Eleventh Generation

65. Edward Augustus PURDY (~) was born on 23 September 1847 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY.^{2,5,16,20,27,29,35,36} (The Greenfield Township Cemetery records list his birth year as 1847.) He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ About 1880 he was a farmer in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,16 He raised berries and hops for shipping. Edward appeared in the census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ Edward died on 13 April 1911 at the age of 63 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^{2,27,28,35,39} He was buried on 15 April 1911 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,28,35,36 in the Greenfield Township Cemetery.

Edward Augustus PURDY (~) and Mercy Jane "Jennie" KINNE were married on 14 September 1873 in Monroe County, WI.^2,35,40 Mercy Jane "Jennie" KINNE, daughter of Edwin Giles KINNE and Maria Amelia VANDERVORT, was born on 29 January 1857 in Monterey, Oconomowoc Township, Waukesha County, WI.^2,16,41 She lived the home of her grandparents, with her mother in Summit Township, Waukesha County, WI in June 1860.⁴¹ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Eaton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Jennie lived in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI about 1880.¹⁶ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ She died on 2 May 1940 at the age of 83 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.² Jennie was buried in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,35 in the Greenfield Township Cemetery

Edward Augustus PURDY (~) and Mercy Jane "Jennie" KINNE had the following children: