Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Purvis, Michael October 10, 1853
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The New Orleans Daily Crescent October 28, 1853
     MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. - Michael Pervis [sic, Purvis], a youth of much 
promise, aged about 12 years, son of George Pervis [sic], Esq., of New 
Orleans, and nephew of C.H. Morrison, Esq., of this place, was killed by the 
accidental discharge of his gun on Monday the 10th inst., while hunting on 
the plantation of Josiah Mason, on Bayou DeSeiard [sic, DeSiard].  The 
circumstances, as near as we have learned them, are as follows:  He had shot 
a duck, and placed his gun (one barrel of which remained loaded) against a 
log, while he went after the duck.  Upon his return to the log, he caught 
hold of the muzzle of his gun and drew it towards him, when it fired, the 
load entering just below the breast and killing him instantly.  It is 
supposed that the hammer of the gun caught on the log, which drew it back 
and caused the explosion.

Additional Comments:
Michael is found on the 1850 Jefferson Parish census in the home of his father 
George.  He is listed as 9 years old.  9 years after Michael's death, his 
father George and several siblings would die in a tragic fire.  That account 
can also be found in the Ouachita Parish Gen Web Obituary Archives.

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