from HISTORY OF
ANOKA COUNTY, Albert M. Goodrich, publ. 1905
Abner D. PURMORT was born at
Georgia,
Franklin Co., Vermont, Jan. 24, 1830. He obtained his education in the schools at Franklin,
Fairfax and Milton in that state, and taught school eight years in
Vermont and
Pennsylvania. He came to
Minnesota in 1856, locating in
Dayton township near the line of
Maple Grove, where he farmed fourteen years. In the spring of 1871 he purchased a farm in section 10, town of
Bethel, where he lived until 1884, when he moved to
Anoka, where he has since lived. He was postmaster at
Maple Grove P.O. five years, also chairman of the board of supervisors and assessor of
Dayton. He was town clerk of
Bethel ten years. Mr. PURMORT was married Apr. 1, 1854, to Ella A. EVANS. Children: John E. (Cedar),
Ada L. (Mrs. Frank
HART), Kate M. (Mrs. H.A. SHORROCKS, Stacy,
Chisago Co.), Lucy E.(died Sept. 4, 1893)
Abner A., Pearl(died 1875),Mark E.(St.Paul), and
Governor W.