Moses Purcell (1795 - 1850)

Born 1795 in Simpson Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, USA

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Died 1850 at about age 55 in Ripley, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Moses Purcell was born about 1795, probably in Simpson Creek, Kentucky. He is the son of Benjamin Purcell and Elizabeth Osburn.^[1]

Moses was among the original members, and an elder, of the Bear Creek Regular Baptist Church located on the west side of Laughery Creek about a mile east of the western boundary of Ohio county. The society was constituted June 13, 1818, at the home of Judge John Watts. Judge Watts set aside land for a burial ground and they erected a small log meeting-house.^[2]

Moses married Sarah Davis about 1823.

In 1850, Moses and Sarah were in Johnson Township, Ripley County, Indiana. They had five children remaining at home.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ PFA18 Page 160 cites Probate Order Book No. 1, pg. 104, Dearborn Co., In. presumably Thomas' will listing 9 children. Mariah was not listed in the will but her marriage bond indicates she is the daughter of Benjamin.
2. ↑ Weakley Page 519
3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M432_169; Page: 226A; Image: 79 (Ancestry.com)

• Weakley, F. E. History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana: From Their Earliest Settlement, F. E. Weakley, Chicago, Ill., 1885. On Archive.org
• PFA18: Purcell Family of America Genealogical Association, July 1989, Volume 18, Number 3, p. 160