Genealogy for
Mary Elizabeth Greenville Purswell
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Mary Elizabeth Greenville Purswell
9/1852 - 1/1928
(Shown at age 48)
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Mary Elizabeth Greenville Purswell was born on an unknown day in September 1852 in Barbour Co., Alabama and died on an unknown day in January 1928 in Slocomb Co., Alabama. She lived to be 75 years old.
Her parents were Gabriel Purswell (1809 -1898) and
Elizabeth Stivender (1811-1863)
She was called "Mollie"
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 | Census | 7/28/1860 | AL (Barbour County) | 7 yrs old | | #762 -Gabriel Purswell (age 51)SC,
Elizabeth Purswell (48)SC,
Mary E. Purswell (8)AL,
Eliza I. Sprowl (20)FL. Gabriel is a farmer. |
| Census | 6/17/1880 | East half of Geneva AL (Geneva County) | 27 yrs old | | # 230, #232 - John Patterson (age29),
Mary E. Patterson (27),
Mary A. Patterson (10),
William B. Patterson (8),
Fanny C. Patterson (7),
Columbus E. Patterson (4),
Indianna Patterson (10m) &
(laborer)Asberry Keyser (23). All were born in AL, John's parents were born in GA and Mary's in AL. John is a farmer. John can read, but not write. Mary and William can not read or write. William and Fanny attend school.
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Mary Purswell's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 3 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 7 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 13 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 17 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 25 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 27 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 37 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 43 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 45 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 48 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 48 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 49 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 50 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 51 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 52 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 54 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 54 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 54 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 60 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 61 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 62 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 71 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 71 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 72 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 74 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 75 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 76 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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| 9 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 10 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 30 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 33 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 56 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 60 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 61 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 65 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 67 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 8 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 10 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 11 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 13 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 16 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 23 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 24 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 57 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 58 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 75 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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| 57 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 62 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 65 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 67 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 68 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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Born on March 6, 1847 and died on January 18, 1890
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The Children of Mary Elizabeth Greenville Purswell
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63 years old
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Columbus Lonzo Patterson
Born in Geneva Co., Alabama on April 23, 1872 and died in Holmes Co., Florida about 1949. He was about 76 years old.
He married Nancy Elizabeth Newton (7/26/1882 AL -9/1958 FL).
Children:
- Premila Melia Patterson (– 2009),
- John William Patterson (1901 – 1949),
- Tho...
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20 years old
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James Ampton Patterson
Born in Geneva County, Alabama on September 19, 1880 and died in Gadsden County, Alabama on October 15, 1966. He was 86 years old.
He married Vallie Thomas (1882)
children:
Dera
Mary...
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17 years old
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Charlie Patterson
Born somewhere in Alabama about 1883 and died in Geneva County, Alabama on December 23, 1910. He was about 27 years old.
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