Gazlay Family History
Josephine Barnes
Parents
| Father | Herman Spencer Barnes ( - ) |
| Mother | Deborah E. Groundy ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 October 2022; Last Edited: 27 November 2022 |
| Person ID | 12600 |
| Name | Josephine Barnes |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 1846 in Seneca County, New York1, 2 |
| Married | 22 December 1870 to Stewart Lewis Purdy1, 3 |
| Died | 10 November 1899 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York1, 2 |
| Buried | in Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Stewart Lewis Purdy (son of James Haight Purdy and Mary A. Lewis) |
| Born | 13 February 1847 in Benton, Yates County, New York |
| Married | 22 December 1870 to Josephine Barnes |
| Died | 9 December 1927 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York |
| Children | of Josephine Barnes and Stewart Lewis Purdy: |
| +1. | Caroline Stewart Purdy |
| Born | 22 October 1871 in New York |
| Married | ca. 1896 to Henry Bradley Plant Wrenn |
| Married | 27 April 1918 in New York, New York to Albert Shipman Oglesby |
| Married | 26 March 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland to LTC James Edward Abbott |
| Died | 3 April 1954 in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho |
| +2. | Dr. James Spencer Purdy |
| Born | 6 December 1873 in Bellona, Yates County, New York |
| Married | 30 June 1898 in Bellona, Yates County, New York to Lucy Belle Kelsey |
| Married | 24 December 1909 in Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York to Janet Seward Robinson |
| Died | 28 January 1946 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington |
| +3. | Susan Haight Purdy |
| Born | 26 April 1876 in Benton, Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Dr. George Sherwood Means |
| Died | 4 April 1939 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York |
| +4. | Joseph Stewart Lewis Purdy |
| Born | 1878 in Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Ednadine Paige |
| Died | 24 October 1934 in Medina, Orleans County, New York |
| +5. | Frank Agustus Purdy |
| Born | 3 August 1880 in Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Edith Gaylord Coe |
| Died | 15 February 1963 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, Josephine Barnes Purdy, born: 1845; died: 10 November 1899 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York (from record, which includes a copy of her obituary; and provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, husband, and five children).
- Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern, Volume 2. Herbert Hunt, Floyd C. Kaylor. S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma. 1917. Pages 509-511, biography of J. Spencer Purdy, M.D., providing vital and biographical details of James Spencer Purdy, including his Purdy ancestors, two marriages and two daughters, one from each marriage. [A few dates and places, and names of individuals, in this biography differ from other sources.]
- Obituary, Geneva Daily Times, Geneva, New York, 9 December 1927, Stewart Lewis Purdy, died: 9 December 1927 in Geneva. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of his wife and five children.