Dollie Alice Pruitt ^{2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded Joseph Pruett, farmer, 27, living with wife Augusta, 27; Charles, 3; Dolly, 2; and William, 1. [NOTE: William as recorded by census taker should have been Hiram.] Joseph was born in Indiana, Augusta in Michigan, and their children in Illinois. Joseph's farm was valued at $2050 and personal estate $650. The post office was Milford.

2. Census in 1880 in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Joseph Pruitt, farmer, 36, living with wife Augusta, 36; son Chas., farming, 13; daughter Dolly, 12; son Hirum, 10; son Frank, 9; daughters Kitty, 6, and Nelly, 1. Joseph was born in Indiana, his father in Kentucky and mother in North Carolina. Augusta was born in Michigan and her parents in New York. Their children were born in Illinois.

3. Residence: in 1893 in Wellington, Iroquois, IL. ⁸

4. Census in 1900 in Wellington, Iroquois, IL. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded Alexander Brobeck, doctor, 47, born Jan 1853, living with wife Dollie, 32, May 1868; daughters Nellie, 9, Dec 1891, and Yzel, 8, Dec 1892; and son James, 5, Dec 1895. Alexander and his parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie, her parents, and her children were born in Illinois. Alexander and Dollie were married for 15 years and she had birthed 3 children all alive in 1900.

5. Census in 1910 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ¹⁰ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 748 Penn Street: Alexander L. Brobeck, 57, living with wife Dollie, 49; daughter Zazel, 18; son James V., 16; and brother John Brobeck, 46. Alexander and John and their parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie was born in Illinois, her father in Ohio and mother in Michigan. The children were born in Illinois. Alexander and Dollier were married for 20 years and she had birthed 3 children, all alive in 1910.

6. Census in 1920 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ¹¹ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 748 East Penn Street: Alexander L. Brobeck, physician, 63, living with wife Dollie A., 50. Alexander and his parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie was born in Illinois, her parents in Michigan.

7. Census in 1920 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, FL. ¹² The 1920 census recorded Joseph Pruitt, widowed, 76, and his daughter, Dollie Bobeck [sic], married, 51, as lodgers in the household of L. Sugat Stanton, 61, and his wife Florence, 55. Joseph was born in Indiana, and Dollie and Florence in Illinois. Stanton was born in Mississippi.

8. Census in 1930 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ¹³ The 1930 census recorded owning a $4000 home at 748 E. Penn Street: Alexander Brobeck, doctor, general practice, 76, living with wife Dallie [sic] A. Brobeck, 66. Alexander was married at age 33 and Dollie A. at 18. Alexander and his parents were born in Tennessee. Dollie was born in Illinois, her father in Indiana and mother in Michigan.

9. Census in 1940 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ¹⁴ The 1940 census recorded owning a $4000 hoe at 748 East Penn Street: Dollie A. Brobeck, widowed, 71. She was born in Illinois and lived in same house in 1935.

Dollie married Dr. Alexander Lane Brobeck on 28 Oct 1886 in , Iroquois, IL.^{1 2} (Dr. Alexander Lane Brobeck was born on 10 Jan 1853 in Limestone, Washington, TN,^{1 5 15} died on 16 Jan 1939 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL ^{5 15 16} and was buried on 18 Jan 1939 in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ^{5 15}.)