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Purple, Norman Higgins

lawyer, jurist, author, was born March 29, 1808, in Exeter, N. Y. In 1840-42 he was state's attorney for the ninth judicial circuit of Illinois, and from 1845 till 1848 he was associate judge of the supreme court. He published Statutes of Illinois Relating to Real Estate; and A Compilation of the Statutes of Illinois of a General Nature in Force Jan. 1, 1856. These works were adopted by the general assembly. He died Aug. 9, 1863, in Chicago, Ill.