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Martin Pruett Sr11,12
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Birth
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18 Aug 1834 or 1838, Jackson, Parke, IN Or
Sandusky, Erie, OH3
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Death
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9 or 10 Apr 1907, Crescent, Pottawattamie,
IA13,3
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Burial
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11 Apr 1907, McIntosh Cemetery, Crescent,
Pottawattamie, IA13
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Birth
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18 Aug 1838, Jackson, Parke, In
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Death
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10 Apr 1907, Crescent, Pottawattamie, IA
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Military
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Union Army-Civil War5
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Father
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John Pruett
(1815-1880)
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Mother
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Serena Branson
(1816->1880)
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Other spouses
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Mary VIRGINIA
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Marriage
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19 Aug 1862, TIPTON, IA14
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Spouse
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Eliza Ann Baker11,12
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Birth
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16 Feb 1842 or 49?, OH Or Vermont Co.,
IN3
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Death
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18 Dec 1928, Honey Creek, Pottawattamie,
IA13
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Burial
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21 Dec 1928, McIntosh Cemetery, Crescent,
Pottawattamie, IA13
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Birth
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16 Feb 1842, Ohio
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Cause of death
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Old Age13,2
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Father
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Frank Baker
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Children
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4 M
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Martin Pruett
JR (Twin)
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Birth
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21 Mar 1868, Cedar City, Jasper, IA13,3
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Death
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11 Feb 1947, Crescent, Pottawattamie, IA,
Crescent Cemetery13
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5 M
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Barton Joseph
Pruett2,1,2
(Twin)
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Birth
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21 Mar 1868, Cedar City, Jasper, IA13,3
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Death
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11 Nov 1939, Bliss, Gooding, Idaho13
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Birth
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21 Mar 1868, Jasper, Cedar, Iowa
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Notes for Martin Pruett
Sr
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United States Pension Agency, Des
Moines, IA:
April 18, 1907, he was dropped because of death, April 9,
1907. Keep in mind
that he died at 1 o'clock in the morning of April 10, 1907,
(quite often they
would use what ever date they chose.)
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Misc. Notes
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Eliza's Declaration of a Widow for
Original Pension stated he was born on
August 18, 1838 at Sanduska, OH. (We have only been able to
verify
Indiana.)13
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Military
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Martin's Civil War Papers:
On January 15, 1898, Martin Pruett replied to a request to
fill out a voucher
for your next quarterly payment. His answers as follows:
Wife: Eliza Pruitt (formerly) E. Baker
Married: August 15, 1861, Esq. Wm. Blackmen, Rochester,
Ceder Co., Iowa
What record of marriage exists: court records.
Were you previously married: Yes--Virginia Law--Page Co.,
IA.
Any living children: All, Emma, Mary, Bart and Mart, Chas.,
Ella, Georgie,
Lizzie, John, Minnie, Effie, Maggie and Paris.
Witnessed by: Warren Hough
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Obituary
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The Evening Nonpariel Wed. April
10, 1907
Martin Pruett aged 73 years, died at 1 o'clock Wednesday
morning
at his home west of Crescent, IA., after two week's illness
from
gall trouble. He came to this vicinity about thirty years
ago
from Indiana and resided here until his death. He leaves a
widow
and twelve children, Mrs. Emma Points, Mrs Mary McIntosh,
Mrs.
Elle Buffington, Mrs. Minnie Vinson, Mrs. Effie Mahon,
Mrs.
Maggie Ruby, and Al, Marton, Bart, Charles, George and
John
Pruett, all residents of Crescent and vicinity. The funeral
will
take place from the residence Thursday at 10 o'clock am
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burial will be in McIntosh Cemetery.16
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Notes for Eliza Ann
Baker
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I don't know much history of the
Pruett family of my Grandfather Martin Pruett.
I know Martin Pruett was a soldier in the Civil War in the
Union Army. He never
came west, so I never saw him. My Grandmother came to visit
us in 1911. We lived near Boise Idaho, on Eagle Island. She
was nearly blind, but she traveled all alone, and no one
knew she was coming so there was no one to meet her. She had
to find a ride out to Uncle Jim's ranch. She came to Notic,
Idaho. The first one she asked was Uncle Jim's son. Father
went back on a visit to Iowa at the time of the World Fair
in St. Louis, MO, He visited the Fair while he was there.
The X-ray machine was shown there for the first time. His
twin brother,Mart Pruett came west with them but didn't
stay. Then he came back. He chartered a box car and they
lived in one end and kept the stock in the other end. Then
he sold out and went, back to Iowa. I don't know any names
of my grandfather's brothers or sisters.
