He married MARIA CATHERINE WHALEY 1858. (MARIA CATHERINE WHALEY is #16124.) MARIA was born 1826.
MARIA was the daughter of PETER WHALEY (Capt.). MARIA died 1915 at 89 years of age. (dates, marriage & children-notes of
Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
ZADOCK GEORGE WASHINGTON PURNELL and MARIA CATHERINE WHALEY had the following children:
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i.
CATHERINE10 PURNELL (#16125) was born 1860. CATHERINE died 1865 at 5
years of age. (dates-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
932
ii.
JIMMIE PURNELL (#16126) was born 1861. JIMMIE died 1865 at 4 years of age. (dates-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley,
Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
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iii.
THOMAS HENRY PURNELL (#16127) was born 1864. THOMAS died 1883 at 19 years of age. (date-notes of Suzanne B.
Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
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iv.
VIRGINIA PURNELL (#16128) was born 1864. VIRGINIA died 1938 at 74 years of age. She
married ELISHA COLLINS 1895. (ELISHA COLLINS is #16129.) (date & marriage-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving
Museum;dod-Melanie Ayres Merryweather, Genealogy of the Purnell Family)