of Springfield, Massachusetts · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Lizzie Purcell d. 1874
parentsAbel Purcell
Lizzie Purcell⚭ Mr. Lewis
childrenFrederick R. Lewis · Lizzie B. Lewis
Their story
What the record says
Portrait and biographical album of Linn County, Iowa.
Lizzie S. Purcell, daughter of Abel Purcell.
Married Mr. Lewis (Civil War First Lieutenant, later Southern Hotel proprietor at Cedar Rapids) on Christmas Day during the war while he was home on furlough.
Two children, Frederick R. and Lizzie B. Died at Springfield, Mass., in 1874.
Married name Lewis.
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