Wife of Rev. Dr. Tillman Dixon Peurifoy. She and her husband had been sent from South Carolina as missionaries to the Florida Indians. While he was away at a meeting their log home was attacked by Indians. The two small children were murdered and the mother was stabbed numerous times and scalped. The house was set on fire. As the Indians were leaving she was able to crawl out the back of the house and hide in a nearby swamp. She was found the next day by her father, Daniel Byrd.
She and Tillman went on to have many other children.
Wife of Rev. Dr. Tillman Dixon Peurifoy. She and her husband had been sent from South Carolina as missionaries to the Florida Indians. While he was away at a meeting their log home was attacked by Indians. The two small children were murdered and the mother was stabbed numerous times and scalped. The house was set on fire. As the Indians were leaving she was able to crawl out the back of the house and hide in a nearby swamp. She was found the next day by her father, Daniel Byrd.
She and Tillman went on to have many other children.
Family Members
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Daniel Byrd Peurifoy
1839–1909
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Martha C Peurifoy Dozier
1845–1900
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Mary Jane Peurifoy Forrest
1845–1910
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Eliza A. Peurifoy Yarbrough
1849–1872
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Julia Butler Peurifoy Yarbrough
1855–1931
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Sallie Peurifoy Abney
1860–1931
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William Bascom Peurifoy
1863–1927
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Lovic Pierce Peurifoy
unknown–1838
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Elizabeth Peurifoy
unknown–1838
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