270, Lonnie LANG; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T626, Roll 1692.
8. State of North Carolina, death certificate, (28 August 1948), Charlie Franklin Lang.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2014); Memorial page for Charlie Franklin Lang; (3 April 1868–28 August 1948); Find a Grave memorial # 92910671, Citing Gaston Memorial Park; Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA.
10. Death: C. F. Lang obituary, The Gastonia (NC) Gazette, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, 30 August 1948, page 9.

It’s Family Time~Mary Jane Purvis

While very little proof exists, circumstantial evidence shows that after my 2nd Great Grandmother Sarah Jane Graves died in December 1893 that her husband William A. Purvis remarried.
 
DEATH: Messenger-Intelligencer issue of January 4, 1894,  page 3, McFarlan News - The funeral of the wife of Mr. Wm. PERVIS was preached by this writer in the M. E. Church of this place last Sunday [31 Dec. 1893]. She was a good old woman. She had suffered intensely for fifteen months from cancer. She was a member of the M. E. church about 20 years. [SOURCE: Steve Bailey]

Anson County, NC Deed Book 33, page 370 is a land deed from William A. Purvis and  Elizabeth Purvis to J. D. Rhyne for 12 acres of land. This 12 acres is part of a 30 acre parcel that was purchased by William A. Purvis and Sarah Jane Graves Purvis back in the 1880’s. The remaining 18 acres was left  with a life estate for Elizabeth Betsy Purvis (DB 34, page 491-492). 

DB 33, pg 370

This second marriage has been and still is a “real” puzzle for me. The 23 September 1899 land deed (DB 33, page 370) clearly refers to Elizabeth as his wife. Yet, back in 1880 Betsy and Mary Jane are in the household of William and Sarah and at that time she was also known as Betsy Purvis.   

1880 Anson Co. NC Census

As you can see Betsy and her daughter Mary J. (Lines 38 & 39) are listed in the William A. Purvis household. William J. Purvis (Line 490) is the son of William A. and Sarah and their only child. 

About 1888, Mary Jane Purvis and Charlie Franklin Lang were married in Anson County, North Carolina. Charlie was 20 years old and Mary Jane was 15. 

Mary Jane Purvis and Charlie Franklin Lang had the following children:
i. Ella Jane Lang, born 4 Aug 1889, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Jack E. Dillard; died 18 May 1960, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
ii. John Henry Lang, born 14 Jan 1893, Anson County, North Carolina; married Edith Melvine Stowe; married Blonnie Irene Ledford; married Edna Eveline Ashley; died 29 Apr 1968, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
iii. Unnamed Lang was buried in Jan 1893. He was born on 14 Jan 1893 in SC. He died on 14 Jan 1893 at the age of 0. SOURCE: Gordon E. Lutz, Lincolnton, NC.
iv. Frances Elizabeth "Effie" Lang, born Mar 1895, Marshville, Union, North Carolina; married Jacob Brown, 26 Nov 1910, Union County, North Carolina; married Will L. Threate, 1916, Union County, North Carolina; married Floyd Pinkney Reinhardt; died 13 Mar 1949.
 
Mary Jane Purvis Lang died with the birth of her last daughter Frances Elizabeth “Effie” Lang in March 1895. Charlie Franklin Lang married Dora Watkins in 1898 and would have 5 additional children; 2 daughter and 3 sons. No obituary or tombstone has been found for Mary Jane Purvis Lang. It’s as if she has been totally forgotten. 

In Memory

of

Mary Jane Purvis Lang

“Rest In Peace”

 
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Sources:
1. 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) # 2, Page 350B, Line 36, Dwelling 233, Family 251, Household of William A. Purvis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1976); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
2. State of North Carolina, death certificate (28 August 1948), Charlie Franklin Lang; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
3. 1880 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #2, page 340A, Line 46, dwelling 39, family 41, Household of John Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
4. 1900 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville Township, Union County, NC, enumeration district (ED) #136, page 117B, Line 76, dwelling 57, family 60, Charles F. Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
5. 1910 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville, Union County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #0126, Page 26A, Line 5, dwelling 58, family 58, Charlie F. LANG; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1134.
6. 1920 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #15, Page 216, Line 33, dwelling 101, family 101, Charlie Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll 1283.
7. 1930 US Census, Gaston County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 23, Page 13B/87B (stamped); Line 76, Dwelling 241, Family 270, Lonnie LANG; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T626, Roll 1692.
8. State of North Carolina, death certificate, (28 August 1948), Charlie Franklin Lang.
9. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book 33: page 370, W. A. Purvis and wife Elizabeth Purvis to J. D. Rhyne; 23 September 1899, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
10. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book 34: pages 491-492, Betsy Purvis to J. D. Rhyne; 30 September 1900, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.

Treasure Chest Thursday~Delayed Birth Certificate~Ella Jane Lang

Ella Jane Lang was born 4 August 1889, the first born child of Charles Franklin Lang and Mary Jane Purvis. The family continued to grow with twins boys born 14 January 1893 of which one did not survive. Then in March 1895, another daughter, Frances Elizabeth “Effy” Lang was born. ^{1 2}
This last birth was  tragic for the family as shown on this delayed birth certificate for Ella Jane Lang.  ³


Ella Jane's mother Mary Jane Purvis Lang died at age 21. Mary Jane was born about 1873 based on the 1880 Census; a daughter of William Purvis and Betsy Previtte. ⁴

It’s evident that this was a complicated childbirth and something suddenly  caused the death of Mary Jane at age 21.  This left Charlie with 2 young girls and a son to raise without a spouse.

It is no surprise that Charley soon found a new bride, Dora Watkins, whom he married in 1898. ⁵
Though there is no oral tradition there is sufficient evidence to show that these individuals are the second family of my 3rd Great Grandfather William A. Purvis and his wife Elizabeth “Betsy” Previtte. ⁶

^{Ella Jane Lang is my first cousin twice removed.}

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[1] Ella Jane LANG, birth certificate [1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901] (4 August 1889), South Carolina South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.
[2] 1900 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville Township, Union County, NC, enumeration district (ED) #136, page 117B, Line 76, dwelling 57, family 60, Charles F. Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
[3] South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901 for Ella Jane Lang
[4] 1880 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) # 2, Page 350B, Line 36, Dwelling 233, Family 251, Household of William A. Purvis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1976); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
[5] 1900 US Census, Union County, North Carolina, population schedule, Marshville Township, Union County, NC, enumeration district (ED) #136, page 117B, Line 76, dwelling 57, family 60, Charles F. Lang; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed July 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
[6] Ella P. Tarlton, SS No. 251-86-7071, , Form SS-5, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.