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Note: N85 MARRIAGE: Mary W. Kaurish, PULASKI COUNTY KY MARRIAGE RECORDS; 1798-1851; Pulaski County Historical Society, no date; ; FHL book US/CAN 976.963 V2p bk.1; NOTE: Calvin Purvis to Eliz. Frazier, 10 Feb 1830, Aaron Gill bondsman.
MARRIAGE-DEATH: Marvin W. Pershing, TIPTON COUNTY INDIANA HISTORY; ; Kokomo IN, Selby Publishing & Printing, 1914 (1985 reprint), Part II (Biographical Sect); p 259; FHL book US/CAN 977.2555 H2p pt.2; NOTE: Calvin Purvis was "a great hunter and trapper in Kentucky and Indiana in the early frontier days." His death occurred in Tipton county in 1876, "at the supposed age of over one hundred years." His first wife died in Kentucky and her family history is unknown After her death, Calvin remarried, having issue by both marriages.
BIOGRAPHY-MARRIAGE-DEATH-OCCUPATION: BIOGRAPHICAL & GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF CASS, MIAMI, HOWARD & TIPTON COUNTIES, IN; ; 1898, Vol I; p 186; Sutro Library, San Francisco CA; NOTE: Calvin Purvis was "an old settler of Kentucky and all his life was a great hunter and trapper, but his general occupation was that of agriculture." Further states that "he lived to be over one hundred years of age, never having a day's sickness; he died simply of 'old age.' He was married twice and had a large number of children."
DEATH-CONFLICT: Both TIPTON COUNTY INDIANA HISTORY and BIOGRAPHICAL & GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF CASS, MIAMI, HOWARD & TIPTON COUNTIES state that Calvin Purvis lived to be over one hundred. In the 1850 U.S. Census his age is listed as 62, which if correct, and if he died in 1876 (as the first source states), would make his age at death only about 88 years old.
RESIDENCE: Maurice Holmes, COURT RECORDS OF DECATUR COUNTY INDIANA; 1822-1848; publ by the author, 1980; pp 163, 324; FHL book US/CAN 977.216 P2c; NOTE: Calvin Purvis was in Decatur Co IN as early as May 1837 when he is listed among the accounts due to the estate of Robert Robinson, deceased (Probate Book B, p 363). He was listed among the notes and accounts due Wesley White, deceased in Decatur Co IN on 4 Nov 1841 (Probate Order Book D, p 35).
CENSUS-RESIDENCE: 1810 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co KY; 1810; p 146; line 32; National Archives, San Bruno CA, M252, Roll 8; NOTE: Calvin Pervis[sic], 2 M under 10, 1 M 16-24, 1 F under 10, 1 F 16-24.
CENSUS-RESIDENCE: 1820 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co KY; 1820; p 38; National Archives, San Bruno CA, M33, Roll 27; NOTE: Calvin Purvis, 4 M under 10, 2 M 10-16, 1 M 26-45, 3 F under 10, 1 F 26-45.
CENSUS-BIRTH-RESIDENCE: 1830 U.S. Census, Pulaski Co KY; 1830; p 15; line 23; National Archives, San Bruno CA, M19, Roll 41; NOTE: Calvin Purviss[sic], 1 M 50-60, 1 F 20-30, 2 persons total. Enumerated next door to Alfred Purviss.
CENSUS-RESIDENCE: 1840 U.S. Census, Mixed Townships [Washington, Marion, Sandwich, Jackson, Clay & Adams], Decatur Co IN; 1840; p 215; National Archives, San Bruno CA, M704, Roll 78; NOTE: Calvin Pervis, 1 M under 5, 2 M 15-20, 1 M 50-60, 1 F under 5, 1 F 30-40.
CENSUS-BIRTH-SPOUSE: 1850 U.S. Census, Brown Twp., Ripley Co IN; 1850; p 297; line 41, house no 206, family no 210; National Archives, San Bruno CA, M432, Roll 137; NOTE: Dtd 20 Aug 1850, Calvin Purvis, age 62, born NC, occupation Farmer.
CENSUS-BIRTH-SPOUSE-OCCUPATION: 1860 U.S. Census, Clifty Twp., Bartholomew Co IN; 1860; p 112; line 4, house no 704, family no 730; National Archives, San Bruno CA, M653, Roll 244; NOTE: P.O. Newbern, dtd 3 Apr 1860, Calvin Parvis[sic], age 60, male, occupation Day Laborer, no real estate listed, personal estate $50, born N.J.[sic]. Also enumerated wit this family was Jane Oliver, age 13, female, born IN. [Researched by Tad D. Campbell, Gilroy CA].
RESIDENCE: Greensburg Repository, Saturday, October 1, 1836, page 3, column 4; NOTE: List of letters remaining in the Post Office at Greensburgh, Indiana, on the 30th September 1836: Calvin Purvis. http://www.ingenweb.org/indecatur/EarlyNewspapers.htm
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