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Census
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June 1880 Census, Rockford Twp.,
Pottawattamie County, Iowa:
Pruitt, Martin------w-m-40
Eliza--------w-f---37--wife
Allisun------w-m-21--son
Mary--------w-f---16--dau
Martin------w-m--13--son
Bartin-------w-m--13--son
Charles-----w-m--11--son
George-----w-m--08--son
Ellen--------w-f----06--dau
Lizzie-------w-f----04--dau
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Census
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1895 State Census, Rockford Twp.,
Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. This is from the
index and it doesn't list ages:
Pruett, Martin
Eliza
Ruby, Lizzie
Everett
Pruett, John
Minnie
Effie
Maggie
Paris
(The above were all listed in the same
household.)13
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Census
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1910 Federal Census, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa
Pruit,
Eliza--------head--f--w--65--we--14/12--Ohio--Massachusetts--Ohio.
Al------------son---m-w--46--s--------------Iowa--Indiana--Ohio.
John--------son---m-w--38?-s--------------Iowa--Indiana--Ohio.
McGuigen, Lillie---granddaughter--f--w--13--s--Iowa--U.
S.-----Iowa.
(here again we have a different age, birth would have been
in1845 according to
the stated age.)13
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Obituary
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Council Bluffs Nonpariel Dec 19,
1928 Wed.
Mrs. Eliza Ann Pruett, 86 died Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock
at her home near Honey Creek. Death was caused by decline
due to
old age.
She is survived by ten children, Mrs. Emma Stoffells of
Dakota
City, Neb, Mrs. Mary McIntosh of Hazel Dell Township, Mrs.
Effie
Mahon of Council Bluffs, Mrs. Minnie Vincent of Council
Bluffs,
Mrs. Maggie Ruby of Crescent, Al Pruett of Honey Creek,
Mary
Pruett of Council Bluffs, Bart Pruett of Bliss, ID,
Charles
and John Pruett of Honey Creek.
The body was removed to Woodring's funeral home.
Council Bluffs Nonpariel Dec 21, 1928 FRI
Funeral Services for Mrs. Eliza Ann Pruett, who died at her
home
in Honey Creek Dec 18, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock
at the Latter Day Saints' church in Crescent, with Elder J.
F.
Mintun in charge . Burial will be in the McIntosh
Cemetery.2
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Vital Records
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Death Certificate information
provided by Al Pruett:
Date of Birth: Febuary 16, 1849, OH. Father: Frank Baker,
birthplace
unknown. Mother unknown.
Died: December 18, 1928, buried December 21, 1928, McIntosh
Cemetery.
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Notes for Martin & Eliza Ann
(Family)
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Marriage date???
Martin's Civil War Papers:
On January 15, 1898, Martin Pruett replied to a request to
fill out a voucher
for your next quarterly payment. His answers as follows:
Wife: Eliza Pruitt (formerly) E. Baker
Married: August 15, 1861, Esq. Wm. Blackmen, Rochester,
Ceder Co., Iowa
and...
Declaration For Widows Pension:
Eliza stated that she married under the name of Eliza Ann
Baker, at Tipton,
Iowa, July 1862 by Mr. Blackmond, that she had not been
married before and
that that Martin had not been married
before.13
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Notes for Barton Joseph (Child
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Bart Pruett
Date of Marriage - June 25, 1888 <----her other papers
say June 23
Place - Council Bluffs, Iowa
His father's name - Mart Pruett
his mother's maiden name - Eliza Ann Baker
His father fought in the Civil War in the Union Army. He had
6 brothers and 7 sisters, 14 children. There was two
children when his father went to war. Al & Aunt Emma,
with my parents, came to Boise in 1893 from Council Bluff,
Iowa. They started May 14 together with nine other families.
They all suffered many hardships on the way. It took the
procession of 11 covered wagons, seventy two horses, four
cows and 45 people just two weeks to reach Pine Ridge,
Nebraska.. The Indians were thick and felt very unfriendly
toward the white people at this time. The Indians of the
Rose Bud reservation finally captured Dad and my
Grandfather. The took them while hunting horses. They took
Dad and Grandfather Buff ington before their chief. The
Chief told them he would let them free if they would go back
over the Indian Reservation line. The chief also said they
were preparing for war and any white person was in danger,
especially in the Indian territory. Dad and Grandfather
readily agreed but stated they could not leave before
morning. That nite was one of uneasiness for Mother and the
others till Dad and Grandfather arrived and to make matters
worse when they did arrive they were followed by a dozen
Indian police. But they were soon told the Indians were to
guard them that nite and to see they retraced there way at
daylight. There was little or no sleep for any one that nite
as they expected any minute to be attacked by the Indians.
It was a long nite for the sleepless pioneers as they sat
with there gun ready very alert watching the ghost like
figures of the Indians appear then swiftly and silently go
from sight. At daylight they were guided back from the
Indian territory. Next day was one of agony for all because
the Indians had broke loose and were slaughtering white
people as they would wild turkey. The state militia was
called out for aid and the Indians that were causing so much
trouble were finally captured at Wounded Knee, Neb. and put
back on the reservation. After the Indians had been calmed
down my people and the rest of the pioneers started there
tiresome journey westward. They thought the country very
rough in Nebraska but found it still worse further west.
Other tribes of Indians stole horses and anything else they
could slip silently away from camp. It was the head quarters
for the mines at Silver City and Placerville and Idaho City.
