Family of
William James Purdy and Sarah Dobbs

William James

b. October 18, 1825
Lancaster District, South Carolina

died: January 6, 1898 Alabama heart attack

buried: Longacre Cemetery, Jackson County, Alabama

height 5' 6"; weight 130 lbs; red hair; blue eyes;

farmer and grist mill operator

married September 5, 1850 Cross Plains, Alabama
(now Jacksonville)

Sarah Dobbs

b. July 25, 1835 Calhoun County, Alabama

died: July 2, 1888 Rash, Alabama pneumonia

buried: Longacre Cemetery, Jackson County, Alabama

height 5' 4"; weight 110 lbs; black hair; blue eyes;



Children:

1. Samuel Jackson

born: September 3, 1852, Alabama

died: August 23, 1887 Alabama

married: September 17, 1871

Elizabeth P Kennedy

born:

died:


2. Mary Elizabeth Matilda

born: September 10, 1854 Calhoun County, Alabama

died: June 30, 1941

married: August 7, 1876 Alabama

Barney Franklin Alverson

born:

died:


3. Sarah Ellen (Ellender)

born: September 12, 1857 Calhoun County, Alabama

died: November 6, 1894

married: August 4, 1875 Alabama

Philip Alexander Carlisle

born:

died:


4. Agness Bethany

born: February 22, 1860, Alabama

died: October 25, 1899

married: Oklahoma

John Greenlee

born:

died:


5. James Montgomery

born: April 12, 1862 Piedmont, Alabama

died: June 9, 1941

married: November 18, 1890 Texas

Mary Lee "Jeannie" Keel

born:

died:


6. John Thomas

born: December 12, 1865 Cross Plains, Calhoun County, Alabama

died: September 15, 1936

married: February 26, 1893 Texas

Mary Lillie Elizabeth Gooch

born:

died:


7. William Joseph

born: April 16, 1868, Alabama

died: January 7, 1948

married: December 27, 1888 Alabama

Martha Elizabeth Golden

born:

died:


8. Aleck Oakley

born: October 4, 1870 Paint Rock Valley, Alabama

died: October 18, 1941

married: August 3, 1889 Alabama

Nancy Emaline Thompson

born:

died:


9. Emily Jane

born: April 2, 1873 Jackson County, Alabama

died: November 17, 1966 Plant City, Florida

married: July 18, 1889 Alabama

Hiram Wesley Carlisle

born: December 25, 1869

died: October 21, 1936 Gadsden, Alabama


10. George Blanton

born: February 1, 1875 Anderson, Alabama

died: April 5, 1951

married: July 30, 1894 Alabama

Ella Carrell

born:

died: