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PURCELL CEMETERY
aka
JESSE PURCELL CEMETERY


South side of Nassau Place between Morgan Avenue and 180th Street.

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Name of Deceased Comments
BOONE, Elizabeth PURCELL Died Mar 8 1891 Aged 75y 4m 8d Wife of Robert Emmet Boone; Daughter of Jesse & Jane (AKERS) PURCELL
BOONE, Myrtle H Oct 12 1877 - Nov 14 1882 Aged 5y 1m 2d Son of John T & Luella E (O'BANION) BOONE
BUTCHER, Jane BOONE Feb 1838 - Mar 15 1871 Aged 33y 19d Wife of David BUTCHER; Daughter of Robert Emmet & Elizabeth (PURCELL) BOONE
CLAPPER, Tommy Dayle Mar 2 1948 - Dec 9 1999 US NAVY Son of Gene CLAPPER & Lucille (PURCELL) CLAPPER THORNBURG
COX, Infant Boy (twin) Son of Martin COX
COX, Infant Girl (twin) Daughter of Martin COX
DILLEY, Ethel A Died Aug 24 1882 Aged 16y 17d Daughter of Denman H & Frances R (MAYNARD) DILLEY
DILLEY, Frances R MAYNARD Died Feb 8 1879 Aged 29y Wife of Denmen H DILLEY; Consent for Frances to marry was given by David MAYNARD; Possibly daughter of David & Catharine (PURCELL) MAYNARD
DONN, Ella Ann PURCELL Died Dec 13 1882 Aged 16y 9m 29d Wife of Allison DONN; Daughter of Samuel & Susan C (HUNT) PURCELL
GALE, Infant Son Died Jul 22 1891 Son of B H & R A GALE
HUNT, Carolyn Sarah "Carrie"   May 13 1875 - Jun 7 1895 Daughter of Manuel & Hannah Harriet (COX) HUNT
HUNT, Douglas M   Nov 1 1871 - Feb 9 1891 Aged 20y 4m 8d Son of John Henry & Sarah E (MCINTOSH) HUNT
HUNT, Eliza E   Oct 20 1868 - Nov 1 1887 Aged 19y 12d; Daughter of Zillman & Mary (FISHER) HUNT
HUNT, Enoch   Jun 24 1812 - Nov 20 1886 Aged 74y 27d; Husb of Sarah Jane (WOOD) HUNT
HUNT, Ettie   Died Jan 27 1878 Aged 9m 19d Daughter of John Henry & Sarah E (MCINTOSH) HUNT
HUNT, John E   Died Apr 11 1873 Aged 5m 13d Son of John Henry & Sarah E (MCINTOSH) HUNT
HUNT, Zillman Jul 4 1835 - Mar 21 1895 Son of Enoch & Sarah Jane (WOOD) HUNT
POUNDS, Effie - Twin of Elsie Died Feb 23 1877 Aged 1m 18d Daughter of William & F L POUNDS
POUNDS, Elsie - Twin of Effie Died Feb 15 1877 Aged 1m 11d Daughter of William & F L POUNDS
POUNDS, Minnie Died Mar 22 1876 Aged 1y 1m 12d Daughter of William & F L POUNDS
POUNDS, Myrtle G Died Mar 14 1880 Aged 2m 11d Son of Joseph Night/Knight & Eleanor "Ella" Josephine (ROBERTS) POUNDS
POUNDS, Samuel Died Dec 10 1887 Aged 41y 11m 5d; Husb of Hester E (NICHOLS) POUNDS; Son of James L & Emaline (PURCELL) POUNDS
PURCELL, Amos B Nov 22 1870 - Aug 18 1871 Aged 8m 26d Son of Nephi & Isabelle (JEFFREY) PURCELL
PURCELL, Andrew J Died Sep 13 1887 Aged 8y 3m 24d Son of Samuel & Susan C (HUNT) PURCELL
PURCELL, David L May 17 1877 - May 23 1877 Son of David & Sarah PURCELL
PURCELL, Eliza H   Died Jan 20 1872 Aged 5d Daughter of Samuel & Susan C (HUNT) PURCELL
PURCELL, Eliza S   Oct 19 1873 - Oct 5 1878 Daughter of Alma & Harriet Emogene (MILLS) PURCELL
PURCELL, Emaline   Died May 21 1870 Aged 6m 26d Daughter of Marion & Emaline (BOONE) PURCELL
PURCELL, Emaline BOONE   Died Feb 2 1870 Aged 27y 10m 11d Wife of Marion PURCELL; Daughter of Robert Emmet & Elizabeth (PURCELL) BOONE
PURCELL, Frank L Sep 7 1875 - Nov 10 1878 Son of Alma & Harriet Emogene (MILLS) PURCELL
PURCELL, Jane AKERS Died May 25 1868 Aged 74y 4m 17d; Wife of Jesse PURCELL
PURCELL, Jesse Died Feb 17 1868 Aged 79y 10m 1d Husb of Jane (AKERS) PURCELL; SGT War of 1812 NS USD
PURCELL, Nellie Apr 29 1877 - Nov 1 1878 Aged 1y 7m 2d Daughter of Nephi & Isabelle (JEFFREY) PURCELL
PURCELL, Ora Alice Dec 22 1875 - Jan 17 1876 Daughter of David & Sarah PURCELL
PURCELL, Sarah A Died Aug 12 1874 Aged 8m 27d Daughter of Samuel & Susan C (HUNT) PURCELL
WOOD, Nancy Ann HUNT Oct 31 1844 - Nov 16 1878 Aged 34y 16d; Wife of Henderson M WOOD; Daughter of Enoch & Sarah Jane (WOOD) HUNT

Dayle Purcell recorded a plat map of Purcell Cemetery with the Recorders Office at the Harrison County Courthouse. The plat map lists all of the names on the gravestones.
Butcher, Purcell and Dilley photographs contributed by Gail Knights. Eleanor Roberts Pounds portrait contributed by Ruth Coker. Family information compiled with help from Ruth Coker (racoker@earthlink.net), Gail Knights (laig46@hotmail.com) and Dayle Purcell (Golfdkp02@aol.com).
Photographs of all of the gravestones in Purcell Cemetery were taken July 1st, 2001 by Craig Carlson and Vicki King.
Jesse Purcell cabin photographs taken on August 22nd, 2001 by Julie Guttau Thiel.
Name correction for Harriet Emogene (Mills) Purcell per Margaret Rockwell, a descendant of Alma & Harriet Purcell. Margaret's email (Rock7559@aol.com)

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