Katie Sylvester and Charles Gilman Purintun

CHARLES GILMAN PURINTUN was born May 4, 1873,⁸ and died August 21, 1947 in Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin.⁸⁸¹¹ He is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁸⁸¹¹

He married KATIE SYLVESTER on February 19, 1902 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois,⁸⁸¹⁰ daughter of EMILY BELL KINNEY and MOSES WOOD SYLVESTER. She was born March 8, 1874 in Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin,⁸⁸¹⁰ and died August 20, 1969 in Monticello, Green, Wisconsin.⁸⁸¹⁰ She is buried in Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁸⁸¹⁰

• Descendant Reports
  • Joseph Baker Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katie Sylvester)
  • Samuel Stanley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katie Sylvester)
  • William Sutherland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Katie Sylvester)

Children of KATIE SYLVESTER and CHARLES GILMAN PURINTUN:

1. DAVID RALPH PURINTUN, b. February 4, 1903, Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin;^{7377, 8819} m. FLORENCE ETHEL ARMSTRONG on January 11, 1927 in Woodbine, Illinois⁸⁸¹⁸; d. April 17, 1988, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin.^{5365, 8819}
2. PAUL MARTIN PURINTUN, b. January 1, 1905, Monticello, Green, Wisconsin;⁸⁸¹² m. PEARL ELEANOR ARNOLD on June 21, 1940 in Hazel, Hamlin, South Dakota⁸⁸¹²; d. June 11, 1979, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa.⁸⁸¹²
3. RUTH LOUISE PURINTUN, b. January 3, 1907, Green County, Wisconsin;⁸⁸¹³ d. May 23, 1992, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.⁸⁸¹³
4. HELEN IRENE PURINTUN, b. August 12, 1910, Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin;^{456, 8817} m. ELTON SELBY BUBB on August 23, 1952 in Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin⁸⁸¹⁵; d. May 4, 1966, Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶
5. FLORENCE EMMALINE PURINTUN, b. June 18, 1912, Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin;⁴⁵³² d. June 8, 2004, Rock County, Wisconsin;^{4532, 5365} bur. Gap Cemetery, Albany, Green, Wisconsin.⁴⁵⁶



Personal Information

• Katie Sylvester was a member of the Gap Baptist Church, Albany, Green, Wisconsin. ⁸⁸¹⁰

Obituaries

Wisconsin State Journal, August 23, 1947⁸⁸¹¹

Purintun Services

ALBANY—Funeral services for Charles G. Purinton, 74, lifelong Mt. Pleasant township resident, will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in the Sharer funeral home, Albany. The Rev. W. J. Abie of the Monticello Evangelical United Brethren church will officiate. Burial will be in the Gap cemetery.

Mr. Purintun died Thursday after a long illness at the farm home where he was born.

He was married in 1902 at Freeport to Kathryn Sylvester of Sylvester township. He was chairman of the town board for five years, and supervisor and a member of the school board for many years.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Paul, Hartley, Ia., and David, Whitewater; three daughters, Ruth, Helen, and Florence, at home, and eight grandchildren.

Janesville Daily Gazette, August 21, 1969⁸⁸¹⁰

Mrs. Charles Purintun

MONTICELLO — Mrs. Charles Purintun, 95, lifelong area resident, died yesterday in her home here after a brief illness.

Katie Sylvester was born in Sylvester Township, Green County, March 8, 1874, and was married to Charles Purintun Feb. 19, 1902, at Freeport, Ill. She was a member of the old Gapp Baptist Church.

Mr. Purintun died in 1947.

Surviving are two daughters, Ruth and Florence, at home; two sons, David, of Janesville, and Paul, Cedar Falls, Iowa; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Sharer Funeral Home, Albany, with burial in Gapp Cemetery. Friends may call today from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 1, 18804816	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Katie Sylvester Eleanor Rust Sylvester Morris Arthur Sylvester
June 22, 19007153	Sylvester, Green, Wisconsin	Moses Wood Sylvester Emily Bell Kinney Alma Louise Sylvester Katie Sylvester Eleanor Rust Sylvester Bertha Sylvester
April 28, 19107154	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Charles Gilman Purintun Katie Sylvester David Ralph Purintun Paul Martin Purintun Ruth Louise Purintun
January 13, 19207155	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Charles Gilman Purintun Katie Sylvester David Ralph Purintun Paul Martin Purintun Ruth Louise Purintun Helen Irene Purintun Florence Emmaline Purintun
April 26, 19307715	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Charles Gilman Purintun Katie Sylvester Paul Martin Purintun Ruth Louise Purintun Helen Irene Purintun Florence Emmaline Purintun
April 7, 19509553	Mount Pleasant, Green, Wisconsin	Katie Sylvester Ruth Louise Purintun Helen Irene Purintun Florence Emmaline Purintun