About Isaac Lawrence Purcell
Lived 1857 – 1930 (aged 72). Isaac Lawrence Purcell was an American lawyer.
Isaac Lawrence Purcell (born July 17, 1857) was an African-American lawyer. Booker T. Washington noted he was admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court and had cases before it. He worked in Jacksonville, Florida.
He was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina. His father John W. Purcell was a carpenter. He studied at the University of South Carolina after it was desegregated but was excluded after segregation was restored and studied the law privately in Palatka, Florida. He was an active Republican and attended party conventions. He represented the Union Aid Association of America.
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Who was Isaac Lawrence Purcell?
American lawyer
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Isaac Lawrence Purcell was born on 17 July 1857 in Winnsboro.
When did Isaac Lawrence Purcell die?
Isaac Lawrence Purcell died on 13 July 1930.
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Isaac Lawrence Purcell was a lawyer.
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Isaac Lawrence Purcell was American.
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