Mary Alma Dilley and James A. Purviance

JAMES A. PURVIANCE was born December 27, 1860 in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois,¹⁰⁶⁸⁹ and died June 10, 1937 in Logan County, Oklahoma.¹⁰⁶⁸⁹

He married MARY ALMA DILLEY on April 19, 1888 in Dodge City, Ford, Kansas,^{10689, 10690} daughter of INDIANA HUSTON and ISAAC R. DILLEY. She was born March 12, 1870,⁸⁷²⁶ and died November 27, 1951 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma.¹⁰⁶⁹⁷ She is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

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  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mary A. Dilley)

Children of MARY ALMA DILLEY and JAMES A. PURVIANCE:

1. ALMIRA MAY PURVIANCE, b. May 2, 1889;⁴⁵³² m. JOHN REEVES ABERNATHY on July 5, 1908 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. March 16, 1969.⁴⁵³²
2. LAURA BELLE PURVIANCE, b. January 22, 1891;⁵⁶ m. JOHN RAY WICKS on April 19, 1911 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. October 28, 1975.^{56, 456}
3. WILLIAM HENRY PURVIANCE, b. December 19, 1896, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas;¹⁰²⁹⁸ m. NORA LORELLA KNAPP on December 31, 1918 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. June 26, 1983, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰
4. NELLIE ISSA PURVIANCE, b. November 29, 1898;⁴⁵⁶ m. CECIL GRAY WELLS on July 1, 1923 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. February 23, 1972, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.^{456, 10701}
5. MAUD ALICE PURVIANCE, b. December 2, 1900;⁵⁶ d. January 8, 1984.^{56, 10702}
6. RAYMOND ALLEN PURVIANCE, b. October 20, 1903, Logan County, Oklahoma;⁷³⁷⁷ m. CHRISTINA JANE KLOPFENSTEIN on September 17, 1928 in Perry, Noble, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. December 1, 1993.⁴⁵⁶
7. HAROLD ALVIN PURVIANCE, b. December 16, 1905, Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma;⁷³⁷⁷ m. BERNICE LORAINE WARD on December 20, 1930 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. October 9, 1989.⁴⁵⁶
8. PEARL LOUISE PURVIANCE, b. August 27, 1908;⁵⁶ m. JUNE PLEASANT MILLER on August 9, 1945¹⁰⁷⁰³; d. August 12, 1989.^{56, 10705}



Marriage Announcements and News

Ddge City Times, April 26, 1888¹⁰⁶⁹⁰

MARRIED At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Snyder on Thursday, April 19, 1888, by the Rev. Powelson, Mr. Jas. Purviance and Miss Mary A. Dilley, both of Witrup Hodgeman Co. Ks. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Dilley of Hodgeman Co. and a niece of Mrs. Snyder, and is well known here having lived in this vicinity for the past ten years; May they live a happy and prosperous life is the wish of their many friends.

Obituaries

Stillwater Gazette, June 18, 1937¹⁰⁶⁸⁹

James A. Purviance

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in Guthrie for James A. Purviance, 76, whose death occurred unexpectedly June 10, 1937, at his home three miles south of Guthrie, Ok. He was the father of Mrs. ALmira Abernathy, county home demonstration agent of Payne county.

The Rev. Everett Poole, of First Presbyterian church, Guthrie, officiated. Burial was in Memorial park north of Oklahoma City.

Purviance had lived near Guthrie for the last thirty-seven years and was widely known as the operator of dairy farm three. He was born December 27, 1860 in Lincoln, Ill. twenty-six years later he moved to Dodge City, Kan., where he was married to Miss Mary Alma Dilley.

After his marriage Purviance settled on a farm near Wichita, Kan., and in August of 1900 he moved to Guthrie. Purviance was a leader in central Oklahoma farm circles.

Survivors include the widow, five daughters, namely, Mrs. J. R. Wicks, Miss Maude Purviance and Miss Pearle Purviance, all of Guthrie, Mrs. C. G. Wells, Tulsa and Mrs. Abernathy, Stillwater, and three sons, Ray and Harold Purviance of Guthrie, and W. H. Purviance of Newark, O.

There are nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Guthrie Daily Leader, November 28, 1951¹⁰⁶⁹⁷

Rites To Be Friday For Mrs. Purviance

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Purviance, 81, who died Tuesday night at the local hospital, will be held at 10 a. m. Friday at the First Presbyterian church.

Rev. Sam Maier will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park, north of Oklahoma City under direction of Davis Funeral Home.

Mrs. Purviance was the oldest charter member of the first Home Demonstration club organized in the state. During her 40 years of membership she missed only nine meetings.

She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Almira Abernathy, Nowata; Mrs. J. R. Wicks, Guthrie; Mrs. C. C. Wells, Tulsa; Miss Maude Purviance, Guthrie; Mrs. J. P. Miller, San Antonio, Tex., three sons, Harold and Raymond Purviance, Guthrie; William, San Paula, Calif., 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 21, 190010688	Waco, Sedgwick, Kansas	James A. Purviance Mary Alma Dilley Almira May Purviance Laura Belle Purviance William Henry Purviance Nellie Issa Purviance
May 16, 19104733	Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma	James A. Purviance Mary Alma Dilley Almira May Purviance Laura Belle Purviance William Henry Purviance Nellie Issa Purviance Maud Alice Purviance Raymond Allen Purviance Harold Alvin Purviance Pearl Louise Purviance Theodora Lucille Abernathy
May 13, 192010695	Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma	James A. Purviance Mary Alma Dilley Almira May Purviance Nellie Issa Purviance Maud Alice Purviance Raymond Allen Purviance Harold Alvin Purviance Pearl Louise Purviance Theodora Lucille Abernathy
April 19, 193010696	Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma	James A. Purviance Mary Alma Dilley Maud Alice Purviance Harold Alvin Purviance Pearl Louise Purviance