Posted on: Clarke Co. Ms Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ms/Clarke/259 Surname: Purvis, Schrimpshire, Scrimpshire, Scrimshire ------------------------- Margaret "Maggie" Purvis and Louisa "Lucy" Schrimpshire were sisters. Maggie married William Wiley Purvis, and Lucy married his brother, John Hamilton Purvis, Sr. John, Lucy, and Maggie were living in the same household in the 1880 census for Clarke Co, MS. Maggie was listed as John's sister -in-law.