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Note: Hopewell Baptist Church Records Joel Purcel and Wife Elizabeth are members in book of July 29, 1829.
Vermillion County, IN
Jeremiah Watson Estate final settlement Nov. 1833.
File Box 5 Order book 2 page 116 Complete record book 1 page 163 Ex. Samuel Purcell
Following people bought goods at sale of personal property held at the residence October 5, 1831
Enoch Lee Widow Watson *from note on duplicated sheet: Dennis Murphy Elam Lunsford Joel and Elizabeth Lyons were md Sept 1831 Wm. Blankenship John Lee and living in Pike County, Illinois as members James Jennings John Gouty of Hopewell Church. Joel apparently traveled Joel Purcell* Elihu Purcell to Vermillion County, Indiana to attend sale Thos. Chenowith of a relative.
1833 Land Records Vermillion Co IN
Purcell, Joel Middlefork 1835 Purcell, Aaron Danville 1830 Purcell, Daniel Blount 1835 Purcell, Samuel Blount 1835 Purcell, Daniel Pilot 1835 Purcell, Elihu Blount 1836
1840 Pike Co, IL page 139
Purcell, Joel
5 males 7 females
1 male under 5 b1835-1840 1 under 5 b1835-1840 Mary J.? 2 males (5-10) b1830-1835 Morris and Pious? 1 (5-10) b1830-1835 1 male (10-15) b1825-1830 bro of Joel or Eliz? 1 (10-15) b1825-1830 1 male (20-30) b1810-1820 Joel 1 (15-20) b1820-1825 sister? 1 (20-30) b1810-1820 Elizabeth 1 (40-50) b1790-1800* *mother of either Joel or Elizabeth?
1850 Derry TWP Pike Co IL
Purcell, Joel 37 Cooper IN b1813
-------, Elizabeth 38 IN b1812
-------, Morris 18 Cooper IN b1832
-------, Pious 16 Farmer IN b1834
-------, Mary J. 12 IN b1838
-------, Samuel 8 IL b1842
-------, David 7 IL b1843 <-- Daniel -------, Joel 5 IL b1845
-------, John 1 IL b1849
1860 Derry TWP El Dara PO Pike Co IL
Percell, Joel 47 Cooper 00-500 IN can't read or write -------, Elizabeth 47 Housework IN " " " -------, Samuel 18 farmworker IL attd school
-------, David 17 farmworker IL " "
-------, Joel 14 IL " "
-------, John 11 IL " "
Mary J. married in 1857. Morris married and in another household with his wife, Martha.
Pious either died, or married and moved to another area.
Left IL for CA in the middle 1860's - Among the sons who made the trip west were Joel, Morris, Sam and Daniel, some of whom had wives and children, and at least one whose first name is not known. - Irma Purcell King (1986) John?
1866 Great Register Yolo County East Grafton CA
Purcell, Joel 54 IN reg June 21, 1866
1870 Grafton TWP Woodland Yolo Co CA July 29
Purcell, Joel 57 farming IN b1813
-------, Elizabeth 58 keeping house IN b1812
-------, Joel Jr. 25 farming IL b1845
-------, Sarah C. 18 Keeping house NV b1852
-------, Robert L. 1 CA b1869
-------, Lenori 1/12 April CA b1870 (Mary) Thompson, James 45 farming PA b1825
1871 Great Register Spring Valley TWP Colusa Co CA Purcell, Joel, 51, IN, farmer, Spring Valley, 15 Apr 1871
1878 Joel, Sr. owns property in Tehama Co CA with sons Shuttleford Official Map of Tehama Co T25NR4W/T26NR4W
1880 Tehama Co Red Bluff CA Vol16 ED140 Sh19 Line21 Pursell, Joel 66 b1812 39yrs IN PA MD
-------, Elizabeth 68 b1812 11/2 IN PA KY
Since it indicates eleven children, they must have had some between Pious and Mary Jane and Samuel and Joel. These must have been stillborn or died in infancy, or may have been born enroute to California, though I doubt this.
