Daniel Gugel Purse Sr. (November 14, 1839 – August 6, 1908) was an American army captain and businessman from Savannah, Georgia.

[1] He graduated academically from Oxford College of Emory University in Atlanta and commercially from Duff's Business Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

They were: Marshall Ashby (born 1867; became a noted doctor in Atlanta),[3] Daniel Gugel Jr. (1869), Thomas (1874), Henry (1878), Charles (1880) and Clayton (1882).

Upon their reaching the antechamber, Purse Sr. was facing them in a seated position, with his head resting against the rear wall of the room.

Doctor Herman William Hesse was sent for, and Purse was still living but unconscious at the time of his arrival, but he died shortly thereafter.

"[1] He is buried in Savannah's Laurel Grove Cemetery with his wife, who survived him by seven years, and all but one of his children (Marshall is interred in St. Simons, Georgia).