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Lucretia Purdom 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1822 - Wayne County, GA 223
    Christening: 
          Death: 7 Mar 1884 - Brantley Co., GA ( at age 62) 223
         Burial: in New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA 223
Parents 
         Father: Thomas Purdom
         Mother: Mary Ann Dennison
Spouses and Children 
1. *Archibald Crews
       Marriage: 1840 3
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lewis Crews
                2. Lavina Crews
                3. Mary Crews
                4. Dorinda Crews
                5. Lucinda Crews
                6. Isabelle Crews
                7. Micajah Crews
                8. Margaret L. Crews
                9. Nancy Crews
                10. Samuel C. Crews



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Thomas Purdom 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 1781 - Culpepper County, VA 412
    Christening: 
          Death: 4 Aug 1845 - Wayne County, GA ( at age 64) 412
         Burial:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Ann Dennison
       Marriage: 15 Sep 1810 - Wayne County, GA 412
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lucretia Purdom
                2. Thomas Purdom Jr.
Notes
General:
PURDOM,THOMAS.
1781-I845
WAYNE

Thomas Purdom was born 1781 in Culpepper County, Va., son of Thomas Purdom, R.S. He came to Georgia a young unmarried man, and located in Wayne County, where he married Sept. 15, 1810,to Mrs. Mary Ann Pearson (nee Dennison), born 1780 in this state. They had six children, viz:

1. Marthab. 1812, m, Ebenezer Harris, Aug. 8, 1827.
2. Mariahb. 1814, m. John Gill, Feb. 29, 1848,
3. Mary b. 1815, m. John Knox, Jan. 24, 1833.
4. Elizabethb. 1817, m. Isaac Highsmith, Dec. 26, 1833. Moved to Levy Co., Fla.
5. Lucretiab. 1822 m. Archibald Crews.
6. Thomas, Jr.b. 1824, m. Elizabeth Strickland, dau. of James.

Mr. Purdom died at his home in lower Wayne county, August 4,1845, and was buried on his old home-place near the present village of Hortense. His widow three years later married Jacob Raulerson (Vol,l), and survived him and died Jan. 15, 1873.
NOTE: The daughter, Mariah, had four children before her marriage to John Gill, in 1848. These went by the Purdom name and were:

I. William Jackson b. Nov. 14, 1833, m. Margaret Highsmith Jan. 30, 1851.
2. Archibaldb. Oct. 20, 1835, m. Eliza Lewis, Dec. 27, 1852, dau. of Jesse.
3. Matilda Janeb. July 4, 1838, m. Ramon Sylvester, Oct. 11, 1955.
4. James Hamiltonb. Aug. 21, 1844, prob. died young.

picture Thomas Purdom Jr. 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 7 Jan 1823 - Wayne County, GA 6
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial:
Parents 
         Father: Thomas Purdom
         Mother: Mary Ann Dennison
Spouses and Children 
1. Nancy Brewton 6 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 

2. *Elizabeth Strickland
       Marriage: 6 Feb 1845 - Wayne County, GA 6
         Status:
Notes
General:
PURDOM, THOMAS, JR.
1823-1894
WAYNE

Thomas Purdom (Jr.) was born in Wayne county, Jan. 7, 1823, only son of Thomas and Mary Ann Purdom. He was married in Wayne, Feb. 6, 1845, to Elizabeth, daughter of James Strickland (Vol. I). She was born April 5, 1828, in Wayne County and died April 12, 1879. Eleven children were born to this marriage, viz:

I. Allen B.b. Dec. 18, 1845, m. Marcella Middleton, Nov. 7,1866.
2. John Thomasb. Feb. 27, 1849, died of measles Feb. 16, 1862.
3. Martha Janeb. Apr. 19, 1851, m. John Baxter, Mar. 7, 1872.
4. John Masonb. Jan. 28, 1853, m. Christian Brantley, Nov. 27, 1882, dau. of B. D.
5. Charles Tolbert b. Nov. 11. 1854, m. Mollie Smith, Dec. 16, 1891, dau. of Ansel.
6. Mary Elizabeth b. Oct. 23, 1856, m. Wm. M. Causey, May 11, 1876.
7. Colquitt Cabel b. Mar. 11, 1859, died Dec. 1, 1864.
8. Jefferson Owen b. Apr. 14, 1861, m. Isabelle Poppell, Jan. 1891.
9. Franklin Monroe b. May 30, 1864, killed by train, Feb. 12, 1914; never m.
10. Mayfield Lawton b. Sept. 12, 1866, m. Pearl Mattox, Dec. 1889, dau. of C. F.
11. Issac Waltonb. Aug. 23, 1868, m. Acton Taylor of Sparta, Ga.

After the death of the first wife, Mr. Purdom married Mrs. Nancy Brewton Blitch, widow of Rev. James E. Blitch and daughter of Nathan Brewton (Jr.). They had one son, viz: Rutherford Hays Purdom, born April 4, 1883, married and lived in Florida.

Mr. Purdom served in the Georgia militia the last year of the Civil War, and saw service around Atlanta. He was a member of the Baptist Church as were his wives. They were buried in the family cemetery on the old Purdom home-place near Hortense, Wayne County.

picture Mary Purnell 
      Sex: F
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Parents 
         Father: Robert Purnell
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lewis Conner
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. Mary Conner



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Robert Purnell 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
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       Children:
                1. Mary Purnell



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Ida Rebecca Putnam 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 6 Oct 1880 - Philadelphia, PA 585
    Christening: 
          Death: 1 Mar 1966 - Ft Myers (Lee) Florida ( at age 85) 585
         Burial: in Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Ft Myers (Lee) FL
Parents 
         Father: John Putnam
         Mother: Ida Rebecca Martin
Spouses and Children 
1. *Robert William Stewart
       Marriage: Bef 1906 - PA
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca Putnam Stewart



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John Putnam 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Oct 1843 - England
    Christening: 
          Death: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Ida Rebecca Martin
       Marriage: Abt 1868
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ida Rebecca Putnam

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