Young A Purcell/Purcel/Percell/Percelle/Persell/Pursell

He has a BLM land grant in Audrain County dated 1 Jun 1850

1850 Census finds him in California (? a forty-niner?)
Name: Y A Pursell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1828
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: Stockton, San Joaquin, California, USA
Occupation: Trader
Industry: Not specified retail trade
Line Number: 31
Dwelling Number: 758
Family Number: 758

1860 Census
Name: Young A Percelle
[Young A Purcell]
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Prairie, Audrain, Missouri
Post Office: Littleby
Dwelling Number: 353
Family Number: 363
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate Value: 4400
Personal Estate Value: 940
Household Members:
Name Age
Young A Percelle 34
Belle Percelle 20
Mary Percelle 1
Buck Simpson 28

Co A, Perkin's Battalion, Commissioned as Capt.

Married Mary Dickson, 23 Dec 1858. She died 1 Oct 1875 at Arrow Rock, Saline County, Missouri, buried Arrow Rock Cemetery.
They had three children: George (b Apr 1859/60 d 5 Oct 1958), Nettie (b 10 Jun 1867 d 3 Oct 1951), Alexander B (b 24 Apr 1870 d 10 Jan 1941) Checking Missouri Death Certificates on kids all list Y A Purcell as father so it appears he survived the the war. Nettie was born in Mexico, Audrain Co as well as George. Alexander appears to have been born in Saline County. None of the children ever married and lived from 1900 with their maternal uncle in Saline County.

Name: Young Persell
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1839
Enlistment Date: 20 Dec 186_ by Col Porter, muster date 3 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Ralls
Rank: Captain
Military Unit: Persell's Company, First Northeast Cavalry,
Note on roster card states that this company also know as Co L, 1st Regt. Northeast Missouri Missouri Cavalry then the 1 st and 2nd Regt. were consolidated as the 7th (Franklin's) Regt. Missouri Infantry about April 4th 1863.
see: https://www.fold3.com/image/88559769

This makes me wonder if he had raised a group of men as of late 1861, free lanced for a bit and hitched up with Porter, August 1862
Obviously a bunch of different name spellings for the same guy in the records to make it all a bit more obscure.

FWIW