The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1022 

ROY PURVIANCE.

Roy Purviance, who is engaged in stock farming and dairying in Yakima county, is
a native son of Washington, his birth having occurred in Klickitat county, May
5, 1887, his parents being A. H. and Mary E. (Lusby) Purviance. The father was
born in Illinois, the mother in Missouri and they were married in Klickitat
county, Washington. A. H. Purviance was a son of James Jackson Purviance, who
came to Washington with his family in pioneer times, settling in Klickitat
county. The father of Mary E. Lusby was also one of the pioneer residents of
Klickitat county and it was after the removal of the two families to this state
that the parents of our subject were married. Mr. Purviance took up three
hundred and twenty acres of government land in Klickitat county and there
carried on farming for some time but eventually sold out and removed to Yakima
county in 1897. He then purchased sixty acres of land, which he continued to
further develop and improve to the time of his retirement. Eventually he put
aside the active work of the fields and rested from further labor, enjoying the
fruits of his former toil. He died in August, 1912, and is survived by Mrs.
Purviance, who yet makes her home in Yakima.

Roy Purviance acquired a public school education and when not busy with his
textbooks assisted his father in the development and improvement of the home
ranch. Later he purchased forty acres of his father's place and is still engaged
in farming. He is devoting his attention to the raising of alfalfa and grain,
also to stock farming and dairying and for the latter purpose he keeps a number
of graded cows. His business interests are wisely and carefully conducted and
his success is well merited.

On the 4th of November, 1908, Mr. Purviance was united in marriage to Miss
Blanche Rake, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Richard and Jennie Rake, who
came to Yakima county about 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Purviance are now the parents of
two daughters, Dorothy Edna and Leona Margaret. The political support of Mr.
Purviance is given to the democratic party and fraternally he is connected with
the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. His religious faith is that of the Baptist
church, to the support of which he makes generous contribution, doing all in his
power to promote its growth and extend its influence. He has been a lifelong
resident of Washington, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of western enterprise
and progress, which spirit finds exemplification in his business career.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.