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- ! William PURDY (1801-1880) and Amy EDDY (1802-1880). <http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~corbeil/WilliamAmyPurdy.jpg> William?s parents were the elusive ?D. and P. PURDY? (Daniel and Polly EASTMAN PURDY?). Amyis the daughter of Bays ManchesterEDDY and Asenieth HONEYWELL. (Amy isdefinitely connected to our EDDY family. Her uncle, Allen EDDY was Paul?s maternal 4th great grandfather.)! <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnmower/obits2/obitz025.htm>William & Amy (Eddy) Purdy1880From the Mower County, MN Transcript: September 15, 1880(Died September 12, 1880)An Aged Couple Burned to Death last Sunday Morning.Mr. and Mrs. William Purdy last Saturday night retired in usual health with an apparently fair prospect ofmonths and perhaps years being yet added to their allotted time, though they were both past the "three score years and ten." Howlittle this aged couple realized last Saturday evening, as they sat smoking their pipes and pleasantly chattingwith a neighbor, about halfpasteight, that this was their last night on earth! That when the morninglight should welcome in the nearSabbath, that they would both be done with all life's wearying cares and trials, and they entered into thenewlife,---and now the end had come.Fiftyseven years they had borne life's burdens together, and now they were together to lay themdown, and, leaning upon each other, hand in hand as it were, walk out into the greatmystery.Sunday morning, about four o'clock, the little house near the south bridge in this city, where this couple lived alone, was discovered in flames. Those first reaching the house burst in the door, but too late---as the whole inside of the dwelling was a mass offlame, and in amoment the floors and roof hadfallen into the cellar. At first no one seemed to think but that the old people were safely outside. But it wasnot long before the dreadful truth that they were buried in theburningruins,settledupon all, and the firemen took immediate action to recover thebodies. They were found side by side in the exact locality of their bed, so the conclusion was soon reached that they were suffocated, and had made no effort to escape. Thebodieswere drawn from the ruins, a disfigured and sickening sight.Coroner Hollister was immediately notified, a jury subpoenaed, and a verdict rendered at 2 o'clock Sunday that the death of the aged people was caused by suffocation.Mr. and Mrs.Purdywere born in Canada, were aged seventy-eight and seventy-nineyears, the wifebeing one year the younger. They had ten children, three living in Minnesota---two daughters, Mrs. John Eddy and Mrs. Lafayette Pierce,living about three miles this side of Lyle, and a daughter residing inAustin, Mrs. Alfred Church.Mrs. Thomas Varco, of the Varco station, was a sister of Mrs. Purdy. The remains were taken to Varco and buried last Sunday afternoon, where a brother of Mrs.Purdy isalsoburied. The funeral services will take place at Enterprise school house, nextSunday at2 o'clock PM, Rev. J.W. Eldridge, of this city, officiating.Submitter notes:Special thanks to Donna Mattson for this transcript.Mr. and Mrs. Purdywere married on December 26, 1825 in Haldimand Twp, NorthumberlandCounty, Ontario, Canada.Amy Eddy (Mrs. Purdy) (1802-1880) is believed to be the daughter of Bayes Manchester Eddy (1771-1849) and Asenieth Honeywell (1785-1876) and directly descendsfrom William Eddy (1558-1616),Vicar of Cranbrook.]Submitted by: Karin Corbeil
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1801 - 1880 (79 ans)
