Genealogy for
Mary Abseybeth Purvis
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Mary Abseybeth Purvis
11/18/1830 - 11/15/1913
(Shown at age 65)
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Mary Abseybeth Purvis was born on November 18, 1830 somewhere in Georgia and died on November 15, 1913 in Walton Co., Florida. She lived to be 83 years old.
Her parents were Lydia Wright & Chelsey Purvis.
Children:
- William Jasper (1854 - 1938),
- Mary Nicey (1860 -1881),
- Rebecca (1864).
- L. B. -female (1865 - ?),
- Laura A. (1867 - 1945),
- Jesse Josiah (JJ) (1870 - 1966),
- Lydia Apseybeth (1872 - 1964),
- Thomas Franklin (1857)
- Warren Ashley (1857-1945),
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 | Census | 1/1/1840 | GA (Dooly County) | 9 yrs old | | Chesley Purvis:
two Males - (Under 5),
two Males - (10 thru 14),
one Males - (30 thru 39),
one Females - (Under 5),
three Females -( 5 thru 9),
two Females -( 10 thru 14),
one Females - (30 thru 39)Jesse and Bennett Purivs on the same page |
| Census | 6/18/1880 | Precint 10 FL (Walton County) | 49 yrs old | Recorded as family #65: W.J. Ward (age 45), A.B. Ward (female, age 43),
William J. (age 26), Mary N. (15), L.B. (female, age 15), Laura A. (13),
Josiah (10), and Apseybeth (female, age 8). W.J. says he is cutting timber for a living and his oldest son is a laborer. WJ was born in AL and his parents in GA. A.B. was born in GA and her parents in NC and SC. The children were born in AL.
The family of John J. Ward (age 28) is living next door. Emma (wife, age 20) and children Lewis (7), John G. (6), Josiah (5), Warren (4) and Susan E. (1).
Jack Ward (age 59) is living next door with wife Susan (56) and children James J. (34), Sarah M. (19), Roda C. (16), Benjamin (14) and Ann Etta (12).
| Additional information about Walton County, FL around 1880: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 11/15/1913 | FL (Walton County) | 83 yrs old | Antioch Cemetery: Abseybeth Ward, born 11/18/1830 and died 11/15/1913. Tombstone notes that she was born in GA and died in FL. Other family members buried in the same plot are: William Joseph Ward, Gertrude Ward, and Billie Joe Ward.  |
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Mary Purvis'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 5 years old when Second Seminole Indian War begins.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 5 |
1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
| 7 |
1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
| 12 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
| 12 |
1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
| 15 |
1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
| 20 |
1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
| 25 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 31 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
| 34 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 35 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 35 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
| 40 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 52 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 53 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 54 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 76 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 1 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
| 2 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
| 3 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
| 6 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
| 7 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
| 8 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
| 17 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
| 20 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
| 21 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
| 22 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
| 23 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
| 24 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
| 26 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
| 27 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
| 28 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
| 40 |
1870 |
Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed. |
| 45 |
1875 |
Oconee County formed. |
| 75 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| 82 |
1912 |
Forsyth, Bleckley, and Wheeler Counties formed. |
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| 9 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
| 14 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
| 23 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 26 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 29 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 35 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 39 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 47 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 49 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 59 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 65 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 67 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 70 |
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. |
| 70 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 71 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 72 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 73 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 74 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 76 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 76 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 76 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 82 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 83 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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| 4 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
| 31 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
| 32 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 52 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 55 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 78 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 82 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 83 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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| 5 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
| 7 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
| 10 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
| 12 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
| 25 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 30 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 32 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 33 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 35 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 38 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 45 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 46 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 79 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 80 |
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. |
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| 3 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
| 79 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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 The Wards
 Abseybeth & Joe Ward
 William Josiah Ward and Abesybeth Purvis Ward
 Abseybeth |
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Marriages
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 | William Ward
Born on March 23, 1830 and died on April 4, 1924.
They were married 1/1/1850.
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The Children of Mary Abseybeth Purvis
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27 years old
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William Jasper Ward
Born somewhere in Alabama on February 23, 1853 and died in Bruce, Florida on July 18, 1938. He was 85 years old.
His father served in the Fifty-third Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and fought battles in FL when he was 12 years old.
William married Mary Day (1855 - 1908). ...
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Mary Nicey Ward
Born in Walton County, Florida on June 5, 1860 and died in Walton County, Florida on May 21, 1881. She was 20 years old.
To see a photo of Mary please view this website(photo at the bottom of page)Finding James Ward's parents.
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Jesse 'J.J.' Joseph Ward
Born in Bruce, Walton Co., Florida on October 12, 1870 and died in Bruce, Walton Co., Florida on December 18, 1960. He was 90 years old.
In 1896 he married Susan Florence Burke (1878 -1948).
Children:
Malzie Ward(1898) married Angus E.Pate
Mazie Beulah Ward (1903)married Benjamin Franklin Thomas, 2nd marred John Rossel...
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