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Name
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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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Eliza Ann Baker
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Spouse
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Mary VIRGINIA Law11,12
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Birth
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1840
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Death
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Aug 1860
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Residence
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Page Co., IA
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Children
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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
and
burial will be in McIntosh Cemetery.16
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Notes for Martin & Mary
VIRGINIA (Family)
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Notary affadavit statement, July
29, 1907, by Eliza Ann Baker Pruett:
She attested to that Martin had been married to Mary V. Law
in August 1859 and
that she died in August 1860.13
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