In 1880, out of eleven children, just Morris and Joel are left. That means Pious, Mary Jane, Samuel, Daniel and John have all died prior to 1880.
Red Bluff farmer 1880 (Leaves of the Past 1828-1880) Ruth Hughes Hitchcock Joel Purcell (b. IN 1812) m. Elizabeth Lyon IL 1832 (b. IN 1812)
Great Register 1880/B.68 McKenney 1881
Lingenfeter, Keith, Genealogy of Tehama Pioneer Families, Kraft Library
1885 Red Bluff Tehama County Directory
Purcell, Joel Farmer 160 acres
1887 - Joel Purcell to Tehama Co CA
1900 Census Tehama Co Red Bluff CA Vol46 ED 183 Sheet 11 line26 Purcell, Joel 87 Feb 1813 IN VA MD
-------, Elizabeth 88 Mar 1812 IN OH KY
Both died in 1901 as result of house fire. F&L Oak Hill (Leaves of the Past)
Daily Red Bluff News Sat. Feb 2, 1901 Sunday, Feb 3, 1901 HORRIBLE DEATH OF Funeral of Joel Purcell and His Wife.
AN AGED COUPLE The remains of Joel Purcell and his Joel Purcell and Wife wife, the aged couple who were burn-
Meet Death in the ed to death in their house 8 miles Flames southwest of town Friday evening, were brought to town early Satur- CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN morning and taken to Hanson's
undertaking rooms where they were But suppossed to have Origi- viewed by a Coroner's jury, who
nated by the dropping on found that they came to their death the floor of Coals by burning which occured by accid- from the stove. ent. From the testimony of Morris Pur- Henry W. Purcell and J. C. Rob- cell, a son, it was learned that he bins reached town about 8:00 o'clock was the first to reach the burning on Friday evening with the news building but too late to render any of the death by burning of Joel Pur- aid to his parents. They had made cell and his wife at their house on an effort to escape from the burning Coyote creek about eight miles south- building and he found them both ly- west of town. There was no one ing outside. The bodies of both were about the place but the aged couple, badly burned.
so it will never be known just how The funeral will take place today the fired originated. Henry Purcell, at 10 o'clock from Hanson's under- a son of the old couple, was the first taking rooms and the funeral ser- to find the house in ashes. He says vices will be held at the grave.
his father was in the habit of sitting
by the stove with the stove door
open and he thinks that his mother Monday, Feb 4, 1901 had laid down for a nap and that his Funeral of an Aged Couple father went to sleep in his chair and The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Joel that the coals fell from the stove and Purcell, the aged couple who burned set fire to the building. to death Friday afternoon at their
The fire, it is thought, occurred home on Coyote creek, took place between 4 and 5 o'clock in the after- Sunday morning at 10 o'clock from noon. Hanson's undertaking rooms. The
When Harry left home that day to funeral services were conducted at go into the timber he locked up his the grave by Rev. Charles Carroll of dogs in a part of the house to keep the Baptist Church.
them from following him and they
too were burned to death. NB. Henry W. Purcell was Joel's grand-
Joel Purcell was 88 years of age son, the son of Morris. and was a native of Indiana. Mrs. Other children mentioned, William Purcell was 89 years old. They were A., John W. and Mrs. J. C. Robbins married in Illinois in 1838. They have are also grandchildren. Mrs.
been residents of this county for Robbins must be Lizze.
many years.
It is sad to think that they should live to such a ripe old age and then
meet with so horrible a death.
They leave quite a number of chil- dren, among whom are Morris, Hen-
ry W., William A. and John W. Pur-
cell and Mrs. J. C. Robbins.
Deputy Coroner Dr. Bally was no- tified and he and Sheriff Board, Un-
dertaker J. K. Hanson, Henry Pur-
cell and John Robbins started out
about 9 o'clock Friday night to bring
in the remains.
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