Martha Brotherton Purnell
1824-1863
Martha Brotherton Purnell (1824-1863) was born 24 May 1824 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Brotherton and Sarah Hamilton. She married James Purnell on 18 Apr. 1843 in Schuyler Co., Illinois, and they had five children. She was baptized in 1841. She gave sewing supplies to Wilford Woodruff in Manchester in 1841. She died 20 Jun. 1863 and was buried in Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois.
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