James Purdon

1825 - 1883  (58 years)

• Name	James Purdon
  Birth	1825	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	KN4N-764
  _UID	54D467CEB879407D9EB70D14E2C2442ED7A3
  Death	7 Jul 1883	Tuckersmith Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada
  	On the evening of Saturday, the 7th inst., after a severe illness of about a month, Mr. James Purdon passed to his long home. He was a native of Dalhousie, Lanark, the first abode of many individuals of sterling excellence. He removed from there in 1870 to this part, where he lived until last year, when he sold his farm and removed again to a house formerly occupied by Mr. Robert Laing, near Rogerville. About two months ago he went to Manitoba for the purpose of viewing that country, and taking up land if pleased with the prospect, but not being favorably impressed he made no purchases, and was returning home and had reached the metropolis when he began to feel unwell. Here he called upon a medical man, who advised him to speed his way home as rapidly as possible, as the condition of his system indicated fever. After arriving home it was soon ascertained that the information given him was too true, and that he was a victim of that fatal malady, typhoid fever, to which he succumbed at the age of 58 years, just a little over six years and five months after his wife, leaving a family of four boys and three girls, all grown up with the exception of two boys. Deceased was a very intelligent and well-informed man, a good reasoner and fine conversationalist, liberal in his views and politics, generous and benevolent in his actions, and was widely and favorably known. His remains were buried at Cromarty and his funeral was largely attended by friends and relatives, who deeply sympathized with the bereaved orphans. Huron Expositor July 27, 1883
  Burial	Cromarty Presbyterian Cemetery, Cromarty, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I50866	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Purdon,   b. 1 Mar 1780, Glasgow (Maryhill), Glasgow City, Scotland d. 2 Jan 1852, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jean "Jane" Ferguson,   b. 1788, Perth and Kinross, Scotland d. 25 Nov 1872, Lanark Highlands (Dalhousie), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1810	of Glasgow, Scotland
  Family ID	F17299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Currie Livingstone,   b. 1828, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 31 Jan 1876, Hibbert Twp, Perth County, Ontario, Canada (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F17423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 1825 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 7 Jul 1883 - Tuckersmith Twp, Huron County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Cromarty Presbyterian Cemetery, Cromarty, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth