U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Purkey, Sylvinas Taylor (b. 1848) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 473-474 S. T. Purkey was born in 1848 in Barbour County, son of L. A. Purkey, of German descent. Children: Frank, Charles, Samuel Tilden and Lulu B. In 1871 he married Sarah C. Ash; he was formerly a shoemaker, but is now a farmer, living 6 miles from St. George, on Location Ridge, where he owns 185 acres of land, of which 35 acres is under cultivation; lived ten years in St. George; was appointed and then elected constable, was member of the board of education, road surveyor and overseer of the poor, and deputy sheriff under A. C. Minear. In his younger days he was passionately fond of driving cattle, and in that occupation traveled over a large portion of the State. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Randolph County, WV #17052 FULL-NAME: Sylvinas Taylor Purkey BIRTH-DATE: August 3, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 23, 1928 (at age 80y-4m-20d) DEATH-PLACE: Kernes, Randolph County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Sararh Ark) OCCUPATION: Carpenter FATHER: Samuel Purkey (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Phebe Philipps (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Acute Tuberculosis INFORMANT: Mrs. Lula Sharpless (of Kernes, W.Va.) BURIAL: Israel Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------