Mary Etta Huston (abt. 1884)

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Biography

Mary Etta Huston was born February 1884. She is the daughter of John Huston and Tabitha Unknown.^[1]

The 1900 Census shows the Huston family living in Cincinnati Township, Pike County, Illinois on 2 June 1900. John and Tabitha have been married for nineteen years. ^[1]

• John H - Head ~41 (Mar 1859) - Illinois, Father Kentucky, Mother Illinois
• Tabitha - wife ~33 (Jan 1867) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Cora E - daughter ~17 (Aug 1882) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Mary E - daughter ~16 (Feb 1884) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Ada - daughter ~14 (Jan 1886) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Ava - daughter ~14 (Jan 1886) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Gerty A - daughter ~11 (Mar 1889) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Fanny B - daughter ~8 (Sept 1891) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Golden - son ~6 (May 1894) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Nelly P - daughter ~3 (Feb 1897) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Emma M - daughter ~2/12 (Mar 1900) - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois

[Purcell-1003|Wiley Purcell]] and Mary Etta Huston were married on March 3, 1901, in Cincinatti township, Pike County, Illinois. ^{[2] [3]}

The 1910 Census shows the Purcell family living in Barrett Township, Thomas County, Kansas on 4 May 1910. ^[4]

• Wiley A - Head ~33 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Etta M - wife ~26 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Lawrence A - son ~8 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Floyd F - son ~5 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• John W - son ~3 - Missouri, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Charlie E - son ~1 - Missouri, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois

The 1920 Census shows the Purcell family living in Barrett Township, Thomas County, Kansas on 7 January 1920. ^[5]

• Wiley E - Head ~42 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Mary E - wife ~35 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Lawrence - son ~17 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Floyd - son ~15 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• William - son ~12 - Missouri, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Charlie - son ~10 - Missouri, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Leslie - son ~8 - Kansas, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Pearl- daughter ~5 - Kansas, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• May- daughter ~2 8/12 - Colorado, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois

The 1930 Census shows the Purcell family living in Barrett Township, Thomas County, Kansas on 18 April 1930. ^[6]

• Wiley E - Head ~52 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Mary E - wife ~46 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Leslie - son ~19 - Kansas, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Pearl- daughter ~16 - Kansas, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• May- daughter ~12 - Colorado, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois

The 1940 Census shows the Purcell family living in Barrett Township, Thomas County, Kansas on 5 April 1940. ^[7]

• Wiley E - Head ~62 - Illinois, Living in the same house on April 1, 1935
• Mary E - wife ~56- Illinois, Living in the same house on April 1, 1935

Wiley Purcell died in 1968, probably at his farm in Barrett. He was buried in Beulah Cemetery in Colby, Thomas County, Kansas.^[8]

Mrs. Wylie (Mary Etta) Purcell died after 14 January 1968 as her brother's obituary lists her as a survivor. ^[9]

• • Harvey appears to be a typo and should be Huston.

Mary Etta (Huston) Purcell died a few years later and was buried next to Wiley under a common stone in 1971.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSV-ZL?cc=1325221&wc=9B78-6Y2%3A1030552601%2C1031156501%2C1036006101 : 5 August 2014), Illinois > Pike > ED 111 Cincinnati & Levee Townships > image 2 of 17; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940 (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-MWZB : 17 November 2020), Wiley Purcell and Miss Mary Hurston, 03 Mar 1901; citing Pike, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,315,808.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJ3-75T?cc=1727033&wc=QZZQ-KP9%3A133640801%2C139992001%2C133723901%2C1589090835 : 24 June 2017), Kansas > Thomas > Barrett > ED 213 > image 1 of 7; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRXJ-7GM?cc=1488411&wc=QZJR-WW1%3A1036471001%2C1039133201%2C1036828701%2C1589334843 : 11 September 2019), Kansas > Thomas > Barrett > ED 225 > image 2 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R4X-DBD?cc=1810731&wc=QZF9-RL1%3A648806101%2C650999801%2C648905201%2C1589282332 : 8 December 2015), Kansas > Thomas > Barrett > ED 1 > image 2 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MR-WXJH?cc=2000219&wc=QZXG-69H%3A790104301%2C797074201%2C791727001%2C798751802 : accessed 20 February 2021), Kansas > Thomas > Barrett Township > 97-1 Barrett Township > image 3 of 11; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #34073361
9. ↑ "Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9N8-L8K2?cc=2258572&wc=QB44-92K%3A1590582341 : 14 April 2017), 007597269 > image 1017 of 2098; citing private collection of Mildred Hooper, Nauvoo.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Aubrey Purcell for starting this profile.