Husband: Sylvester Orval Prunty
Census name: Orval Prunty
Born: Jul-17-1878 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2
Died: Feb- 7-1956 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1,3,2
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 4
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5,6
Census: 1910 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: attorney & judge (Ritchie, Doddridge & Pleasants counties) 7,3,5
Education: Ohio Northern University (1904, Bachelor of Law) 3
Father: Marshall Neal Prunty (1852 - 1931)
Mother: Flora Odell Lawson (1861 - 1932)
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Mabel Josephine Kester
Birth name: Josephine Mabel Kester 8
Married: Apr- 4-1906 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 9
Divorced: 1913 3
Born: Jul- 5-1887 in Volcano, Wood Co, WV 10,11
Died: Aug- 5-1970 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 12
Buried: Greenwood Mem Lawn in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 12
Resided: since 1961 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 13
Resided: 1922-1961 in Miami, Gila Co, AZ 13
Census: 1930, 1940 in Miami, Gila Co, AZ
Resided: 1917 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 14
Census: 1910 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: 1940 cashier at service station 15
Father: James A. Kester (1845 - )
Mother: Mary F. ___ (1845 - )
Other spouse 2
Notes
? Child 1: Orean Kester Prunty Census name: Oran Prunty Born: ca 1906 5 Census: 1930 in Miami, Gila Co, AZ Census: 1910 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5
F Child 2: Frances Prunty Born: Feb-20-1908 in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 8,5 Died: Aug- 7-1970 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 13 Resided: since 1958 in Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ 13 Census: 1930, 1940 in Miami, Gila Co, AZ Census: 1910 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Occupation: legal secretary at Gilmore & Olmstead law firm 13 Occupation: 1940 bookkeeper at service station 15 Occupation: 1930 stenographer at finance company 16 Husband: Aaron Rufus Turner b. Sep- 4-1904 d. Jan-25-1975 Married: ca 1927 16 Divorced: bef Apr 1930 16
Sources: (1) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 216. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Randy E. Prunty, Descendants of Barnabus Prunty (self-published) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (6) Obituary of mother. (7) Obituary of wife. (8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as S. Orval Prunty, single, 27, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of (blank); and Mabel Josephine Kester, single, 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank). Married Apr 4 1906 in Cairo, W.Va. MR p. 376 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11536316&Type=Marriage. (10) Wood County Birth Records, Parkersburg, WV. (11) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (12) Findagrave.com. (13) Obituary. (14) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (15) 1940 Census. (16) 1930 Census.