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Jacob PRUNTY

Jacob PRUNTY

Male 1786 - 1861  (74 years)

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  • Name Jacob PRUNTY 
    Born 21 Apr 1786  Harrison Co, VA (now Taylor Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Age 75y 8m 17d on headstone would put birth date at Apr-22-1785. Birthplace reported as Pruntytown
    Gender Male 
    Occupation wheelwright, served in state legislature  [1, 2, 3] 
    Residence From 1830 to 1842  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence From 1842 to 1851  Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence SINCE 1851  Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Died 8 Jan 1861  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Minnie Kendall Lowther, RCHR, p. 436, gives death date as 1860.
    Buried White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I38478  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2010 

    Father John PRUNTY,   b. 21 Dec 1751, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1822, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary TAYLOR,   b. 1754 
    Family ID F16149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary MCKINNEY,   b. CA 1796,   d. 1865, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1811  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Sep 4 1850:
      Jacob Prunty, 65, wheelwright;, Mary, 54; Elmore, 19; Cath, 16; Anna, 12.
    Children 
     1. Nicholas Newton PRUNTY,   b. CA 1813, Harrison Co, VA (now Taylor Co, WV) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age ~ 67 years)
     2. Wilson PRUNTY,   b. CA 1815
     3. Nancy J. PRUNTY,   b. CA 1816, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1898, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Felix PRUNTY,   b. 19 Nov 1817, Taylor Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1895  (Age 77 years)
     5. Jacob PRUNTY,   b. 7 Jan 1818, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1831  (Age 12 years)
     6. Emily PRUNTY,   b. 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1892, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     7. Rachel PRUNTY,   b. 1824, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1900, Monroe Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     8. James S. PRUNTY,   b. CA 1829, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Elmore PRUNTY,   b. 24 Jan 1832,   d. 28 Aug 1892  (Age 60 years)
     10. Mary Catharine "Katy" PRUNTY,   b. CA 1834,   d. 3 Jun 1897, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     11. Fannie PRUNTY,   b. 5 Jan 1838, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1920, Grant Town, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F15352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1842 to 1851 - Pruntytown, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 436.

    2. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1923] Descendants of Barnabus Prunty, Randy E. Prunty, (self-published).

    4. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 253.

    5. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S1792] Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)).