1850 Moultrie Co, IL. In the census, "Fielden" was a cooper withoutp roperty. Mariah was also 33 and living with them were 4 children, 3of w hich were Mariah's from her previous marriage: Robert, 17,Salatheal, 1 2, Louisa F, 10, and George, 1 month.
1860 Moultrie Co, IL. That year Fielding was a 44 year old farmerwit h real estate worth $400 at census time. Mariah was 42 and thefamily i ncluded George, 10, William S, 9, and Louisa Miller, 20,assistant (ste p-daughter).
1866 E Nelson Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. He was among those petitioningfo r a road .
1870 Jonathan Creek Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. At census time his age wasr ecorded as 50 when it was actually 54. He was a farmer withpersonal p roperty of $500 and living in his house were Mariah, 50,George, 19, Sa mpson, 17, and Eliza J Miller, 30, without occupation.Eliza was verif ied as sister-in-law of Salathiel Miller in probaterecords for her fir st husband, William Campbell, and so was probablythe sister of Salathi el's wife, Margaret Davidson. Salathiel andMargaret lived next door w ith a John Webb, 24, living with them as afarm hand.
9/6/1871 He paid a school tax for his property at T14 R6 which hemust h ave bought within the past year because in 1870 he had told thecensus t aker he had no real estate.
6/14/1880 Still there. The census that year recorded:
Purvis, Fielding, m, age 66, married, cooper, Ken - _ - Ken
Maria, f, age 64, wife, married, Kshouse, Mary - Mary -Ma ry
William, m, age 24, son, single, farmer, Ill - Ken - Mary
Webb, Evalina, f, age 35, servant, single, Ill - Mary - Ken
Webb, Ellen, f, age 5, boarder, single, IL - Ill - Ill
1900 Same residence. He and Maria were retired and aged but stilllivi ng alone.
Relatives at GenForum say his death certificate recorded his birthplac e as Mexico, Ralls Co, MO but that conflicts with census recordswhich s ay KY.
