Fountain-Vermillion County IN Archives Biographies.....Purfeerst, F. 1828 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   F. Purfeerst, merchant, Covington, has been a resident of Covington since
1854. He was born in Saxony, Germany, March 29, 1828. He remained a resident of
his native country until 1851, at which date he emigrated to the United States.
He remained in New York city for about six months, and then removed to Columbus,
Ohio, and from there to Circleville of the same state. In each of these places
he resided for about six months. In 1853 he came farther west, and settled in
Perrysville, Vermilion county, and the year following moved to Covington. He
learned the trade of a shoemaker in the old country, to do which he served an
apprenticeship of three years and paid $25. When he first came to Covington he
began work at his trade, but did not follow it long before he engaged in the
business for himself. He began poor, and has, by economy and industry,
established a nice little trade. January 1, 1855, he married Miss Catharine
Aubard, who is a native of Prussia. They have reared a family of nine children,
four boys and five girls, to all of whom he is endeavoring to give a good
education, that they may fill honorable and useful places in society. Mr.
Purfeerst has never been an office seeker, though he has been twice elected a
member of the city council on the democratic ticket. He is a member of the order
of K. of P. and of the I. O. O. F., as also of the German Aid Society of Covington.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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