James Purdy Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted By Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: James Purdy: farmer; born March 17, 1817, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; came with his parents to Hancock County in 1821. Was married to Miss Mary J. Knox, of Holliday's Cove, October 4, 1858; he settled on the farm he now occupies; is the father of six children, two sons and four daughters.