Henry Stipp Purgett
1847 - 1921

Henry Stipp & Louisa Jane Bailey Purget
with their youngest son, George, WWI

Children of Henry Stipp and Louisa Jane:

5. William Frank Purgett, born 16 February 1875 and died 16 September 1875. [2].

5. Adrin Eugene Purgett was born 30 October 1876 in watseka, belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. He married Maude Murphy on 25 December 1898. Maude was born 17 May 1880 in Remington, Indiana, the daughter of Charles and Jennie Murphy. Adrin and Maude married in White County, Monticello, Indiana. The farmed in Crescent Township, Iroquois County, Illinois until 1913 when they moved to Goodland, Indiana. In the summer of 1916 Adrin "Eugene" went to Clark County, Wisconsin to "spy out the land." The family story states that a Mr. Owen went to Indiana to recruit families to move to that area, wanting good workers. Eugene bought 160 acres of wilderness land from the Dairy Belt Land Company, just north of the town now called Owen in Clark County, Wisconsin. The acreage had no road to it. Eugene arrived in Withee, Wisconsin on 17 March 1917 by train with his son Chales and a freight car loaded with their household goods and horses. A week later, Maude and their younger children, Lucy and Ray, arrived by train. While building their home, the rented a house in Redville, Wisconsin. Just before they were to move in, the house caught fire from the sun shining through a window on an oil mop. Jake Eppers, a neighbor, saved most of the house by throwing on water from a mud puddle. In the early years, Eugene and Maude made a living selling cord wood in town for $2 to $4 a cord while they cleared the land. He bought his first pure breed Belgium stallion and traveled the area as a horse breeder. Maude and the children tended the cows and fields (ref: Northern Settlements Now "Ghost Towns," Owen Enterprise). Adrin Eugene died 19 September 1951 and maude died in 1968. They are both buried in Riverside Cemetery, Clark County, Wisconsin. They had five children: Chales Henry who married Florence Bergstrom, Lyman glenn, Jessie Ione, Lucy Mae who married first Arthur Thornton and second Ormal J. Auston, and Ray Eugene who married Eleanor Louise Wood.

5. Harl Erwood Purgett was born 16 September 1878 in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. He married Della (Mary Serelad) Body on 24 June 1903. Della was born 13 October 1882 in Woodland, Illinois, the daughter of John I. Body and Ella Pitts. Harl was a farmer and grocery store owner. The lived in Woodland, Illinois and Jefferson City, Missouri. Harl died 13 June 1954 in an automobile accident (burial record states 1. Kankakee, Illinois 2. Jefferson City, Missouri). His funeral was held at Woodland Methodist Church and he was buried at Body Cemetery in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. Della died on 27 June 1961 in Woodland, Illinois. The funeral was held at Segur Chapel, Watseka First Methodist and she was buried at Body Cemetery (ref. Cemetery lists from Iroquois County). They had three children: Delman Lowell who married Florence Fanyo, Ella Jane who married Dee Rex Stephens, and Victor.

5. Maggie Mae Purgett was born 11 January 1882 in Iroquois County, Illilnois. She married Robert Boughton on 12 November 1898. Robert was born 14 July 1877 in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. They moved to Stillwater Oklahoma where they farmed. They had six children: Homer who married Olga Garrett, Bernice, Ethel, Robert, Glen who married Thelma Nickles, and Kenneth.

5. Newton Earl Purgett was born 4 September 1882 in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. He was a farmer and lived in St. Anne, Illinois. He married Ruth Bishop. They had five children: Grace Stipp who married Dominick Lippolis, Loretta Marie, Jack Harl who married Barbara Lawton, Earl Dodd who married Bette Barnes, and Ruth Delores.

5. Minnie Pearl Purgett was born 26 September 1885 in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. She married david Mayo who was from Watseka, Illinois. Dave served in the army in WWI as a cook. They moved to Wisconsin and farmed in Hoard Township, Taylor County, Wisconsin.

5. Mable Ann Purgett was born 8 January 1888 in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois. She married Roy Griffith of Watseka, Illinois. They farmed in Illinois and in Clark County, Wisconsin. They adopted two children, Claud and Mary.

5. Nannie Cathine Purgett was born 12 May 1890 and died 18 May 1890. She is buried in Belmont Cemetery, Iroquois County, Illinois.

5. George Washington Purgett was born 15 March 1892 in Belmont Township, Iroquois County, Illinois (birth certificate). He enlisted in the army in WWI and served in Argonne, France in Co. A. 333 Infantry (service papers). He married Lillie Elenora Carlson who was born 24 august 1891 in Paxton, Illinois. Lillie was the daughter of Peter M. Carlson and Ida S. Young. Later in life they ran an antique store in Woodland, Illinois. Lillie died on 24 June 1966 at Carle Memorial Hospital and is buried in Sheldon Cemetery. She was a member of Woodland Methodist Church. George was 82 when he died at the Veteran's Hospital in Danville, Illinois on 15 April 1970. He was a member of the American Legion Watseka Post No. 23 and military rites were conducted at the grave site. George and Lillie had two children, but both died at birth.

[1]. All information provided by Diane Kleinke.

[2]. No source

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