Dad always intended to go to Big Bend Oregon but never again
got started, one more boy was born at Boise, now there was 4
boys. We often wondered why our parents didn't take
advantage of some of the homestead land that was open then.
Dad said trying to make a living for 6 at 5O¢ and a
dollar a day they didn't have time and money to take up
land. He finally did take up a homestead in Shoshone Basin.
He spent most of his life as a farmer. Funeral services were
held at Gooding, Idaho5
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Misc. Notes
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My parents were married on June 23,
1888 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, They left Iowa in l892 to come
west by wagon train. They had two small boys at this time,
Noah Pruett and Ace Pruett. They left Iowa May, 1892. There
was 11 wagons, 45 people,72 horses and 4 cows and some
chickens. There was the men, Kelley, Buffingtons, and
Pruetts. The Kelleys were wagon masters. My father Bart
Pruett was a scout and hunter. Each took his turn at
lookout. There was 9 families. It took just 2 weeks to reach
Pine Ridge, Nebraska. The Sioux Indians were on the war
path, and they were told by the government scouts they
couldn't go through to the West. They stayed there all
summer and put up wild hay for the government to feed the
army horses. The Indian Wars were so bad they stayed there
till the next spring. My third brother Jim Pruett was born
at Pine Ridge. They were near the Rose Bud Indian
Reservation at the time Sitting Bull was captured. Some of
the Kelley boys were killed by Indians. They left Pine Ridge
May 24, 1893. They got off the trail onto the reservation
and my father Bart Pruett and my grandfather Joseph
Buffington were captured by the Indians and taken before the
Chief. They were set free if they would turn around and get
off the reservation. Dad and grandfather readily agreed. The
Indians stood guard around their camp that nite to protect
them from other Indians. No one slept that night, as they
expected to be attacked any minute. The next few days were
agony for all as the Indians had broke loose and were
slaughtering all the white people they could. The State
militia was called in and captured the Indians that were
making so much trouble. They found hard to find game as so
many bad been over the trail before them. They followed the
Oregon trail all the way. Grandfather was hunting the horses
at Lost River and got lost in the swamp. He was nearly dead
of mosquito bites when they found him. There were big black
swarms of them. That was what caused the horses to run away.
They arrived in Boise during the Panic of the Cleveland
Administration. They got 50 cents a day for a team and man
for 10 hours work. I guess everyone had it rough for a
while.
As told to me by my father,
Lula M Stratton5
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Notes for Charles W. E. &
Rebecca E. (Family)
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Charles W.E. Pruett to Rebecca E.
Bonham (same source) license 3193
license reads Charles W.E. Pruett age 19 of Honey Creek
(signed with his x
mark) Rebecca Bonham age 17 of Honey Creek. Marriage
performed Oct. 31
1888 at
Council Bluffs, Pott. Co, IA E.S. Barnett JP
Application for Groom reads License 3193 Oct.31, 1888 Chas.
W.E. Pruett 20
years old white Residence Honey Creek farmer father Martin
Pruett mother
Eliza Baker 1st marriage.
Application for Bride: Rebecca E. Bonham 18 White residence
Honey Creek
born MO father A. Bonham mother Rebecca !st marriage Oct.
31, 1888
Council Bluffs
registered Nov. 14, 1888.
In this same package I got the 1895 Crescent TWP,
Pottawattamie County, IA
census page 219 (page number hard to read) line 61
Pruett, Charles Edward age 24 male married born Jasper
County, Iowa
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Pottawattamie County, Iowa16
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Notes for Phoebe Ellen (Child
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(Research):Certificate of Death reg
No 3 Primary Reg Dist 20055 State File No 62212 Local Reg
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Mrs. J.J. Buffington Residence of Notus Idaho RFD Sex female
Color white Married Husband J.J. Buffington Date of Birth
May 4 1870 Age 58 years 2 months 2 days Occupation of
Deceased Home Birthplace Iowa Name of Father Martin Pruitt
Birth place of Father IN Maiden Name of Mother Eliza M.
Baker birthplace of Mother Ohio Informant Marion Buffington
of Notus Idaho Filed 7-6-1928 Date of death July 6 1928 I
hereby certify that I attended the deceassed from May 2 1928
to July 6 1928 and that the death occurred on the date
stated above at 8:00 A.M. The cause of Death was influmed
gall bladder. Place of Burial Canyon Hills Burial Date July
8 1918 Undertaker Paul L. Case Caldwell Idaho
Burried at Canyon Hills Cemetary BLK 56 Lot 42 SH Space
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Notes for Joseph James &
Phoebe Ellen (Family)
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From a picture in Granny's album
(Lula May Pruett):
"Bart Pruett's sister Ellen (Ellie) Pruett married Mary
Alice Buffington's brother James Joseph Buffington" Picture
shows an adult couple and 5 children (at least 4 are girls,
hard to tell about the 5th): names listed are 'Effie, Sara,
Lottie & Birdie'
*James Joseph Buffington / Joseph James Buffington - are
names really reversed in son? Father is way too old to be
the 'James Joseph' in question, IMO.8
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