When Mary E. Purdy was born on 22 August 1841, in Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Israel Merrick Purdy, was 26 and her mother, "Nancy" Agnes Bunting, was 21. She married Samuel Roswell about 1862, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Blue Earth City Township, Faribault, Minnesota, United States in 1880 and Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States in 1895. She died on 11 January 1928, in Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lake Lida Cemetery, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Faribault, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Faribault, Minnesota, United States
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English (of Norman origin): from Old French pour Dieu ‘for God(‘s sake)’, from frequent use of this expression as an oath. See also Perdue .
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