John B. Pruitt 1 2 3 4 5 6
FamilySearch ID: KJ8X-Z6Z. Noted events in his life were: 1. Census in 1850 in Jefferson Township, Carroll, IN, USA. 8 The 1850 census recorded John Pruett, farmer, 45, born in Kentucky, living with his family all born in Indiana: wife Barbara, 41; Allen, 17; Daniel, 14; William H., 12; John B. 10; Elizabeth, 8; Joseph, 6; Randolph, 3; and Jane, 1. John's real estate was valued at $1500. 2. John appeared in the household of Samuel Beeker in a census in 1860 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN, USA. 9 9 The 1860 census recorded Samuel Beeker, farmer, 34, living with wife Hannah, 18; Mary D., 3; and Eldora, 9 months. Also in the home is farm hand Joseph Pruett, 17. Everyone was born in Indiana except Hannah in Ohio. Samuel's real estate was valued at $3850 and personal estate $395. Two households later is William Beeker, 29, living with wife Elizabeth, 27; Joseph, 3; Lovinas, 2; and Lorsena, 7 months. Also in the home is farm hand John B. Pruett, 21. Oddly, William has no real estate value, but John Pruett has $6260 with a personal estate worth $1395, suggesting he owned the land. On the same page is his mother, widow Barbara Pruitt, 53, living with her children Randolph, 14; Jane, 11, and Margaret 9. Barbara is nee Beeker, the sister of Samuel and William. Everyone was born in Indiana. The post office was Battle Ground. 3. Military from 1861 to 1865 in , , IN: Civil War: Forty-Second Illinois Infantry. 2 4. Census in 1870 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL, USA. 10 The 1870 census recorded John Pruitt, farmer, 31, living with wife Marie, 22; and John's brother Harry, 33. John and Harry were born in Indiana and Marie in Ohio. John's farm was valued at $4000 and person estate $400. The post office was Ash Grove. 5. Census in 1880 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL, USA. 11 The 1800 census recorded John Pruitt, farmer, 40, living with wife Moriah, 30; daughter Edith, 7; and son Bert, 6 months, born Dec 1879. John and his mother were born in Indiana, his father in Kentucky. Moriah was born in Ohio and parents in New York. The children were born in Illinois, father in Indiana and mother in Ohio. 6. Residence: in 1893 in Watseka, Iroquois, IL. 2 John married Ann Maria Forgerson on 14 Aug 1866 in , Tippecanoe, IN.1 (Ann Maria Forgerson was born on 27 Jul 1848 in Fremont, Sandusky, OH,4 12 13 14 died on 19 Feb 1928 in Royal Oak, Oakland, MI 4 12 13 14 and was buried on 21 Feb 1928 in Watseka, Iroquois, IL 12 14.) |
1 FamilySearch.org, Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF3J-J2Y Maria Ferguson in entry for John B. Pruitt, 1866.
2 "Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County, Illinois" (Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1893.), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/bio/page3.htm Biography of James A. Pruitt.
3 Grace Widney Brown, "Grace Widney Brown, wife of Winfred A. Brown : 1104 South Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa, revolutionary ancestory Jacob Young (Jung), N.C." (Proof for Daughters of the American Revolution Application prepared in 1957 by Thelma K. Frazee, Genealogist, Washington D. C. - View online at https://archive.org/details/gracewidneybrown00unse/page/n5/mode/2up/search/beeker?q=beeker), Page 15.
4 Iroquois County Genealogical Society (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/), https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/obits/obitp.htm Obituaries for Pruitt.
5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19324294.
6 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2S-WWS George C. Fernald and Edith Pruitt, 29 Nov 1893; citing Iroquois, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,321,549.
7 Grace Widney Brown, "Grace Widney Brown, wife of Winfred A. Brown : 1104 South Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa, revolutionary ancestory Jacob Young (Jung), N.C." (Proof for Daughters of the American Revolution Application prepared in 1957 by Thelma K. Frazee, Genealogist, Washington D. C. - View online at https://archive.org/details/gracewidneybrown00unse/page/n5/mode/2up/search/beeker?q=beeker), Page 18.
8 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVN-THY John Pruett, Jefferson, Carroll, Indiana, United States; citing family 241.
9 1860 United States Census, Tippecanoe Twp, Tippecanoe, IN https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N7-XS9 Samuel Beeker page 97 household 690 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N7-X3T William Beeker page 98 household 693.
10 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WM-BM3 John Pruitt, 1870.
11 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJ5-T78 John Pruitt, Ash Grove, Iroquois, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 121, sheet 23D.
12 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19324304.
13 FamilySearch.org, Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFQB-CJZ Ann Maria Pruitt, 19 Feb 1928; citing Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,061.
14 Ancestry.com, "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952" (Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.), Certificate 563533 Ann Maria Pruitt, parents unknown, spouse John D. Pruitt.
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