Tombstone Tuesday~John W. Purvis, Jr

John W. Purvis, Jr.

b. 20 May 1906

d. 11 Aug 1985

bu. Morven Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

John William Purvis, Jr. is the son of John William Purvis, Sr. and his wife Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. John Jr. married Elma Davis, daughter of Charles Lester Davis and Fannie Mae Boatwright on 23 April 1927 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina. 

John and Elma had two children; one son, one daughter.

John William Purvis, Jr. is my 1st Cousin once removed.











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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2013); Memorial page for John W. Purvis, Jr.; (20 May 1906–11 August 1985); Find a Grave memorial # 65087282, Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.

Obituary Sunday~Mr. Henry Hampton Wallace

Mr. H. H. Wallace died at his home near Mt. Croghan Sunday evening, May 21st about nine o'clock. He had been in failing health for some time but his death was unexpected. He was married about sixty years ago to Miss Sarah Ann Ross, sister of Mr. James Ross of Chesterfield, and Mr. Frank Ross of Charlotte. She died several years ago. He leaves seven children, Mrs. J. W. Purvis, of Morven; Mrs. Lonnie Jackson, Henry and William of Mt. Croghan; Jack, of Pageland, and James, of Chesterfield; and fifty-one grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren. He was the father of John Wallace of Peachland, NC, who died Wednesday morning, May 24, only three days between their deaths, and the father of Mrs. Riley F. Smith, who died five years ago. He was a kind father and loved by all who knew him. He will be missed in his home and community. There will be a vacant place in our homes, which never can be filled. He was laid to rest in the Zoar cemetery Tuesday morning at ii o'clock, funeral services conducted by Rev. W.P. Way. (Poem) His Granddaughter.


Mrs. J. W. Purvis named within this obtuary is Henry Hampton’s daughter Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Purvis. She is my Grand Aunt by marriage to John William Purvis, my Grand Uncle.

Henry H. Wallace was born 12 Sept. 1853 and died 21 May 1927. He married Sarah Anne Ross about 1870. To this marriage were born 9 children; six sons and three daughters. Henry and Sarah Anne are buried at Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 













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[1]  James C. Pigg, Obituaries from the Chesterfield Advertiser 1927-1931; Self-Published, 2002. Obituary of Henry Hampton Wallace;The Chesterfield Advertiser,2 June 1927, page 1, column 6, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Tombstone Tuesday~John and Nancy Purvis

John William Purvis was the first born child of William James Purvis and Mary Hulda Previtte.
Previously, I wrote about my Grandparents William James and Mary Hulda here. In 1880, William James and Mary Hulda were newlywed living beside his parents William A. Purvis and Sarah James Graves Purvis.¹

It’s obvious now that Mary Hulda was  pregnant with her firstborn, James William Purvis; when the census taker was at their home in May of 1880.

James William Purvis was born on December 31, 1880 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.²

In August 1901, John married Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, a daughter of Henry Hampton Wallace and Sarah Ann Ross. John and Nancy had five children, two sons and three daughters.³

Great Uncle John passed away on Saturday morning, August 11th, 1956 at his home in Morven, North Carolina.⁴ Then in July 1968, Nancy passes away in the Wadesboro Hospital after a lingering illness.⁵

John William and Nancy Elizabeth are buried in the Morven Cemetery, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina.⁶



John and Nancy are my Great Grand Uncle and Aunt.



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[1] 1880 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #2, page 350B, line 40, Dwelling 234, Family 253, Household of William J. Purvis; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1976); citing National Archive Microfilm T9-0951.
[2] William J. Purvis Family Family Bible Holy Bible, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), J. W. PERVIS; Birth - 31 December 1880, Obtained from [Name Withheld], Wadesboro, North Carolina.
[3] William J. Purvis Family Family Bible Holy Bible, (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), Marriage - 25 August 1901; John William Purvis & Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, Obtained from [Name withheld], Wadesboro, North Carolina.
[4] State of North Carolina, death no. 19243 (10 August 1956), John William Purvis; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
[5] State of North Carolina, death certificate no. 22254 (19 July 1968), Nancy Elizabeth Purvis; https://www.ancestry.com, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
[6] Tombstone, Morven Cemetery, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina; Find A Grave Memorial# 38311293; Find A Grave Memorial# 38311302