Annice Pruitt ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Annice was Annie Pruitt.¹

   FamilySearch ID: K2WX-YHJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Milford, Iroquois, IL. ⁴ 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.

2. Census in 1880 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁵ The 1880 census recorded James A. Pruitt, farmer, 49, living with wife Barbara, 45; Elias, farmer, 20; Alice, 16; and James H., 9. Also in the home was Mollie A. Stewart, music teacher, 34, and nephew Lincoln Laird, farm laborer, 19. James and Barbara were born in Indiana and their children in Illinois. James' father was born in Virginia and mother in North Carolina. Barbara's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Mollie was born in Indiana, her father in Kentucky and mother in Ohio. Lincoln was born in Illinois and his parents in Indiana.

3. Residence: in 1893 in Kankakee, Kankakee, IL. ²

4. Census in 1900 in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded James A. Pruitt, retired farmer, 68, born Aug 1832, living with wife Barbra, 64, Jul 1836; daughter Anice Hoffman, 37, Dec 1863; son-in-law Jacob Hoffman, merchant, 32, Jul 1868; and Anice's children by her first marriage: Harry Gillett, 11, Jun 1889; and Ray Gillett, 8, Jun 1892. The census columns record James and Barbra were married 43 years ago and she had birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900. Anice and Jacob were married 0 years and she had birthed 2 children both alive. James and Barba were born in Indiana, her parents in Pennsylvania, and his father in Virginia and mother in North Carolina. All others were born in Illinois. Anice's parents were born in Indiana and Jacob's in Germany. The Gillett boys' father was born in Indiana and mother in Illinois.

5. Census in 1920 in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded owning a home: J. P. Hoffman, 50, living with wife Annice, 56, and mother-in-law Barbara Pruitt, 83. The Hoffman's and J. P. mother were born in Illinois, J. P.'s father in Germany, and Annice's parents in Indiana. Barbara's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Annice married Justice Mortimore Gillette on 27 Feb 1884 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL.¹ (Justice Mortimore Gillette was born on 14 Oct 1858 in , DeKalb, IL,^{8 9} died on 28 Mar 1893 in Kankakee, Kankakee, IL ^{8 9} and was buried on 29 Mar 1893 in Goodwine: Amity Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ^{8 9}.)

Annice next married Jacob Philip Hoffman. (Jacob Philip Hoffman was born on 28 Jul 1868 in , , IL,¹⁰ died on 24 Mar 1934 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL ¹⁰ and was buried in Goodwine: Amity Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ¹⁰.)