Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Monroe County. ELIJAH A. PURCELL was born in Hawkins County, Tenn., May 31, 1835, and is the third of three boys and two girls born to Daniel R. and Henrietta (Gillenwaters) Purcell. Elijah A. and his sister, Sallie R. Gaylord, living in North Carolina, are the only survivors of the family. Daniel R. Purcell was born in May, 1811, in Scott County, Va.; was a farmer; emigrated to Tennessee when a young man, and settled in Hawkins County; in 1843 moved to Bradley County, Tenn., where he died in August 1844. Mrs. Henrietta Purcell was born February 13, 1816, in Hawkins County, Tenn., a daughter of Elijah C. and Rebecca (Snodgrass) Gillenwaters, who were born respectively in Hawkins and Sullivan Counties, Tenn. Elijah Gillenwaters was an extensive farmer and slave owner and general speculator; was a son of Joel Gillenwaters. Our subject's grandmother was a daughter of Col. David Snodgrass who was an extensive farmer, slaveholder and speculator; was a soldier in the Revolution. Elijah A. was reared on a farm, and received a common school education, and taught in Rogersville Academy, Hawkins County, Tenn, for sixteen months before he became of age. Subsequently he engaged in farming in Tennessee; in the spring of 1856 he removed to Monroe County, Ky., and located on Indian Creek with his grandfather, with whom he had lived since the death of his parents. His first enterprise was as a salesman, in a store at Black Walnut, Barren Co., Ky.; in September, 1860, he married Josephine Fraim, of Monroe County, Ky., a daughter of John and Permelia (Flippin) Fraim. Mr. Purcell and wife are active and devoted members of the Missionary Baptist Church. After his marriage, he engaged in farming until September, 1861, when he enlisted in the Federal Army, Company G, Ninth Kentucky Infantry, was elected second lieutenant and received pay as such, but acted as quartermaster. In the summer of 1862 he was taken sick and removed to Hospital No. 4, at Evansville, Ind., where he remained about four months, was then discharged, after which he received a commission of second lieutenant. After his return home he removed to Hawkins County, Tenn., and engaged in mercantile pursuits for over two years, when he returned to Monroe County, Ky., and embarked in farming on Indian Creek, where he owns a fine farm of 255 acres, 150 in a good state of cultivation. In December, 1883, he removed to Flippin, where he owns one of the finest residences in the community, which he had erected for a hotel in 1880. He conducts both farm and hotel; has turned his attention to the breeding and raising of fine horses for the road. He was apointed magistrate for one term, which office he reluctantly accepted; has also served as deputy clerk of the county for eight or ten years; is a member of the Grange, and of the G. A. R.; is adjutant of Post No. 30. He is one of the leading men of the community and highly respected by all who know him. In politics he is a Republican and cast his first presidential vote for Bell in 1860. Bell Flippin Fraim Gillenwaters Purcell Snodgrass = Black_Walnut-Barren-KY Bradley-TN Evansville-IN Hawkins-TN NC Scott-VA Sullivan-TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/monroe/purcell.ea.txt