He married MARIA CATHERINE WHALEY 1858. 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:
765
i.
CATHERINE8 PURNELL was born 1860. CATHERINE died 1865 at 5 years of age.
(dates-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
766
ii.
JIMMIE PURNELL was born 1861. JIMMIE died 1865 at 4 years of age. (dates-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean
City Lifesaving Museum)
767
iii.
THOMAS HENRY PURNELL was born 1864. THOMAS died 1883 at 19 years of age. (date-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley,
Ocean City Lifesaving Museum)
768
iv.
VIRGINIA PURNELL was born 1864. VIRGINIA died 1938 at 74 years of age. She married
ELISHA COLLINS 1895. (date & marriage-notes of Suzanne B. Hurley, Ocean City Lifesaving Museum;dod-Melanie Ayres Merryweather,
Genealogy of the Purnell Family)