NameFrancis Purvis
Birth12 Sep 1808, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death27 Aug 1891, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialPurvis Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
FatherJames Purvis (1785-1852)
MotherSarah Garrard (~1787-~1817)
Marriage9 Oct 1878, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseSarah Moore
Birthabt 1801, Virginia
Deathaft 1880, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Francis & Sarah (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 9 Oct 1878 of Francis Pervis, farmer, residence Rowan Co., age 70, 2nd marriage, born in Fleming Co., both parents born in Culpeper Co., Va, and Sarah Johnson, residence Bath Co., age 77, 2nd marriage, born in Montgomery Co., Va, father born in Summerset Co., N.J., mother born in Morris Co., N. J.
Census
1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Brushy Fork precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 27 as family #325:
Pervis, Francis, 71, farmer, b. Ky Ky Ky; Sarah, 80, wife, b. Va Va Va; Johnson, Queen, 17, ward, b. Ky Ky Ky.

According to their marriage record, though, Francis’s parents were born in Virginia and Sarah’s in New Jersey.
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