HISTORY OF PLEASANTON - written by Emma Mark(s); Part 6

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Posted By: Nancee Seifert (email)
Date: 6/17/2014 at 14:00:00

HISTORY OF PLEASANTON - written by Emma Mark(s); Part 6

SOLDIERS - Hamilton Cemetery

James Corbin - War of 1812 - unmarked grave.

MEXICAN WAR:

Christopher Adkins
Capt. Jeff Miller (also Civil War)

CIVIL WAR:

James Acton, Wm. Acton, James Alfrey, David Ball, Aaron Cozad, Thomas Doss,
James Early, Erastus Grahm, Thomas Graves, Francis Hamilton, John Hedricks,
John Jones; unmarked grave, blind pensioner, E.C. Macy, James May, Benjamin
Mark, John McIntosh, Capt. Jeff Miller (see Mexican War), Thomas Rains,
Evans Reed, Abram Vandel, Francis Turpen, Francis Walker, John Weaver.

SPANISH AMERICAN:

William Aiken

WORLD WAR:

Paul Putnam
Francis Turpen

SOUTH CEMETERY:

James Humphreys
Harvey Stricker
Henry Hawk
Daniel Lester
Elisha Horn; Mexican-Civil War.

**MY NOTES: There appears to be a page missing. The next page starts this
way:

Rachel Turpen Purcell Scott (Mrs. Edward Purcell) is buried in Hamilton
Cemetery but she is not buried by her husband but by a sister.

She had a sound mind or seemingly so until her second marriage and had two
or three children but most people, and some doctors, said her mind had
become confused because of constant worry and that fact that she was beside
her husband when he was shot. They took her to Clarinda, brought her home
and she had to be taken back. But they declared her incurable so she was
taken to the County Home in 1882. She died in 1833 (sic). Her second
husband took all but the baby and moved to Oklahoma where he died. (Baby
was left with a relative.)

(Items from John R. Keown given to Emma Marks.)
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**Per David Niswender, Rachel Turpen Purcell Scott was the daughter of Aaron
Turpen and Lucinda (Miller) Turpen. She died at the County Home in 1936.
**My Note: I'm still not certain about her date of death and burial.