Tacie PURVIS

née Townsend, a.k.a. Tacy Townsend Purvis

author, poetess

b. December 27, 1827
Pennsylvania, USA

m. March 5, 1878

Robert Purvis (1810-1898)

d. October 5, 1900
burial: Longwood Cemetery
Kennett Square, Chester, PA

parents:

James Townsend, farmer
b. Jan 12, 1789, Byberry Twp., PA
d. Bensalem Twp., Bucks, PA

m. 1st Feb 16, 1820, Bristol Mtg., Bucks, PA
Elizabeth Raison, b. 1793, Byberry Twp., PA

m. 2nd Nov 22, 1837, Bristol Mtg., Bucks, PA
Sarah S. Knight, b. Dec 11, 1811, Bucks, PA

siblings:

Anna M., b. Oct 20, 1821

Mifflin, b. Aug 6, 1824
d. Nov 18, 1825, Byberry Twp., PA

Sarah, b. Aug 25, 1829
d. Sep 8, 1829, Byberry Twp., PA


Elizabeth "Lizzie", b. Dec 4, 1839, PA

Margaretta "Maggie", b. Sep 9, 1842, PA

Caroline "Carrie" Justice, b. May 4, 1846, PA
Justis, b. May 4, 1846, PA

education:

Central College

residence:

Bensalem Twp., Bucks, PA (1860/70)
1601 Mount Vernon St., Philadelphia (1880)