Polly Purgett (1 Henry, 2 Henry) was born in Hampshire County, VA (now WV) circa 1831. She lived at home until about age 50 and then was confined in Howard County Poor Asylum (1880 census).
Lucy A. Purgett (1 Henry, 2 Henry) was born in Hampshire County, VA (now WV) on 21 February 1831. On 07 March 1857, she married Luther Lucas in Howard County, IN [Howard County marriages]. Luther was born on 25 April 1830 in Ross County, Ohio, the son of Martin and Margaret Turner Lucas. They moved to Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, IN. They had 2 children: Oliver Perry Martin and Lizzie Florence. Lucy A. died on 27 February 1877 and is buried in Salem Cemetery, Sheffield, Indiana. Luther then married Emma Sophia Write on 12 November 1878. Emma was born on 03 May 1846 and died on 13 September 1932. The 1880 census lists Luther 50, Emma 35, Oliver P.M. 12, Lizzie 10, Joseph Hodgens, laborer 26, and Ella Arbegus, servant 19. In the 1870 census, Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, there is an entry for what appears to be Luther and Lucy Lucas [1870 Census, Sheffield, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Roll M593_362, Page 295.]. The children listed were Adelia 15, Eva(?) 11, Oliver 2, and Lizzie 1/12. Luther died on 04 December 1909 and is buried in Salem Cemetery (it is not proved that Emma remarried a Sherman Ridgeway on 04 November 1922). Children of Lucy A. and Luther:
Lizzie Florence Lucas (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Lucy A.) was born on 12 April 1870 in Stockwell, IN. There are two marriages listed, but in her brother Oliver's obituary, she married Martin Skinner and they had 2 children, Earl and Ralph.
Elizabeth P. Purgett (1 Henry, 2 Henry) was born in Hampshire County, VA (now WV) circa 1835. She married Isaac Grubbs in Indiana. In the 1870 census for Monroe Township, Howard County, he is listed as Ellis P. Grubbs.
Frederick Purgett (1 Henry, 2 Henry) was born in Tippecanoe County, IN on 30 September 1837. He died on 15 January 1911 and is buried in Russiaville Cemetery, Russiaville, IN. On 12 June 1881, he married Sarah LaDew (Lallow?, Ladow?). They had three children: Ella, Flossie, and Archie. In the 1900 Census for Monroe Township, Howard County, IN, Frederick and Sarah A. Burgitt were listed next door to Fredrick's brother Hiram, with Hiram's wife Elizabeth Burgitt and their children, Lucy I., Lizzie M., and Cynthia. Sarah A. stated that she had two children, two living, but only Flossie (born December 1894) was listed with them. In the 1910 census for Monroe Township, Howard County, Frederic and Sarah A. Burgit were listed. Frederic was 72, married for twenty eight years. Sarah A. was 45, the mother of three children, three living. Their daughter Flossie V., age 15, and son Archie E., age 8 were listed. By the 1920 census, Monroe Township, Howard County, Sarah A., age 55, was listed as the wife of Joseph W. Colcord, age 44, so she must have remarried after Frederick's death. Frederick and Sarah A.'s son, Archie I. Burget, age 18, was living with them.
There was a report that Frederick and Sarah divorced on 09 October 1902 (note they seem to still be married in 1910 census). Frederick was a different sort of fellow. He must have inherited the family farm because by 1880 he was living there alone. According to excerpts from the Kokomo Dispatch, 09 October 1902, his wife was suing him for a divorce, $10,000, and custody of the two girls. It stated: "Twenty-one years ago Fred Burgit, then a man of forty-five years of age and known throughout the county-side as an eccentric bachelor and recluse, became smitten of the charms of seventeen-year-old Sarah La Dow, a young woman of French parentage who lived near the village of Forest. The garrulous old bachelor proved a gay bean and it took him not over long to woo and win the impressionable, but pretty Sarah. The good season came, the wedding and the couple settled down with much promise of fair weather on the broad acres that the groom owned and that still stretch to the southward from the village of Shanghei. By-and-by there came a daughter. She grew apace and she, too, is married now. Within the passing years enter two other children and a multiplicity of other cares to the young wife. She insists she tried to meet them with diligence and with proper spirit and that she labored early and late, long and earnestly to make her home a pleasant and happy one. There came a time when the disparity in years and the former habits and eccentric inclinations of her husband began to take their toll. Three score years found him a soured and fractious old man. Constant abuse and threatened violence made her file for the divorce. It was estimated that the Burgit holdings were in excess of $20,000." In 1902 Flossie was 8 and Archie was one. Ella already married. Frederick's obituary stated he leaves his three children, one brother, Hixan and one sister Mrs. E.P. Grubbs.
Flossie Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Frederick) was born in Howard County, IN on 16 December 1894. She married Hershal Hardesty on 26 June 1912 (Howard County marriages). On 25 April 1920 a birth of a son was registered, Robert F. Hardesty.
Archie Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Frederick) was born in Howard County, IN on 31 October 1901. It is believed that he married a woman named Mary and moved to Apache Junction, AZ. She died in 1950 and he in 1980. In the 1930 census, Kokomo City, Howard County, IN, are Archie I. Burget, 28; wife Irene, 25; son Eugene H., age 6; and son Palmar(?) L., age 2.
Margarette J. Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Hiram) was born in Warren Township, Clinton County, IN, cira 1871.
Norman L. Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Hiram) was born in Clinton County, IN, circa 1873. On 21 December 1904 he married Mary M. Littler.
Inez (Lucy) A. Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Hiram) was born on 29 May 1875 in Clinton County, IN. Twelve years before she died she moved to Kokomo, IN, and was active in the Cloverdale Methodist Church. She died at age 84 at the Pleasant Rest Nursing Home, circa 1959. Her obituary listed survivors Mrs. Myrtle VanMeter of Kokomo and O. H. Burgitt of Marian, IN.
Oliver H. Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Hiram) was born circa 1878 in Clinton County, IN. On 06 December 1899, he married Floy E. Lowe. The 1880 census, Ervin Township, Howard County, lists him married to an Ethel, perhaps her middle name was Ethel - O. H. Burgitt 52, Ethel 46, Lyoyd 24 and Freda 21.
Myrtle Burgitt (1 Henry, 2 Henry, 3 Hiram) was born on 26 November 1880 in Clinton County, IN. On 18 April 1920 she married Asbury VanMeter in Howard County and was residing in Kokomo in 1957.
William H. Purgett (1 Henry, 2 Henry) was born in Howard County, IN, on 28 October 1851 and died on 12 May 1877, buried in Russiaville Cemetery.
Ellen or Ellander Purgett (1 Henry, 2 Henry) was born in 1855 and died on 04 September 1877, buried in Russiaville Cemetery.