Greg Bernhardt
1870 Daniel Crane Purdy
Daniel Crane and Susan (Savage) Purdy were natives of New York state. They came to Wisconsin in 1859, when their son John was five years old. Soon after their arrival in Sparta, they moved to Greenfield township, where they located and settled on three forties of wild land, to which they afterwards made addition. He cleared the land and made a home for himself and family, and engaged in general farming and stock raising, and there the parents made their home until their decease. The father died in 1881, at the age of sixty-four, and the mother passed away in 1884. They were thrifty and energetic, and considered among the best class of pioneer settlers and held the confidence and esteem of all who knew them, and in honor of the family, the section where they lived was named "Purdy Valley."
- Source (modified) - HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY WISCONSIN by RICHARDS 1912 pages 841, 842
1870 Daniel Crane Purdy
Daniel Crane and Susan (Savage) Purdy were natives of New York state. They came to Wisconsin in 1859, when their son John was five years old. Soon after their arrival in Sparta, they moved to Greenfield township, where they located and settled on three forties of wild land, to which they afterwards made addition. He cleared the land and made a home for himself and family, and engaged in general farming and stock raising, and there the parents made their home until their decease. The father died in 1881, at the age of sixty-four, and the mother passed away in 1884. They were thrifty and energetic, and considered among the best class of pioneer settlers and held the confidence and esteem of all who knew them, and in honor of the family, the section where they lived was named "Purdy Valley."
- Source (modified) - HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY WISCONSIN by RICHARDS 1912 pages 841, 842