The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-04-12

Death Of ElAae~L Levi Dnssianoo.
The EatonE 0hio] Register Of the
10th brings to many Of our citizens |
the news Of the death Of . truly
good man, Lew Purviance, who de \
parted his life on the morning Of
the 9Th inst, at Eaton. A c0rres-
pondent Of the Register Gays: His
death was caused BY arrangement
of the urinary secretions Father
Purviance was the oldest son Of
Elder David Purviance, and swass
born in Iredell county in the State
Of North CArolina on the 1th day
Of December 1870. and consequent
~ was aged eighty. two years six
months and tNo days whom he died
When an infant he was taken by.
his parents to Wilson county ia the
State of Tennessee, whore one Of
his uncles was killed by the In.
dams, while plowing..in the field, in
consequence. of which and other
hostile demonstrations on the part
of the aborigines his father and
mother, ON horseback, went TO
Bourbon county in the State Of
Kentucky, leaving thspbiect Of this
sketch with his grandfather, and
after having selected . home, they
returned and shortly thereafter re-
moved to their new home, where
they remainedsome fifteen years.
During this time the great reyi.
val in religion occurred at Cane
Ridge, in which Elder David Pur-
VANCE, Barton Stone and many
others, took an activelpart and
dissented from the Presbyterians
on account Of their church govern
ment and confession of faith The
dissenters assumed the name oi
s4christians Z sa agreed on the
/ Bible sas Their rnla OF faith and
practice. Thsy. wereia. devout Sc,
i of Christmas eneghcal in thei1
faith and prsctce, md took with
4 them msny ahag ministers, vhe
were zealous and missionary ii I'll.
ministry Elder David Purvianc,
Barton Stone and William Kin
caid were the pioneer ministers O
l,Preble county, and at an early da,
established congregations in many
parts Of Ohio and did much gooS
in the cause of their Master. Tn,
deceased cordially espoused th,
doctrines of his father, and early i
life became Q minister and consis
tently labored in he cause to with
i'll few days of his death. Thi
denomination of Christians, out o
burlesque, were called by their on
ponents ''New Lights, by whicl
name they are stil1 popularity known
but they never acknowledged tn
appellation.
In tn e year 1905. the deceased
then o lad of soma Is years of age
came with other pioneers to tn
! Whitewater country and CON
menced clearing land in the wilde,
ness for the prospective home, on
and . half miles southwest Of wher
New Paris is now located. Durin
the year he cleared six acres an
put it in corn, and che next year hi
fathers family removed from, Ken
lucky and settled in this sma
opening in the wilderness, en-
subsisted almost entirely on th
corn and other vegetables raise
from this spot of ground. 7
Il In the year 1911 the, decease
was married to Sophia Woods {
Wayne county, Indiana, with who1
he lived happily for some 10 years
He obtained his marriage licenf
from George Hunt, then Clerk
the Circuit Court, who in the al
ssnce of both county seat an
ri Court House lived md performe
4 the duties Of Rs Office at His res
dence on ,Elk Horn Creek, betwee
! where RiGiAond and Liberty no
J, are. aii'ss - l5aa,
The deceased was at the fir,
Court convened in Wayne count
} which was held in private houk
and was present at the execution
Crist for the murder Of Chambel
which took place at Salisbury, SOC
after which time the town becan
j the county seat ~
In 1872, soon after his marriag
: tie deceased volunteered as sol
!, Ter and served in the army, at Fo
Nisbet under the command of Ca,
tain Silas Fleming, who still gu,
wives. -
/ Most of the foregoing dates al
"reminiscences are derived from Il
deceased himself, as related Ia
Christmas day at the reunion dill
: ner, kindly set by d. r.. Potting
8 and his estimable lady, for the 20
Folks" and reduced to writing
i Is. Morris, the Editor Of the Re
> lister. At that dinner several o
1 folks were present, and highly e1