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Samuel J. PRUNTY

Samuel J. PRUNTY

Male 1824 - 1913  (89 years)

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  • Name Samuel J. PRUNTY 
    Born 24 Apr 1824  [1, 2] 
    • "History of Edgar County, Illinois," p. 633, states birthplace as Taylor County, (W)VA. But death record shows it as Ohio.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3, 4] 
    Residence Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Chrisman, Edgar Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence UNTIL 1865  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 10 May 1913  Sumner, Chariton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried LAKEWOOD CEMETERY  [2] 
    Person ID I36101  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2010 

    Father Samuel PRUNTY,   b. CA 1782,   d. 1862, Pleasants Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Ellen GREATHOUSE,   b. CA 1792 
    Family ID F17621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Jane LOWTHER,   b. 12 Jun 1828, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1913, Chariton Co, MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 8 Jul 1847  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 24 1860:
      Samuel J. Prunty, 35, farmer; Elizabeth, 32; Thomas A, 11; Sarah E, 9; Mary V & William V (twins), 7; Rachel A. Shiflett, 17, househand. [7]
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Alexander PRUNTY,   b. 7 Nov 1848, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah E. PRUNTY,   b. CA 1851
    +3. William V. (twin) PRUNTY,   b. 12 Jan 1853, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary V. (twin) PRUNTY,   b. 12 Jan 1853
    Family ID F14302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    36101_PRUNTY_SamuelJ_1824-1913_DeathCertificate.jpg    		36101_PRUNTY_SamuelJ_1824-1913_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2133] The History of Edgar County, Illinois, (Wm. LeBaron Jr. & Co, Chicago IL (1879)), p. 633.

    2. [S87] Death record.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    5. [S145] The Families of Jesse Lowther and His Son Granville, with Their Descendants and Antecedents in America, Jane Lowther Bolster, (Daamen, Inc. (1982)), p. 28.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    7. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).