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Sylvester Orval PRUNTY

Sylvester Orval PRUNTY

Male 1878 - 1956  (77 years)

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  • Name Sylvester Orval PRUNTY 
    Born 17 Jul 1878  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Ohio Northern University (1904, Bachelor of Law)  [3] 
    Occupation attorney & judge (Ritchie, Doddridge & Pleasants counties)  [3, 4, 5] 
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Died 7 Feb 1956  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • Front page article, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Dec 6, 1928:
      "KIWANIS NOTES - Judge S. O. Prunty was the principal speaker at the weekly luncheon of the West Union Kiwanis Club held at the Columbian Hotel. The theme of the address, which was very timely, was that of law enforcement...."
    Person ID I7938  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2015 

    Father Marshall Neal PRUNTY,   b. 11 Sep 1852, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1931, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Flora Odell LAWSON,   b. 9 Nov 1861, White Oak (near Pullman), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1932, Fairmont, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F3397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mabel Josephine KESTER,   b. 5 Jul 1887, Volcano, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1970, Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1906  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Divorced 1913  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV (Town of Harrisville), enumerated on Apr 15 1910:
      Orval Prunty, 32, lawyer (general practice), married 5 yrs; wife Mabel, 23, married 5 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Oran, 4; dau Frances, 2.
    Children 
     1. Orean Kester PRUNTY,   b. CA 1906
     2. Frances PRUNTY,   b. 20 Feb 1908, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1970, Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F16110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elsie D. HADDIX,   b. 21 May 1889, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1988, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years)  [3] 
    Married Aug 1913  [4] 
    Family ID F16106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S313] The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980, Lorna Reese Overberg, (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 216.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

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

    4. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    5. [S2054] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    6. [S960] Obituary of mother.

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

    8. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 376 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11536316&Type=Marriage.
      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.