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PURDY Reuben Richard

Male 1804 - 1878  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  PURDY Reuben Richard was born in 1804 in Palmyra, Paupack Township, Wayne, PA; died on 11 Dec 1878 in Wayne, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Wayne, PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1860; Paupack, Wayne, Pennsylvania sheet 285
    • Census: 1870; Paupack, Wayne, Pennsylvania page 13 sheet 237

    Notes:

    cemetery records taken from Wayne Co Genweb site

    Records from William Murawski:

    Biographical sketch of William Purdy from HISTORY OF WAYNE, PIKE, AND MONR
    OE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA Continued:
    "Reuben, the eldest son, lived adjoining his father, and as a licentiate f illed the pulpit in his father's absence. He was also for many years a ju stice ofthe peace, and died in 1855, aged eighty-two. His son, Reub en R. Purdy, was at one time a county commissioner in Wayne. Darius G. Pu rdy, another son, is the postmaster, and one of the most prominent residen ts of Purdyville at the present time."

    Family/Spouse: PURDY Clarinda. Clarinda was born in 1833 in Wayne, PA; died on 9 Apr 1874 in Wayne County, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Paupak Township, Wayne Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. PURDY Delinda J. was born in 1839 in PA; died on 9 Oct 1860 in Paupack Township, Wayne, PA; was buried in Lakeville Cemetery, Paupak Township, Wayne Co., PA.
    2. PURDY Sylvenus A. was born in May 1847 in PA; died on 2 Feb 1914 in Lackawanna, PA.

Generation: 2