Sign In Sign-Up

Welcome!

Close

Would you like to make this site your homepage? It's fast and easy...

Yes, Please make this my home page!

No Thanks

  Don't show this to me again.

Close

WALTERS, Nancy Nixon (1820-1893)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: PURCELL, Thomas Vernon Sr. PURCELL, Mahlon+ PURCELL, Lydia Ann+ PURCELL, John N. PURCELL, Thomas Vernon Jr.+ PURCELL, Mary PURCELL, Elias WALTERS, Nancy Nixon 1 2 3 4 Born: 5 Jul 1820, Loudoun County, Virginia Marriage: PURCELL, Thomas Vernon Sr. on 2 May 1839 in Virginia Died: 3 Nov 1893, Polo, Ogle County, Illinois at age 73 Buried: Nov 1893, Brick Church [Elkhorn] Cemetery, Hazelhurst, Ogle County, Illinois 5 Nancy married Thomas Vernon PURCELL Sr. on 2 May 1839 in Virginia. (Thomas Vernon PURCELL Sr. was born on 7 Jun 1818 in Virginia, died on 19 Feb 1887 in Polo, Ogle County, Illinois and was buried in Feb 1887 in Brick Church [Elkhorn] Cemetery, Hazelhurst, Ogle County, Illinois 6.)

1 1870 US Census (Eagle Point, Ogle County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Thomas V. Purcell (age 51, b. VA), wife Nancy (age 49, b. VA) and children John (age 21, b. VA), Thomas (age 18, b. VA), Mary (age 14, b. VA) and Elias (age 12, b. VA), living in Eagle Point, Illinois. Thomas V. is listed as a "farmer," and John is listed as a "farm hand."

2 Ibid. Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Thomas V. Purcell (age 51, b. VA), wife Nancy (age 49, b. VA) and children John (age 21, b. VA), Thomas (age 18, b. VA), Mary (age 14, b. VA) and Elias (age 12, b. VA), living in Eagle Point, Illinois. Also in the household is "domestic servant" Maretta Davis (age 16, b. NY). Thomas Sr. is listed as a "farmer," and Thomas Jr. and John are both listed as "farm hands." Living next door is Harvey Shoemaker and his family. Harvey's brother, Jasper, married the Purcell's daughter, Lydia Ann.

3 1880 US Census (District 23, Milledgville, Carroll County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Thomas V. Purcell (age 62, b. VA) and wife Nancy N. [Walters] (age 60, b. VA), living in Milledgville, Illinois. Thomas is listed as a "laborer." Both Thomas and Nancy indicate that both their parents were born in Virginia.

4 1860 US Census (Not stated district, Berkley County, Virginia). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Thomas V. Purcell (age 42, b. VA), wife Nancy (age 40, b. VA) and children Mahon (age 17, b. VA), [Lydia] Ann (age 14, b. VA), John (age 13, b. VA), Thomas (age 7, b. VA), Mary (age 5, b. VA) and Elias (age 2, b. VA), living in Berkley County, Virginia. Thomas Sr. is listed as a "farmer."

5 Brick Church Cemetery (Illinois Digital Archives: Cemetery Records Ogle County, Elkhorn Brick Church Cemetery Transcript), p. 8. Surety: 4. Nancy Purcell
wf. Thomas
d. Nov. 3, 1893
75y. 4m

6 Ibid, p. 8. Surety: 4. Thomas W. Purcell
d. Feb. 19, 1887
68y. 8m. 12d

Name:
Email:
Where are you from:
Comments:
Type this 4 to 6 character security code into this box (This code prevents automated programs from adding entries to the guestbook.)