Her death certificate records Sarah Pervis, age 66, born 1850 in Fleming Co., widow, died 7 Jan 1916 in Rowan Co., Ky, father Lewis Lee, mother’s maiden name Rebeca Rice, birthplaces not known, cause of death chronic Brights disease, informant Grant Ramey, Morehead.

This family is in my database primarily to document the parents of Frank Purvis who married Anna Hall.

1870 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, p. 115A, lists as family #48:
Purvis, Hiram, 29, farmer; Sarah, 23; Queen Ann, 4; Mary, 2; John, 1. All born in Ky.

1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Brushy Fork precinct, enumerated June, lists as family #273:
Pervis, Hiram, 40, farmer; Sarah, 35, wife; Annie, 14, dau; Mary J., 13, dau; John, 11, son; Arrie, 9, dau; Lizzie, 7, dau; Rebecca J., 5, dau; Frank, 3, son; not named, 4/12, son. All family members and their parents born in Kentucky.

1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Brushy Fork precinct, enumerated 20 June, lists on p. 17B as family #298:
Purvis, Hiram, 59, farmer, b. Jan 1841; Sarah, wife, 52, b. Feb 1848, married 33 years, mother of 12 children, 12 living; Queen A., dau, 32, b. Sep 1867, single; Hiram, son, 18, b. Apr 1882; Maggie, dau, 16, b. Sep 1883; Harrison, son, 13, b. Aug 1886; Lula, dau, 11, b. Sep 1889; Mertie, granddau, 7, b. Feb 1893; Loutisia, granddau, 5, b. July 1894; Gilkison, Rebecca, dau, 25, b. Mar 1875, married 5 years, mother of 2 children, 0 living. All born Ky Ky Ky.

Mertie and Loutisia are daughters of their daughter Ara (”Arrie”). I have not been able to locate Ara in the 1900 census.

Sarah and Hiram Jr. are listed twice in 1910, once with Hiram Sr. as his wife and daughter, and once with Maggie and her husband as mother-in-law and brother-in-law:

1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 16 April, lists on p. 2A as family #21/23:
Purvis, Hiram, 68, no occupation; Sarah, wife, 62, married 42 years, mother of 12 children, 10 living; Anna, dau, 42, single; Hiram Jr., son, 28, single, farm laborer. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Brushy or Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 18 April, lists on p. 2B as family #36:
Curtis, Jorden, 35, farmer; Maggie, wife, 24, first marriage for both, married 3 years, mother of 2 children, 1 living; Charley, son, 3/12; Purvis, Sarah R., mother-in-law, 63, first marriage, married 46 years, mother of 12 children, 10 living; James, brother-in-law, 29, single, farm laborer; Hiram Jr., brother-in-law, 28, single, farm laborer; Harrison, brother-in-law, 22, single, farm laborer; Jene (m), nephew, 6; Johnson, Jane, aunt, 74, widowed, mother of 4 children, 0 living. All born Ky Ky Ky.