Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania, containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families .. . fChilds) Pursel, was born Aug. 9, 1832, atNorthumberland, in Northumberland , and passed his childhood in the Nip-penose valley. Limestone township, comingthence with his parents to Danville in that he had assisted with the farmwork, the family living on land which thePursels had cleared. When the big millwas built at Danville he found employmentthere, and he continued
Historical and biographical annals of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania, containing a concise history of the two counties and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families .. . fChilds) Pursel, was born Aug. 9, 1832, atNorthumberland, in Northumberland , and passed his childhood in the Nip-penose valley. Limestone township, comingthence with his parents to Danville in that he had assisted with the farmwork, the family living on land which thePursels had cleared. When the big millwas built at Danville he found employmentthere, and he continued to work at that plantand in other rolling mills until 1905. sincewhen he has lived retired. He was one ofthe promoters and a stockholder of the Co-operative Iron & Steel Company. He has al-wavs been faithful to his duties as a citizen,and served as member of the council of theborough for six years. Mr. Pursel marriedMary .Vnn Lentz, daughter of John andCatherine fWelshans) Lentz, and grand-daughter of William Welshans, of Lvcom-ing county. Pa., where the Welshans familywas located for a considerable period. died May 21. 1906. at the age ofsixtv-four vears. She was the mother of six s.
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