Allen D. Hurd
(1806-1871)
Hannah A. Hooper
(Abt 1807-1853)
Augusta Lydia Hurd
(1842-1904)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joseph Austin Pruitt

Augusta Lydia Hurd 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Born: 26 Jan 1842, Franklin Township, Lenawee, MI, USA 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Joseph Austin Pruitt on 25 Jan 1865 1
  • Died: 27 Oct 1904 at age 62 3 4
  • Buried: Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL, USA 3

   FamilySearch ID: 9ZW9-5RK.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Franklin Township, Lenawee, MI, USA. 11 The 1850 census recorded Allen Hurd, farmer, 44, living with wife Hanah, 43; son Pontius, 10; daughters Augusta, 8, and Sarah, 4; and son Charles, 2. The parents were born in New York and the children in Michigan. Allen's real estate was valued at $500.

2. Arrival: 1852, in , Iroquois, IL. 1

3. Arrival: 1 Jul 1852, in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL, USA. 1

4. Census in 1870 in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL, USA. 12 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.

5. Census in 1880 in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL, USA. 13 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.

6. Census in 1900 in Wellington, Iroquois, IL, USA. 14 The 1900 cesnsu recorded owning a farm: Joseph Pruitt, farmer, 57, born Mar 1843, living with wife Augustis, 57, Jul 1843; Nellia, 20, Sep 1880; Joseph, 19, Feb 1881; and Albert, 16, Mar 1884. The census columns record the parents were married for 34 years and she had birthed 8 children, all alive in 1900. Joseph was born in Indiana, his father in Kentucky and mother in North Carolina. Augustis was born in Michigan and her parents in New York. The children were born in Illinois. Next door is Joseph's son Hiram Pruitt, single, farmer, 28, born Aug 1871 in Illinois.


Augusta married Joseph Austin Pruitt, son of John Randolph Pruitt and Barbara Beeker, on 25 Jan 1865.1 (Joseph Austin Pruitt was born on 16 Mar 1843 in , Tippecanoe, IN,4 15 16 17 18 died on 1 Jun 1938 in Wellington, Iroquois, IL, USA 4 17 and was buried on 3 Jun 1938 in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL, USA 17.)

Sources

1 "Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County, Illinois" (Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1893.), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/bio/page14.htm Biography of Joseph Pruitt.

2 "Portrait and Biographical Record of Iroquois County, Illinois" (Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1893.), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/bio/page3.htm Biography of A. L. Brobeck M.D.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27860720.

4 Iroquois County Genealogical Society (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilicgs/), https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/obits/obitp.htm Obituaries for Pruitt.

5 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2M-BLN A. L. Brobeck and Dolly Pruitt, 28 Nov 1886; citing Iroquois, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,321,548.

6 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF29-XVW John Sharp Lockhart and Kathryn Grace Pruitt, 19 Jan 1898; citing Iroquois, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,321,549.

7 FamilySearch.org, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF29-6BF Charles L. Pruitt and Martha B. Smalley, 01 Jan 1896; citing Iroquois, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,321,549.

8 FamilySearch.org, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRVG-YC1 Albert H. Pruitt, Lydia Fields, 8 Sep 1906, Milwaukee, WI.

9 FamilySearch.org, Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PK-TXX Hiram B. Pruitt and Carrie B. Harlan, 24 Aug 1916; citing Marriage, Watervliet, Berrien, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209300.

10 FamilySearch.org, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQQ2-383 Joseph Pruitt in entry for Charles Leslie Pruitt, 10 Nov 1940; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,832,437.

11 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8N-N2W Allen Hurd, Franklin, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing family 719.

12 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6W9-Y3N Joseph Pruett, 1870.

13 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJR-XKH Joseph Pruitt, Lovejoy, Iroquois, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 133, sheet 226A.

14 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSWD-GHX Joseph Pruitt, Lovejoy Township Wellington village, Iroquois, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 8B, family 168.

15 Grace Widney Brown, "Grace Widney Brown, wife of Winfred A. Brown : 1104 South Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa, revolutionary ancestory Jacob Young (Jung), N.C." (Proof for Daughters of the American Revolution Application prepared in 1957 by Thelma K. Frazee, Genealogist, Washington D. C. - View online at https://archive.org/details/gracewidneybrown00unse/page/n5/mode/2up/search/beeker?q=beeker), Page 15.

16 Grace Widney Brown, "Grace Widney Brown, wife of Winfred A. Brown : 1104 South Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa, revolutionary ancestory Jacob Young (Jung), N.C." (Proof for Daughters of the American Revolution Application prepared in 1957 by Thelma K. Frazee, Genealogist, Washington D. C. - View online at https://archive.org/details/gracewidneybrown00unse/page/n5/mode/2up/search/beeker?q=beeker), Page 18.

17 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27860707.

18 FamilySearch.org, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3PF-MTN2 Joseph Pruitt, 29 Sep 1864; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916.


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