Fourteenth Generation

867. Edward Augustus PURDY (~) was born on 23 September 1847 in Middleport, Niagara County, NY.^{152,306,309,313,331,434,549,550} (The Greenfield Township Cemetery records list his birth year as 1847.) He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³³¹ About 1880 he was a farmer in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^306,309 He raised berries and hops for shipping. Edward appeared in the census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰⁶ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴⁸ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁵⁷ Edward died on 13 April 1911 at the age of 63 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^{309,313,433,549,551} He was buried on 15 April 1911 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^{428,433,549,550} in the Greenfield Township Cemetery.

Edward Augustus PURDY (~) and Mercy Jane "Jennie" KINNE were married on 14 September 1873 in Monroe County, WI.^309,549,552 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.^306,309,553 She lived the home of her grandparents, with her mother in Summit Township, Waukesha County, WI in June 1860.⁵⁵³ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Eaton Township, Monroe County, WI.³³² Jennie lived in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI about 1880.³⁰⁶ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴⁸ She died on 2 May 1940 at the age of 83 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰⁹ Jennie was buried in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^428,549 in the Greenfield Township Cemetery

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