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Amos Purkiss 1897 - 1982

Amos Purkiss of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan was born on February 18, 1897, and died at age 85 years old in December 1982.

Amos Purkiss
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Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan 49684
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February 18, 1897
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In 1897, in the year that Amos Purkiss was born, in the January 22nd issue of "Engineering", the word "computer" was first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. Previously - since the 17th century - the term computer meant "one who computes" and referred to human beings who worked with numbers.
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In 1915, by the time he was 18 years old, the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.
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Purkiss, Ralston (May 1, 1926 - Jun 3, 2006) Purkiss, Ruby (May 15, 1920 - Dec 12, 2002) Purkiss, Alice (May 9, 1912 - Feb 1995) Purkiss, Hartwell (Jan 10, 1943 - Apr 1984) Purkiss, Errol (Jan 23, 1953 - Jul 1984) Purkiss, Cecil (Aug 11, 1906 - Jul 10, 1988) Purkiss, Edward (May 26, 1914 - Aug 7, 1991) Purkiss, Vera (Sep 23, 1912 - Mar 26, 2004) Purkiss, Margaret (Nov 14, 1910 - Nov 1993) Purkiss, Frank (Dec 28, 1915 - May 15, 1999)
Purkiss, Dorothy (Jul 14, 1921 - Sep 16, 2000) Purkiss, Frank (Jun 8, 1924 - Dec 11, 2010) Purkiss, George (Nov 24, 1893 - Mar 1992) Purkiss, George (May 14, 1921 - Oct 23, 1989) Purkiss, Kathleen (Sep 27, 1909 - Feb 23, 1995) Purkiss, Arthur (Dec 4, 1872 - Jun 1964) Purkiss, Margaret (Jun 19, 1896 - Jul 1972) Purkiss, Otis (Sep 9, 1941 - May 20, 2007) Purkiss, John (Nov 5, 1905 - Mar 1995) Purkiss, Marcus (Aug 19, 1913 - Dec 9, 1993)
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