1850 OR CENSUS – U.V. [Mary] Walker (6y, b Missouri) enumerated with Wm M. (35y, b Virginia, occupation farmer) Jane (30y, b Missouri), Susan (1m, b Oregon) and Elizabeth (15y, b Virginia, black)

1860 OR CENSUS – U.V. [Mary] Walker (15y, b Missouri) enumerated with W[alter] M. (45y, b Virginia, occupation farmer) Jane (41y, b Missouri), S.N. [Susan] (11y, b Oregon), Nancy (7y, b Oregon) and Lodusky (3y, b Oregon); also with family were A. Hult (36y, b Ohio, occupation laborer) and Samuel Taylor (15y, b Illinois)

MARRIAGE – J.L. Purvine & Mary V. Walker m 24 Nov 1864 at house of W.M. Walker; H.M. Waller, MG. Wit: Selden Higgins & Jeremiah Krum. Aff: W.B. Walker

1870 OR CENSUS – Mary V. Purvine (25y, b Missouri) enumerated with Joshua G. (27y, b Illinois), Walter (4y, b Oregon), Charles (2y, b Oregon) and Frank (b Feb 1870, Oregon)

1880 OR CENSUS – Mary Purvine (35y, b Missouri) enumerated with husband Joshua (38y, b Illinois, occupation farmer) and 3 sons, Charles D. (13y, b Oregon), Frank L. (10y, b Oregon) and Lynn M. (5y, b Oregon)

1900 OR CENSUS – Mary V. Purvine (b July 1844, Missouri, married 35y, mother of 4 children, all living at time of census) enumerated with husband Joshua L. (b Mar 1842, Illinois) and 2 sons, Elmer W. (b Nov 1865, Oregon) and Charles D. (b Aug 1874, Oregon); also with family was a servant Bertha Smith (b Aug 1882, Oregon) [Note – entry for son Charles is probably an error as 1900 census also lists him as being married and living elsewhere in Polk county (ED 171, FA#208)]

1910 OR CENSUS – Mary V. Purvine (65y, b Missouri, married 45y, mother of 4 children) enumerated with husband Joshua L. (68y, b Illinois) and son Elmer W. (44y, b Oregon, occupation soda water manufacturer)

1920 OR CENSUS – Mary Purvine (75y, b Missouri) enumerated with husband Joshua (77y, b Illinois, occupation farmer) and son Elmer (54y, b Oregon, occupation laborer)

Mrs. Mary V. Purvine
Salem, Or., Jan. 23—(Special)—Mrs. Mary Virginia Purvine, 84, member of a pioneer family of Polk and Marion counties, died here today. She had been in ill health for several months. She was born in Pike county, Missouri, July 15, 1844. On November 24, 1864, she was married to Joshua L. Purvine. Four sons, E. W. Purvine, C. D. Purvine and L. M. Purvine, all of Salem, and F. L. Purvine of Wilmington, Cal.; a sister, Miss Dora Walker of Salem, and five grandchildren survive. Mrs. Purvine was a member of the Zena Presbyterian church for many years.
Oregonian, (Portland, Oregon) Thursday, January 24, 1929

Mary V.
1844 - 1929
PURVINE
[shares marker with Joshua]

 Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1929) #84

1850 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#160)

1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#218)

Polk Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1879, page 28

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#319)

1880 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Bethel, ED 102, FA#65)

1900 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 171, FA#25)

1910 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 224, sheet 14B)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion co, Salem, ED 345, sheet 8A)

Oreg 24 Jan 1929