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Note: middle name possibly Warren [Norma Purcell 1991] Leaves of the Past
Purcell, Joel (Son of Joel Purcell and Elizabeth Lyon) (b. Il 1845) married Sarah Collier [Crowder] (b. NV 1853) Red Bluff Farmer 1876 Great Register 1876 B. 68 McKenney 1881
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
-------, Joel 5 IL b1845
-------, John 1 IL b1849
1860 Derry Twp El Dara Post Office Pike County IL
Percell, Joel 47 Cooper IN can't read or write 00-500 -------, Elizabeth 47 Housework IN " " " -------, Samuel 18 farmworker IL attd school
-------, David 17 farmworker IL " "
-------, Joel 14 IL " "
-------, John 11 IL " "
Mary J. married 1857. Morris also married and is in another household with wife, Martha. Pious either died, or married and moved to another area.
1862 - Came to CA (1912 death cert says 50 years in CA)
1866 Great Register Yolo Co East Grafton CA
Purcell, Joel 54 IN reg June 21, 1866
1868 Woodland Marriages Nov 2nd
Joel Percell, Jr. and Miss Sarah C. Crowder by E. Roberts, Minister of M.E. Church, South
1870 Grafton TWP Woodland Yolo Co CA July 29
Purcell, Joel 57 farming 125 IN b1813 <--listed as Burcell -------, 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
Lingenfeter, Keith, Genealogy of Tehama Pioneer Families, Kraft Library
1871 Great Register, Spring Valley Twp, Colusa Co
Purcell, Joel Jr., 23, Illinois, farmer, Spring Valley, 15 Apr 1871
1871 - Obit of William Earl says born in Colusa that year
1874 - Death Cert. of Charles Franklin says born in Susanville that year
1875 8 July - Joel Purcell Jr. trans to Lassen Co Colusa-Great Register
1875 - Obit of Gertrude says born in Colusa that year, but other records say 1872 which is more likely.
Told by Norma Purcell Joel is listed in 1875 Lassen County Great Register - not able to document
1878 16 May Joel Purcell Jr. sold to John Boggs for sum of $300 gold coin in the southwest 1/4 of Section 12 in Twp 19 North Range 6 West, containing 160 acres. (apparently sold property some time after he had moved to Lassen)
1880 Tehama Co Red Bluff CA Vol 16 ED140 Sh19 L21
age born Purcell, Joel 35 1845 IL IN IN
-------, Sarah C. 27 1853 NV VA ??
-------, Robert L. 11 1869 CA IL NV
-------, Mary 10 1870 CA IL NV
-------, William N. 9 1871 CA IL NV
-------, Maria(h)n 8 1872 CA IL NV <---Gertrude -------, Chas F. 6 1874 CA IL NV
-------, Ethel 4 1876 CA IL NV
-------, Laura R. 2 1877 CA IL NV
-------, Edgar N. 1 1879 CA IL NV
living next door to Joel and Elizabeth
1885 Shasta Co Directory - Igo
Purcell, Joel Jr. Farmer
Igo - a mining town, ranking second in importance to French Gulch, is situated in the western part of the county, nine miles south sest of Shasta City. It is the location of the noted Hayward Mines and ditches, and embraces a number of smaller mines and locations within a radius of seven or eight miles as part of its constituency. It has express and post offices and receives its freight via Cottonwood. (from directory)
Igo (Piety Hill) from Shasta County History by R. A. Giles 1949
Prior to 1870 this mining camp was called Piety Hill because of its religious inclinations. It is located thirteen miles southwest from Shasta, via the old site of Horsetown. (First called One Horsetown.) The first house was built in 1866 by William Conger, one-fourth mile west of Piety Hill.
Its gold background began with the location of the Chicago mine in May, 1866, by N.S. and J. B. Batchelor, in the south forth of the Clear Creek quartz mining district, which represents a rich quartz mining area. In 1869 the Hardscrabble Mining Company dredged the site of Piety Hill which formed a new location, hence Igo sprang up. A post office was established in 1873 with Alonza Engle as postmaster. American families deserted it and by 1888 it was wholly a Chinese town. It is now surrounded by agricultural and stock raising interests. In this area lies what is termed "the thermal belt of Shasta County," an area of 16,000 acres where oranges readily ripen six weeks before southern fruit.
Pioneers of this secton were: George Everest, A. Cunningham, 1846; H. Rothwell, 1850; J. A. Jones, C. N. Kingsbury, 1852; O. Engle, 1859; A. Siller; S. R. Hubbard, J. P. Wright, W. D. Dunham, H. Shuffleton and R. Ballou.
Why the name "Igo?" This much-discussed question is answered thus: George McPherson, superintendent of the Hardscrabble mine in 1868 at Piety Hill had a small son who, each time his father set out for the mine, begged, "I go, I go!" This was suggested as a name for the new town established three-quarters of a mile west of Piety Hill. (Other ideas link Igo with Ono, a town close by.)
1895 family in Sonoma - from son Charles Franklin (age: 21yrs) death cert.
1896 Great Register Yolo Co
CA Joel Purcell 51 Scar on Index IL reg. July l8, 1896 P.O. Box Windsor
1900 Russian River Twp, Sonoma Co, CA Vol45 ED169 Sh16 L23 Purcell, Joel 53 May 1847 33yrs IL IN IN
-------, Sarah 48 Jul 1852 9 CA OH IL
-------, Laura 23 Mar 1877 CA IL CA Laura and Susie are duplicated -------, Susie 16 Nov 1883 CA IL CA in Fresno census with sister
Mary and husband James Edwards in this same year. 1910 CA Sonoma Co 119-0145-0042
Purcell, J. 66 1844 39yrs IL VA VA
-------, Sarah 56 1854 NV VA OH
living next door to Ethel Hildbrandt
1912 - after 18 days, died of Typhoid fever - F. E. Pagett, M.D.
Death information from Lorlei Metke 1014 Langhart Drive Healdsburg, CA 95448 (1991) for Janel Purcell, and also from death cert. as copied by Norma Purcell Certificate JJ278
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