Iowa Family Group Sheet for Dennis PURSEL Submitted by: Robert Hamilton Email: szhz4j@juno.com --------------------------------------------- HUSBAND: Dennis PURSEL Birth date: about 1780 Birthplace: Death date: about 1822 Place of death: probably Franklin county, Indiana Burial date: Burial place: Other Spouse: Father: Mother: Marriage date: about 1801 Marriage place: probably Pennsylvania WIFE: Mary BREES Birth date: 1782 Birthplace: New Jersey Death date: 1865 Place of death: Lee county, Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Lost Creek Cemetery, Washington township, Lee county, Iowa Other Spouse: Father: Timothy BREES Mother: Elizabeth WOLF CHILDREN Child No. 1: Elizabeth "Betsy" PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: 27 Jan 1803 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: 2 Mar 1883 Place of death: Peaksville, Clark county, Missouri Burial date: Burial place: Painter Cemetery, Peaksville, Clark county, Missouri Spouse's name: Timothy MARSH Marriage date: 1 Apr 1819 Marriage place: Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio Child No. 2: Sarah PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: 7 Dec 1805 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death date: 22 Dec 1856 Place of death: Washington township, Lee county, Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Lost Creek Cemetery, Washington township, Lee county, Iowa Spouse's name: Stephen A. MARSH Marriage date: 17 Feb 1825 Marriage place: Franklin county, Indiana Child No. 3: Julianna PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: 5 Jan 1819 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio Death date: 2 Jun 1892 Place of death: Burlington, Des Moines county, Iowa Burial date: Burial place: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines county, Iowa Spouse's name: Thomas MORGAN Marriage date: 30 Mar 1837 Marriage place: Preble county, Ohio Child No. 4: Marthanna PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: 5 Jan 1819 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio Death date: 10 Aug 1892 Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Lost Creek Cemetery, Washington township, Lee county, Iowa Spouse's name: William RICHARDS Marriage date: 16 Feb 1837 Marriage place: Preble county, Ohio Child No. 5: Jane PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: Birthplace: Death date: Aug 1874 Place of death: Anderson county, Kansas Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Philip Clinton RAMEY Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 6: Hannah PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: Sep 1821 Birthplace: Preble county, Ohio Death date: Sep 1845 Place of death: Preble county, Ohio Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: James C. HAYS Marriage date: 15 Oct 1840 Marriage place: Preble county, Ohio Child No. 7: Mary PURSEL Sex: female Birth date: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 8: John PURSEL Sex: male Birth date: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Child No. 9: Isaac PURSEL Sex: male Birth date: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Burial date: Burial place: Spouse's name: Marriage date: Marriage place: Documentation and Sources: Julianna and Marthanna Pursel are twins. Timothy Marsh and Stephen A. Marsh are brothers. Their sister, Martha Eleanor Marsh, married Jesse Brees - the brother of Mary BREES PURSEL. Brees genealogy of LAM. Marsh genealogy of MJW. Abstracted guardianship records of minor heirs of Dennis Pursell, Franklin county, Indiana, Indiana State Library. Marriage records for Franklin county, Indiana, 1811-1852, Indiana State Library. Preble county, Ohio Marriages, 1808-1840, Ohio GenWeb. "Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa", Iowa Society, DAR, 1978, updated by Mulford Marsh, 2004. ************************************************** Copyright © 2005 by Robert E. Hamilton. All rights reserved. http://www.iagenweb.org/state/disclaim.htm **************************************************