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J. Harsen Purdy

Corn Broker/Collector

Centurion, 1890–1916

Full Name Jacob Harsen Purdy

Born 28 October 1844 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 18 December 1916 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York

Proposed by James M. McLean and James W. Beekman Jr.

Elected 7 June 1890 at age forty-five

Century Memorial

Jacob Harsen Purdy, amateur and collector.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1917 Century Association Yearbook