8/30/1850 Fleming Co, KY. At census time William was 19, Deliah,22, a nd Sarah Ann was not even a month old yet. William was a farmerbut ha d no real estate.
Rowen County death records (transcribed from LDS records) listed himtw ice:
William Purvis, d 2/11/1858, age 27, lived RC (Rowan Co), born FlemingC o, parent-Francis Purvis, notes: m, dcarpenter, thyphoid fever.This e ntry was on the 1857 register.
and
William Purvis, d 2/18/1858 @ 26y 1mo 14d, lived Brush Fork Triplett,d B rush Fork Triplett, parents-Francis & Ann Purvis, m, farmer,typhoid fe ver.
