Elden Purdy, b. 1822, Prisoner in Missouri 1880
The 1880 federal census shows 58-year-old Elden Purdy to be a prisoner.
Elden PURDYOtherMMaleW58OHLaborer
Census Place State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri
Family History Library Film1254682
NA Film NumberT9-0682
Page Number53B
There is no other Elden Purdy in the 1880 census of the right age.
Does anyone have details of his crime, conviction, sentence?He is supposed to have died in Arkansas in 1895.
Thanks.
Sharon