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Walter Charles Purviance 1875 - c. 1952

Walter C Purviance was born on April 19, 1875 in Oswego, Labette Co County, Kansas USA, and had siblings Alice P Purviance and Lula Mae (Purviance) Stegge. Walter Purviance died at age 77 years old on November 10, 1952 in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Charles Purviance.

Walter C Purviance

April 19, 1875

Oswego, Labette Co County, Kansas, USA

November 10, 1952

Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, United States

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Walter C Purviance's History: 1875 - circa 1952

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Introduction

The son of Nathan Maxson Purviance and Emma Belle McPherson. He married July 3, 1907 Lula Alma Byram and had four children. Emma Belle Purviance born 1910 Korea, Winifred Margarette Purviance born 1912 Korea, Walter Byram Purviance born 1914 Nebraska, & Charles Millard Purviance born 1922, Nebraska. Walter began medical practice in 1905. He was living in Leavenworth, Kansas for a while before he and his wife traveled to Syen Chyun, Korea in 1908 as Medical Missionaries. He founded the Duncan Memorial Hospital at Chung Ju, Korea in 1911. Named after a benefactor, Mrs. Duncan from New York. On July 2, 1911 he writes, "I expect to get the hospital finished this month. How glad I will be. For three years I have thought and planned and drawn plans and made out specifications and orders for material, and paid workmen and kept accounts, and supervised the work under way. I have had to watch every stone and brick that has gone into the building. I have had to direct the carpenter work, the stonework, the painting, the plastering, the plumbing, drawing pictures of all I could not explain. I am proud of the job." The total cost he writes was around $10,000.
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1875

Birthday

April 19, 1875

Birthdate

Oswego, Labette Co County, Kansas USA

Birthplace

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Early Life & Education

1902 BA - Park College, Parksville, Missouri. 1905 Doctor of Medicine Degree - Kansas City Medico-Chirurgical College.
Religious Beliefs

Presbyerian
Military Service

WWI Volunteer: Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army.
Professional Career

1905 House surgeon, German Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Assistant surgeon, National Home for 1906 - 1908 Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Leavenworth, Kansas. 1908 - 1914 Medical Missionary.
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1952

Death

November 10, 1952

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Stockton, San Joaquin County, California United States
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Walter Charles Purviance

Walter Charles Purviance Age 20

Walters Charles Purviance of Kansas City, Missouri in 1895. Born: April 19, 1875, Oswego, Labette Co. Kansas To: Nathan Maxson Purviance & Emma Belle McPherson Married: Lula Alma Byram, July 03, 1907, Hopewell, Nebraska

Date & Place: 1895 at Kansas City, Missouri