John Ben Purkey^[1]

1890 - 1948  (58 years)

• Name	John Ben Purkey
  Born	2 Apr 1890	Blount County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	10 Dec 1948	Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Buried	12 Dec 1948	Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I268116	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert B. Purkey,   b. Tennessee
  Family ID	F131178	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Anna Bell Lytle,   b. Abt 1899, Tennessee
  Married	3 Jul 1914	Knox County, Tennessee   [4]
  Children	1. Lucile Purkey,   b. Abt 1916, Tennessee  (Age ~ 109 years)   2. Ruth Naoma Purkey,   b. 9 Aug 1917, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Mar 1918, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 0 years) + 3. John B. "J. B." Purkey, Jr.,   b. Abt 1919, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Mar 1978, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 59 years)   4. June B. Purkey,   b. Abt 1923, Tennessee  (Age ~ 102 years)   5. Robert J. Purkey,   b. Abt 1925, Tennessee  (Age ~ 100 years)   6. Joseph R. Purkey,   b. Abt 1928, Tennessee  (Age ~ 97 years)
  Family ID	F103944	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 2 Apr 1890 - Blount County, Tennessee Married - 3 Jul 1914 - Knox County, Tennessee Census - 1930 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Died - 10 Dec 1948 - Knox County, Tennessee Buried - 12 Dec 1948 - Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 16 Nov 2009. Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Purkey obituary [S112] Census, 1930. name: J Ben Purkey event: Census event date: 1930 event place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee gender: Male age: 40 marital status: Married race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1890 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Head father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0005 family number: 260 sheet number and letter: 11B line number: 97 nara publication: T626, roll 2257 film number: 2341991 digital folder number: 4548171 image number: 00671 Household Gender Age Birthplace head J Ben Purkey M 40 Tennessee wife Anna Bell Purkey F 31 Tennessee daughter Lucile Purkey F 14 Tennessee son John B Purkey M 11 Tennessee daughter June B Purkey F 7 Tennessee son Robert J Purkey M 5 Tennessee son Joseph R Purkey M 2 Tennessee [S87] Death Certificate. name: John B. Purkey event: Death event date: 10 Dec 1948 event place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee gender: Male marital status: race or color: age: 58 estimated birth year: birth date: 02 Apr 1890 birthplace: spouse: Anna Lytle Purkey father: Robert B. Purkey father's birthplace: mother: mother's birthplace: occupation: street address: residence: cemetery: burial place: burial date: 12 Dec 1948 informant: additional relatives: digital folder number: 4184940 image number: 1341 film number: 2137404 volume/page/certificate number: 27132 [S58] Marriage Certificate. name: John B Purkey titles & terms: event: Marriage event date: 03 Jul 1914 event place: Knox, Tennessee age: 23 estimated birth year: 1891 father: father's titles & terms: mother: mother's titles & terms: spouse: Annie Belle Lytle spouse's titles & terms: spouse's age: 17 spouse's estimated birth year: 1897 spouse's father: spouse's father's titles & terms: spouse's mother: spouse's mother's titles & terms: reference number: 651 film number: 1020968 digital folder number: 004538821 image number: 00610