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several children, all of whom lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma



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  1. 1.  several children, all of whom lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma (child of Frank Purvis and Nettie).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frank Purvis (son of Anthony Purvis and Mary Jane McCuistion).

    Frank married Nettie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Nettie
    Children:
    1. 1. several children, all of whom lived in Stillwater, Oklahoma


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Anthony Purvis was born in in Robertson County, Texas (son of John Purvis); died before 1943.

    Anthony married Mary Jane McCuistion on 21 Mar 1872 in Robertson County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Joshua McCuistion and Mary Elizabeth O'Neal) was born on 2 May 1854 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 15 Jul 1943 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 16 Jul 1943 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Jane McCuistion was born on 2 May 1854 in Robertson County, Texas (daughter of Joshua McCuistion and Mary Elizabeth O'Neal); died on 15 Jul 1943 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 16 Jul 1943 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Mary Jane McCuistion was a strong character and a perfect lady throughout her long life. When a child, her step-mother's sister, Catherine McGuire, made Mary spin long hours--punishment was by cutting at her legs with bois d'arc switches. The scars were carried to Mary's grave at the age of 88. Brother Noah took Mary, aged 6, and two other children and moved to a cabin on the far side of Joshua McCuistion's land by a spring, never again to return to the father's house.

    Buried:
    Mary Jane is buried in the family plot at Pampa, Texas.

    Children:
    1. Delia Purvis was born in Feb 1877 in Texas; and died.
    2. Willie Iona Purvis was born on 24 May 1878 in Breckenridge, Texas; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 21 Jan 1953 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas.
    3. Jewell Purvis was born on 26 Dec 1888 in Texas; died on 11 Oct 1939 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 13 Oct 1939 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas.
    4. 2. Frank Purvis
    5. Leona Purvis
    6. Ten children that died either in infancy or in childhood


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Purvis
    Children:
    1. 4. Anthony Purvis was born in in Robertson County, Texas; died before 1943.

  2. 10.  Joshua McCuistion was born on 2 May 1830 in (Shelbyville) Coffee County, Tennessee (son of Robert Newton McCuistion and Elizabeth McQuerter); died on 22 Mar 1906 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

    Notes:

    Was with his brother James in Robertson County, Texas in 1850, and is listed on the 1850 census.

    Died:
    Joshua owned land in the Blaylock Colony in Old Mexico. As explained by his great grandson, the Blaylock Colony was in Tamaulipas part of Mexico, South of Brownsville, Texas. Colony meant so many acres of land and the people on it.

    In 1905, Joshua bought a ranch in the State of Tamaulipas, Old Mexico, south of Brownsville; the deeds were ratified by the Courts of Tampico. The next year, during the Mexican Revolution, the army of President Diaz overran his ranch, were defeated and recrossed, pursued by the army of Pancho Villa. Joshua and all of his native Mexican employees were murdered on or about 22 March 1906. It is not known whether government or bandit forces committed the atrocities; although, it is assumed to have been Pancho Villa. Although, another account states, Joshua was shot in the leg while in bed, which caused him to develop blood poisoning and he died from this. Because of legal complications and the lack of proper embalming methods, he was buried there.

    Joshua married Mary Elizabeth O'Neal on 18 Nov 1851 in Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Edmund Samuel O'Neal and Clarinda Augusta Reams) was born on 26 Aug 1831 in Texas; died on 29 Jul 1859 in Robertson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Mary Elizabeth O'Neal was born on 26 Aug 1831 in Texas (daughter of Edmund Samuel O'Neal and Clarinda Augusta Reams); died on 29 Jul 1859 in Robertson County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died as a result of the birth of her last child, she is buried in the Old Franklin Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Joshua and Elizabeth were married by a minister of the gospel greeting.

    Children:
    1. John Clayton McCuistion was born on 18 Aug 1852 in Bosque County, Texas; died on 18 Apr 1911 in Greenwood, Texas.
    2. 5. Mary Jane McCuistion was born on 2 May 1854 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 15 Jul 1943 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas; was buried on 16 Jul 1943 in Pampa, Gray County, Texas.
    3. Noah Wesley McCuistion was born on 13 May 1857 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 5 Apr 1937 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas; was buried on 7 Apr 1937 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
    4. James Robert McCuistion was born on 24 Jul 1859 in Robertson County, Texas; died on 16 Sep 1943 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas; was buried on 18 Sep 1943 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.