Mary Magdalene Pruitt ^{3 4 5}

   Other names for Mary were Maude M. Hickman ² and Mattie Pruitt.

   FamilySearch ID: LZ6S-HF8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁶ The 1860 census recorded James A. Pruett, farmer, 28, living with wife Barbara, 24; Mary M., 2; and son Ely, 1. The parents were born in Indiana and children in Illinois. The post office was Ash Grove.

2. Census in 1870 in Milford, Iroquois, IL. ⁸ The 1870 census recorded James A. Pruitt, farmer, 38, living with wife Barbara, 34; Mary M., 11; Elias, 10; and Annie, 6. The parents were born in Indiana and children in Illinois. The post office was Milford. On the same census page is Randolph Pruitt, farmer, 23, born in Indiana.

3. Residence: on 18 Mar 1875 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁹

4. Residence: in 1893 in , , NE. ³

5. Newspaper: McCook Tribune: Mrs. P. J. Hickman enjoyed a visit, this week, from her father and mother, Mr. And Mrs. J. A. Pruitt from Illinois. They leave for their home today, accompanied by Miss Maud, who will spend part of the summer with them., 17 Mar 1899, McCook, Red Willow, NE. ¹⁰

6. Census in 1900 in Bartley, Red Willow, NE. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded Peter J. Hickman, farmer, 52, born Dec 1848, living with wife Mary M., 41, Jun 1859; Charles A., farm laborer, 24, Aug 1876; Lemuel B., farm laborer, 22, Jun 1878; Maud, 17, Aug 1883; and Clair, 11, Apr 1889. The census columns record Peter and Mary were married for 25 years and she had birthed 5 children, 4 alive in 1900. Peter was born in Indiana and his parents in Delaware. Mary was born in Illinois and her parents in Indiana. The children were born in Illinois except Clair in Nebraska.

7. Newspaper: McCook Tribune: District Court Proceedings: Peter J. Hickman vs. Maud M. Hickman, decree of divorce., 10 Jun 1904, McCook, Red Willow, NE. ²

8. Census in 1930 in Ventura, Ventura, CA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded at 256 California St.: Benjamin McCormack, dry goods store proprietor, 52, living with wife Maude, 46; Vernon, electrician, 21; Bernard, dry goods salesman, 17; Dean, 7; and mother-in-law Mary, widowed, 71. Everyone was born in Illinois. Mary's parents were born in Indiana. Benjamin's father was born in Ireland, mother in Illinois. Maude's father was born in Indiana and mother in Illinois, and she married Benjamin when she was 20 years old.

9. Residence: 169 Chrisman Ave., Ventura, CA on 5 Jan 1950 in Ventura, Ventura, CA. ⁷

10. Obituary: Ventura County Star-Free Press on 7 Jan 1950 in Ventura, Ventura, CA. ⁷ Mrs. Mary Hickman, Ventura Woman, Dies
Services will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at the chapel of Oliver L. Reardon and Sons for Mrs. Mary Hickman, of 169 Chrismen avenue, who died Thursday. The Rev. Paul Kennedy of the First Christian church will officiate end Miss Mary Reardon will be soloist. Interment will be it Hoopeston, Ill. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Born in Iroquois county, Ill., Hickman was 91 years of age. She is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Maude McCormick, of Ventura, and three sons, Charles and Lemuel of Indianola, Neb., and Clare of Milford, Ill.

Mary married Peter Jenkins Hickman Jr. on 18 Mar 1875 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce in Jun 1904. (Peter Jenkins Hickman Jr. was born in Dec 1848 in Warren Township, Warren, IN,¹² died in 1929 in Bartley, Red Willow, NE ¹² and was buried in Bartley, Red Willow, NE ¹².)