Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1918 — Adopted 22 Children. [ARTICLE]

Adopted 22 Children.

Vineland, N. J William J. Purvis of Rosenhayn celebrated the forty-sec-ond anniversary of his marriage the other day by coming to Vineland and visiting the old homestead on Oak road. Purvis was married In Millville and the next morning he and his bride adopted five needy children. The couple have kept that practice up until now they can point with pride tc a family of 22 that they have raised and Sent out into the world, all imbued with the Purvis spirit of America first The foster father is a survivor of the Civil war and extremely patriotic.