Name of father:  David Puryear of Virginia
(Petersburg), son of Eliza Puryear

Name of mother:  Nancy Young David Puryear of Wilson Co. TN

Military service: Searg., Co. F, 9th TN Cav. – 3-1/2 years
Church connection:  Missionary Baptist

Wife & date of marriage:  Elizabeth Armstrong McDonald, daughter of
 Samuel McDonald and Delia Warren of Wilson Co. TN
Comments: They were Irish

Children:
 Adilia F. Puryear, Spring Valley, AR
 Milton M. Puryear, Spring Valley, AR
 Samuel M. Puryear, Spring Valley, AR
 David Young Puryear, Jr., Spring Valley, AR