Hesciah Viella Thompson Rose and Isaac Freeman Purdy

Hesciah Viella Thompson Rose and Isaac Freeman Purdy

Hesciah Viella Thompson Rose (Ephraim Ayres Rose1)was born on 15 May 1848 at Guernsey, Ohio and died on 02 September 1913.

Isaac Freeman Purdy born 17 November 1854 in Ohio and died on 05 February 1907 at Guthrie Co., Iowa. He is the uncle of her sister-in-law Mary Ellen Trippy. He is buried at the Union Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Iowa.

They married on 01 January 1884. They had one child:

i. Halley Avery Purdy was born about September 1891 in Iowa, and died on 15 February 1902 at Guthrie County, Iowa. He is buried at the Union Cemetery, Guthrie Center, Iowa.

I was very confused about "Villa" until her entry in the family bible cleared up her name. In the 1850 census, she is listed as Hidskabl T?., male child aged 2 years. In the 1860 census, she is the female (all female from this point forward) child aged 12 is named Keziah E?. In the 1870 census, she is 22 and named Viola. In the 1880 census, named Willa, aged 32, living with her brother Justus.



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