Alexandria Gazette (Va)
26 December 1871
William F. Purcell, well-known in this community, and for upwards of twenty years judge of the Orphans' Court of the District of Columbia, died at his residence in Washington on Friday night. Judge Purcell was a native of Prince William county, Va., from whence he removed to Washington in 1844. In 1846 he was appointed by President Polk as judge of the Orphans' Court to succeed Judge Causine, resigned, and which position he held until 1869, when he was legislated out by act of Congress.
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