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PURDY, M. C. The pottery known as the Purdy, situated near the C. & A. R. R.. White Hall, Ill., was built about the year 1868, by a man named Gorbet, or Garbet. For some reason he failed, and the property was purchased by James Gregory. This he disposed of to M. C. Purdy, who entered into a co-partnership business with Abner D. Ruckle; with Mr. Ruckle he continued in business some years, when he purchased his interest, and is now sole proprietor; employs twenty men manufacturing stone ware exclusively; here may be found innumerable pots and jugs, manufactured from a good grade of clay, and made in a workmanlike manner. Mr. Purdy was born at Summit County, Ohio, in 1833; he received a liberal education, and there married Miss Sarah Jane Hall, of Ohio, by whom he had two children, Addie J., and Dwight. For a period of thirty-seven years Mr. Purdy was a resident of Ohio; apprenticed to the trade of a potter, he became a skilled workman; on coming West, he settled at White Hall. Mr. Purdy is one of our most public-spirited men.