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Matilda “Tilda” Coffey Purcell

Birth
Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1 Apr 1904 (aged 52)
Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Matilda was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Coffey & Perlina Hayes Coffey. She married Samuel J. Purcell, the son of John & Sarah Bruce Purcell. The couple were the parents of Eliza Belle, Sallie and Hallie May Purcell.

•Mrs. Purcell, wife of Mr. Samuel Purcell, of the East End, died Friday night of pneumonia fever and was buried Saturday in the family burying ground in Rockcastle county. She was about 48 years of age, and was the daughter of Mr. Jeff Coffey, of Rockcastle. She leaves a husband to mourn her loss.

•Preachersville-Mrs. Tilda Purcell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Garrison, last Friday, and was taken to Rockcastle for burial.

•Broadhead-Mrs. Sam Purcell, of Crab Orchard, died last week of measles and pneumonia. The deceased was a daughter of Jeff Coffey, of this county and the wife of Sam Purcell, brother of Joe and John Purcell, of this neighborhood.

1-Newspaper: Semi-Weekly Interior Journal.
ED: 04-05-1904, pg 3, col 3.
2-Newspaper: Central Record.
ED: 04-08-1904, pg 2, col 3.
3-Newspaper: Mount Vernon Signal.
ED: 04-08-1904, pg 1, col 5.
Matilda was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Coffey & Perlina Hayes Coffey. She married Samuel J. Purcell, the son of John & Sarah Bruce Purcell. The couple were the parents of Eliza Belle, Sallie and Hallie May Purcell.

•Mrs. Purcell, wife of Mr. Samuel Purcell, of the East End, died Friday night of pneumonia fever and was buried Saturday in the family burying ground in Rockcastle county. She was about 48 years of age, and was the daughter of Mr. Jeff Coffey, of Rockcastle. She leaves a husband to mourn her loss.

•Preachersville-Mrs. Tilda Purcell died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Garrison, last Friday, and was taken to Rockcastle for burial.

•Broadhead-Mrs. Sam Purcell, of Crab Orchard, died last week of measles and pneumonia. The deceased was a daughter of Jeff Coffey, of this county and the wife of Sam Purcell, brother of Joe and John Purcell, of this neighborhood.

1-Newspaper: Semi-Weekly Interior Journal.
ED: 04-05-1904, pg 3, col 3.
2-Newspaper: Central Record.
ED: 04-08-1904, pg 2, col 3.
3-Newspaper: Mount Vernon Signal.
ED: 04-08-1904, pg 1, col 5.

Gravesite Details

Inter: 04-02-1904.



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  • Maintained by: Gypsy
  • Originally Created by: Honor
  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126706133/matilda-purcell: accessed ), memorial page for Matilda “Tilda” Coffey Purcell (Mar 1852–1 Apr 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126706133, citing Thomas Jefferson Coffey Farm Cemetery, Rockcastle County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Gypsy (contributor 49778443).