Taylor County KyArchives Biographies.....Puryear, Robert E. July 28, 1849 - 
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Author: Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed. 1886

ROBERT E. PURYEAR was born July 28, 1849, and except the years
from 1871 to 1876, has been a life-long resident of Taylor County. That
period he spent at DeWitt, Ark. His father, John H. Puryear, was also a
native of Taylor County, and was born April 15, 1821. In early life he
taught school; afterward engaged in farming to a limited extent and in
merchandising, giving his personal attention to the latter. He was a son of
Hezekiah Puryear, who was born in Henrico County, Va., and who married Miss
Elizabeth Harding, a sister of Hon. Aaron Harding. Hezekiah Puryear was a
farmer, and a son of Jesse Puyear, and of French Huguenot descent. John H.
Puryear married, September 5, 1848, Miss Mildred E., daughter of John B. and
Mary A. Chandler. Her father was a large and successful merchant, an active
and influential citizen, and one of the first magistrates of Taylor County.
The children of John H. and Mildred Puryear were Robert E. (subject), and
Ann R., wife of Capt. T. T. Fisher. Robert E. Puryear married, June 23,
1873, Miss Emily Visart, daughter of Julian J. and Emily
(Kepler) Visart of DeWitt, Ark. Her parents were natives of France and
located at an early day at the French trading post of Arkansas. To Mr. and
Mrs. Puryear have been born Basil C. (deceased), Emmet Vance, John Visart
(deceased), and Emma Lillian (deceased). Mr. Puryear began the study of law
under the preceptorship of J. R. Robinson, Esq., of Campbellsville, and in
1868 was by special act of the Legislature, admitted to the ;practice, since
which time he has given his attention to that profession, the success which
has followed his labors being in a great measure due to his forensic
eloquence. While a resident of Arkansas he was elected county attorney and
after his return to Kentucky, city judge of Campbellsville. In 1885-86 he
was a member of the State board of Equalization of Kentucky, from the
Eleventh Congressional District, and a candidate for Congress; in the latter
aspiration, after a creditable contest, he was defeated. He is a member with
his wife of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Democrat. He had the
advantages of good schools, having received his education at Shelbyville,
Ky. He has accumulated a comfortable competency.



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