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Rev Hardeman Royster Puryear

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Rev Hardeman Royster Puryear

Birth
Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Jan 1888 (aged 70)
Mount Calm, Hill County, Texas, USA
Burial
Limestone County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.7331889, Longitude: -96.8750681
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Hardeman Royster Puryear is the son of William N Puryear & Mary Ligon. He married twice:
1st - Caroline V Adams in 1848 in Ballard County KY.
2nd - Elizabeth Barksdale Anderson on 3 Mar 1882 in Ellis County TX.

From www.ancestry.com:
H R Puryear
Posted 03 Apr 2009 by christy davies
Hardeman Royster Puryear was born 7 Aug 1817 in Halifax Co, VA and died 2 Jan 1888 in Mt Calm, Navarro (this is wrong) TX. He married (1) Caroline V. Adams 1848 Ballard Co KY. She was born bet. 1810-1830 and died 1877 in Navarro Co, TX. He married (2) Elizabeth Cole 1882.
From the history of Waco Baptist Ass. of Texas 1897-
Elder H. R. Puryear was born in Halifax Co VA 8-7-1817, his father William Puryear, removed from Virginia to Graves Co, KY where H.R. Puryear grew to manhood . . . He as ordained to the ministry, graduating from Georgetown College, KY in 1847. In 1848 he married Caroline V. Adams of Ballard Co,KY and they had 7 children. In 1857 or '58, he and his brother Deacon S. H. (Seymour Horace) Puryear, removed with their familiees to Texas. S. H. settling in Parker Co and H.R. in Navarro Co. H.R. was given a grant of land there to come as a minister and he served in that area for the next 20 years - 7 years in succession as paster at Corsicana. in 1877, his wife Caroline died. In 1882 Hardeman Royster married for the second time to Mrs Elizabeth Cole of Waxahachie, Texas. He moved to Mt Calm and was active there until his death, 1-2-1888.
Children of HARDEMAN PURYEAR and CAROLINE ADAMS are:
William Page Puryear July 15, 1851 KY
Thomas Jefferson Puryear Aug 7, 18156 KY d. July 28, 1865 Navarro Co, TX
Emma Puryear b. Oct 17 1858 KY d. Jan 22, 1864 Navarro Co TX
Mary Ellen Puryear b. May 8, 1861 Navarro Co TX d. April 4, 1903 TX
Hardeman Martial Puryear Sept 29, 1863 Navarro Co TX d. Nov 29, 1885 TX
Laura Helen Puryear January 10, 1866 Navarro Co TX, d. June 23, 1962
Hardeman Royster Puryear is the son of William N Puryear & Mary Ligon. He married twice:
1st - Caroline V Adams in 1848 in Ballard County KY.
2nd - Elizabeth Barksdale Anderson on 3 Mar 1882 in Ellis County TX.

From www.ancestry.com:
H R Puryear
Posted 03 Apr 2009 by christy davies
Hardeman Royster Puryear was born 7 Aug 1817 in Halifax Co, VA and died 2 Jan 1888 in Mt Calm, Navarro (this is wrong) TX. He married (1) Caroline V. Adams 1848 Ballard Co KY. She was born bet. 1810-1830 and died 1877 in Navarro Co, TX. He married (2) Elizabeth Cole 1882.
From the history of Waco Baptist Ass. of Texas 1897-
Elder H. R. Puryear was born in Halifax Co VA 8-7-1817, his father William Puryear, removed from Virginia to Graves Co, KY where H.R. Puryear grew to manhood . . . He as ordained to the ministry, graduating from Georgetown College, KY in 1847. In 1848 he married Caroline V. Adams of Ballard Co,KY and they had 7 children. In 1857 or '58, he and his brother Deacon S. H. (Seymour Horace) Puryear, removed with their familiees to Texas. S. H. settling in Parker Co and H.R. in Navarro Co. H.R. was given a grant of land there to come as a minister and he served in that area for the next 20 years - 7 years in succession as paster at Corsicana. in 1877, his wife Caroline died. In 1882 Hardeman Royster married for the second time to Mrs Elizabeth Cole of Waxahachie, Texas. He moved to Mt Calm and was active there until his death, 1-2-1888.
Children of HARDEMAN PURYEAR and CAROLINE ADAMS are:
William Page Puryear July 15, 1851 KY
Thomas Jefferson Puryear Aug 7, 18156 KY d. July 28, 1865 Navarro Co, TX
Emma Puryear b. Oct 17 1858 KY d. Jan 22, 1864 Navarro Co TX
Mary Ellen Puryear b. May 8, 1861 Navarro Co TX d. April 4, 1903 TX
Hardeman Martial Puryear Sept 29, 1863 Navarro Co TX d. Nov 29, 1885 TX
Laura Helen Puryear January 10, 1866 Navarro Co TX, d. June 23, 1962


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