Chatham-Webster County GaArchives Biographies.....Purvis, John Hardy 1874 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   JOHN HARDY PURVIS. The real estate and collection business of Savannah,
Georgia, includes as one of its active, hustling factors the young man whose
name introduces this review, John Hardy Purvis.

   Mr. Purvis is of southern birth and parentage. He was born in Webster county,
Georgia, in 1874, son of Edward B. and Welthea Evelyn (Watson) Purvis, both
deceased. Edward B. Purvis, also a native of Webster county, was a Confederate
soldier in the war between the states, and was in active service up to and
including the battle of Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded, from which he
never entirely recovered. His father, John Purvis, was an Englishman who, when a
small boy, had come with his parents and several brothers to America, their
settlement being in Virginia. Soon after he was grown, John Purvis came to
Georgia and took up his residence in Webster county. Here he married Mrs. Mary
Ann Askew. She had children by her first husband and also by Mr. Purvis, and
altogether the Askews and the Purvises formed a large family, many of whom are
still living in Webster county and in that section of southern Georgia. Welthea
Evelyn (Watson) Purvis, the mother of John H., was born in North Carolina, and
was a daughter of Hardy Watson of Raleigh, that state.

   John Hardy Purvis passed the early years of his boyhood in his native county,
attending school there and later in Savannah, to which city he came in 1885, and
where he has since lived. About 1897 he engaged in the real-estate and
collection business, which he has continued successfully up to the present time,
his office being at 301 East Liberty street.

   Politically, Mr. Purvis is a Republican. He takes an active part in local and
state polities; is thoroughly posted on the issues of the day, and in party
councils exerts an influence that is felt for good.

   On November 13, 1906 Mr. Purvis was married to Mrs. Honora O'Keefe, daughter
of Mrs. Margaret Garrity, of Savannah, Georgia.


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From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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