When Cynthia Ann Purkhiser was born on 27 March 1852, in Indiana, United States, her father, Elijah Purkhiser, was 49 and her mother, Rachel Moon, was 40. She married James M. McDonald on 5 April 1874, in Orange, Indiana, United States. She lived in Marengo, Crawford, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 3 August 1908, in Liberty Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Orange, Indiana, United States.
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