Ohio County WV Archives Biographies.....Purdy, James And Family ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 June 22, 2009, 12:30 pm Author: Virgil A. Lewis /The Purdy Family./—James Purdy was an industrious and worthy settler in the vicinity of Wheeling. One night, in 1790, four Indians stepped into his cabin and began their work of destruction on the defenseless family. Mrs. Purdy was knocked down with a war club but afterwards recovered. Purdy and two children were left dead, while two daughters were carried across the Ohio to spend ten years in captivity. Additional Comments: "History of West Virginia" by Virgil A. Lewis 1889 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ohio/bios/purdy47gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wvfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb