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).

The Runaway Bride and Groom

On 14 August 1904 Thomas T. Tarlton and Ella Frances Purvis were married in Chesterfield, South Carolina.¹

Thomas T. Tarlton was a son of James Alexander Tarlton and Sarah Jane Sanders.
The parentage of Ella Francis Purvis is murky. Her NC death certificates state that she is the daughter of Billy Purvis and Betsy Previtte.  

Her Social Security Form 5 also shows her parents to be Billy Purvis and Betsy Prevett.

Ella Frances Purvis was born 25 September 1881. In 1880 before Ella was born her Mother Elizabeth/Betsy and older sister Mary J. Purvis (b. ca,.873) can be found living in the household of William A. Purvis and Sarah Jane Graves Purvis.   

On 25 September 1881, Ella Frances Purvis was born. There is a conflict between the 1900 census and her death certificate as to when she was born. The 1900 census says December 1886.

Abt 1888, Mary Jane Purvis married Charlie B. Lang.

On 31 December 1893, Sarah Jane Graves Purvis, wife of William A. Purvis lost her battle with cancer and passed away.

Abut March 1895 Mary Jane Purvis Lang passes away from childbirth complications.
On 23 September 1899, William A. Purvis and his wife Elizabeth Purvis sub-divided a 30 acres tract of land into two parcels selling a 12-acre section to J. D. Rhyne (DB 33, Page 370). William retained a house with 18 acres for his wife Elizabeth/Betsy. After the death of William Purvis between Sept. 1899 and May 1900, Betsy took possession of the land. She later sold the 18 acres parcel to J. D. Rhyne on 30 September 1900 (DB 34, page 491 & 492).

This deed made this 23rd day of September, Anson County, 1899 by W. A. Purvis and wife Elizabeth Purvis of Anson County and State of North Carolina of the first part and J. D. Rhyne of said county and state of the second part witnesseth that said W. A. Purvis and wife in consideration of fifty-four dollars to them paid by J. D. Rhyne. (DB 33, pg 370)

In 1900, Betsy and Ella F. Purvis can be found in Morven Township, Anson County, North Carolina. Betsy is a widow indicating Billy Purvis has died since the signing of the 30 September 1899 land deed to J. D. Rhyne.

After selling her remaining share of the Purvis land to J. D. Rhyne, Betsy went to live with Tom and Ella Tarlton in Rockingham until her death on 18 October 1926.

Tom & Ella Tarlton would raise a family of 7 children; two daughters and five sons. One son, Sylvester, died young. 

Ella Frances Purvis Tarlton died 27 November 1971.  

I share DNA with descendants of Betsy and her daughters. A total of 107.3 cM on Chr. 8,  12 and two segments on Chr. 13.

If William A. Purvis is the father of these two girls then they are my Great Grand Aunts.






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[1] Anson County, North Carolina, Short Locals, Tom Tarlton & Ella Purvis, 14 August 1904; Messenger-Intelligencer Issue of August 18,1904 page 3, Wadesboro.