Frederick Purgett
1843 - 1900

On 20 August 1861, at age 18, Frederick enlisted in the 8th Indiana Infantry, Co. K. On 06 March 1863, he was wounded in the right shoulder near Rolla, Missouri. When he returned to duty, it was as a Corporal. He re-enlisted on 01 January 1864. In September 1864, he received a gunshot wound and a compact fracture of the left femur at Winchester, Virginia. On 31 October 1864 he was wounded in the right thigh. On 2 November 1864 he suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh. At one time when he was wounded in Arkansas, he laid in the field ten days before they found him. He was discharged the 28th of August 1865 at Darian, Georgia. In July 1872, he received an invalid pension in Willington township, Sumner County, Kansas as two-thirds disabled. He was listed as a farmer and received $12. His service papers show an update on his pension from Bureau of Pensions in 1888. His last payment is recorded as 04 November 1899. Frederick died in Old Soldiers Home in Danville, Illinois on 15 January 1900 (ref. Military documents).

Children of Frederick & Elizabeth/Lydia:

6. Cora Gilkison was stepdaughter to Grant Purget. She married Pete SWEENEY and had 2 children: Rachel Ellen and Mark Albert (ref. Article about Sweeney - Davis.)

6. Estelle Marie Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle) was born on 21 December 1889 in Sheldon, Illinois And died on 21 June 1962 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. She is buried at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois. She married Louis LANGELLIER. They had no children.

6. Rosa Mae Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle) was born on 12 June 1892 in Sheldon Illinois and died on 20 October 1915 in Milford Illinois, buried at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Milford, Illinois. She married Earl BOYD but died shortly after the marriage leaving no children.

6. Mark Deems Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle) was born on 11 June 1894 in Sheldon Illinois and died 06 February 1954 in Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas. He married Gladys ROSENBERY, daughter of Joseph and Susan Stimson Rosenbery . Mark and Gladys are buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas. They had one daughter, Wanda.

        7. Wanda Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle, 6. Mark) She married Don GREEN and they had one son who died in infancy and two daughters.

6. Laura Elizabeth Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle) was born on 05 October, 1896 in Sheldon Illinois and died on 19 September 1899 in Sheldon, buried at Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Illinois.

6. Lena Lovel Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle) was born on 04 October 1898 in Stockland Illinois and died on 08 July 1988 in Monticello, Drew County, Arizona. She married Troy MARTIN and lived in Arkansas for most of her married life. They had five daughters. Lena and Troy are buried in Monticello.

6. Viola Mae Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle) was born on 11 March 1901 in Stockland Illinois and died on 31 January 1976 in Shaker Hights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Viola is buried at City Cemetery, Peoria, Chillicothe County, Illinois. She married William Clarence NIXON, son of Nathan and Emma Frances Cavender Nixon, on 28 June 1922 in Stockland, Illinois. They had one son, William. All MOORE family materials were obtained from William C. Nixon Jr. and are documented by [email protected]

        7. William Clarence Nixon Jr. (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle, 6. Viola Mae).

        7. Sidney Russell Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5 Laura Belle, 6. Viola Mae) was born on 05 January 1903 in Stockland, Illinois and died on 30 Augugust 1953 in Argo, Cook Co. Illinois. Sidney is buried at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Milford, Illinois. Sidney Russell married Hannah SCHAUMBERG on 14 March 1927 in Milford Illinois. They had 2 children

        7. Alvin Lyle Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle, 6. Viola Mae) was born on 06 April 1905 in Stockland Illinois and died on 01 June 1977 in Terre Haute, Virgo County, Indiana. He married Stella VALESKY on 28 December 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. They had 2 children.

        7. Earl Vennum Moore (1. Henry, 2. Frederick, 3. Henry, 4. Frederick, 5. Laura Belle, 6. Viola Mae) was born on 26 November 1910 in Stockland, Illinois and died on 14 November 1954 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee and is buried at Sugar Creek Cemetery, Milford, Illinois. He married Garnet NEWMAN in Sept 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. They had 3 children.

5. Charles Augustus Purgett was born in Sumner County, Kansas on 01 April 1873. From marriage records, he is Charles A. Purget, son of Frederick Purget and Elizabeth Andrews. On 14 February 1900 he married Eva Jane SIVILL (Jennie Civel). They adopted one son. He was a farm laborer, renting his home. Jennie was the daughter of Walker SIVILL and Anne RUCKMAN and was born in Milledgeville, Ohio. Walker and Anne had the following children: William, Frank, Tom, John, Juanette, and Eva Jane. William Sivill and UNK SMITH had the following children: Grace, Floyd, Frances, Anna, and Silas. Silas was raised by Charles Augustus Purgett and Eva Jane Sivill. Silas took the last name of Purgett (Silas Sivill Purgett) and married Minnie Mary FOX and lived in Illinois and Iowa. They had two children: Charles Allen Purgett and Mary Jane Purgett. Information provided by Rosemary Swanger, grandaughter of Silas.

5. Bertha Purget. Listed in obituary in Milford Herald News, Millford Illinois, 12 Feb. 1930, as half sister of Laura Belle Purgett Moore Books, Mrs Bertha Watkins of West Point, Indiana.

During the war years, Elizabeth took the children home to her parents (no ref).

Frederick moved to Fergus Falls, Otter Tail county, Minnesota sometime before 1880. There he met and married Ella MAE who was born in Otter Tail county and died sometime before 1901 (ref. Pension of Children under 16) and is buried near Sand Springs, Tulsa county, Oklahoma. Frederick and Ella/Ellen had five children: a first child who died, Sampson, Lydia, Mattie, and Amanda. No records except 1880 Minnesota Census that lists Sampson as age 2 and Grant, age 14. This leads to the supposition that Elizabeth died and Grant came to live with his father but left Charlie and Bell with the parents of Elizabeth.

5. unknown child, died, probably in infancy

5. Sampson was born on 06 June 1878 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota and died on 15 October 1956 near Hulbert, Cherokee county, Oklahoma. He is buried on the West side of the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Hulbert. On 01 October 1912, he married Middy Pearl PHILLIPS in Pawnee county, Oklahoma (ref. M. certificate). Middy was born on 22 September 1895 in Dallas, Texas and died on 02 November 1990. She is buried next to her husband. Sampson and Pearl had five children (four daughters and a son - living). On 24 December 1929 they moved from Bristow Oklahoma to Hulbert, Oklahoma. (ref. Picture of original homestead)

5. Lydia J. was born 02 November 1886 in Illinois (ref. Marriage certificate). On 04 August 1904, she married J. W. BROWN who was born in Kansas about 1879. They married in Pawnee county, Oklahoma and had three daughters.

5. Mattie was born on 22 December 1889 (ref. Application for pension of children under 16 - Mattie and Lydia). She married Shadrick Henry (Shady) JONES and had 10 children.

5. Amanda married a TEEL and had one daughter.

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