James H Purdy (1843 - 1918)

Born 8 Jan 1843 in Yorktown, Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Died 13 Mar 1918 at age 75 in Yorktown, Westchester, New York

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Biography

James Purdy was born about 1843 in New York.^[1] He served briefly in the Civil War in the 18th New York infantry. He married Mary Higgins. He moved to the Yonkers area where he was a farmer.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S32 New York, Westchester, Yorktown. 7 September 1850. 86 84 Alvind Purdy, age 50, M, Farmer; Jane E, age 45, F; Harriet, age 24, F; John, age 17, M; Martha J, age 15, F; Ezra L, age 12, M; James age 7, M

• Source: S32 "United States Census, 1850," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMQ-WZ2 : accessed 17 June 2015), James Purdy in household of Alvin Purdy, Yorktown, Westchester, New York, United States; citing family 84, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82C-3ND : accessed 17 June 2015), James Purdy in household of Alvan Purdy, New York, United States; citing p. 16, family 114, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,615.
• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K838-S5K : accessed 17 June 2015), James H Purdy, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,207.
• "United States Census, 1900," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPC-1MV : accessed 17 June 2015), James H Purdy, Yonkers City, Westchester, New York, United States; citing sheet 19B, family 453, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,178.
• "United States Census, 1910," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M57K-LSZ : accessed 17 June 2015), James H Purdy, Yorktown, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 190, sheet 6A, family 149, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,101.
• Source: S375 Clan of Tomkyns, Vol. I, by Robert A Tompkins, (Manuscript in the Los Angeles Library). URL: http://www.lapl.org/central/tomkyns.html
• Source: S382 Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten Family in America: A Genealogy and Brief History, Second Edition, by William Henry Van Benschoten (West Park on Hudson, New York, 1907)
• Find A Grave Memorial# 53755371 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53755371