Born about in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Purcell
and Susannah (Myers) Purcell
Sister of
America Purcell
Wife of
Amos Piatt Josselyn
— married
29 Dec 1842 (to 1853) in Muskingum, Ohio
Descendants 
Died
at about age 31
in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jul 2017
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Biography
She passed away in 1854. According to a ZANESVILLE SIGNAL newspaper article, she stepped out onto the porch of her West Muskingum avenue home in Zanesville, to watch a fire . A nearby building on West Main street had caught fire. As a result of staying out in the cold too long, she caught pneumonia and died. She was buried in the Quaker cemetery.
Sources
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184399106/virginia-josselyn
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3H-WJ6 : 12 April 2016), Virginia Josselyn in household of Amos P Josselyn, Springfield, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing family 243, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQR-98N : 8 December 2017), Amos P Josselyn and Virginia Purcell, 29 Dec 1842; citing Muskingum, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 910,164.
"California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPJG-Q27N : 16 August 2019), Virginia Purcell in entry for Amos Piatt Josselyn, 9 Sep 1849; citing Emigration, California, United States, California State Library, Sacramento.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6WS-SHZ : 15 August 2019), Virginia Purcell in entry for Clara Smith, 14 Feb 1935; citing Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 12364; FHL microfilm 2,022,483.
http://www.usfunks.net/genealogy/Purcell/Purcell_FamilyHistory.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KFJY-Q68
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Virginia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Virginia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Virginia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Virginia:
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~3.12%
~25.00%
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