James Henry Pruitt ^{1 2}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL. ³ 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.

2. Occupation: railroad in 1893 in Kankakee, Kankakee, IL. ¹

3. Census in 1900 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁴ The 1900 census recorded James Pruitt, single, lawyer, 29, born Feb 1871 in Illinois of parents born in Indiana. He was a boarder in the household of a trade school teacher, Bessie Bacon, 29, born in Michigan.

4. Newspaper: Statesman Journal: James H. Pruitt New Mining Company, 2 Dec 1902, Salem, Marion, OR. ⁵ The Forest Mining Company filed articles of incorporation yesterday with the Secretary of State and will engage in general mining and milling business with headquarters in Sumpter and a capital stock of $1,000,000. T. J. Costellos, James H. Pruitt, James Collins and E. L. Manning are incorporators of record.

5. Newspaper: The Sumpter Miner: James H. Pruitt Purchases Land, 5 Aug 1903, Sumpter, Baker, OR. ⁶ Timber Land, Act Jun 3, 1878. -- Notice for Publication.

James H. Pruitt, of Sumpter, county of Baker, state of Oregon, has this day filed in this office his sworn statement No. 2731, for the purchase of the sw 1/4 section No. 3 in township No. 11 south, range No. 37 E W M, and will offer proof to show that the land sought ismore valuable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before Chas. H. Chance, U. S. Commissioner, at Sumpter, Oregon, on Tuesday, the 13th day of Oct., 1903.
He names as witnesses: James Collins, William Kelly, Peter J. Soards, and Guido Faber, all of Sumpter, Oregon.
Anyd and all persons claiming adversely the above-described lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before the 13th day of Oct., 1903.

6. Occupation: l1905 Baker City OR Directory: Sumpter: Pruitt, Jame H., lawyer in 1905 in Sumpter, Baker, OR. ⁷

7. Census in 1910 in Sumpter, Baker, OR. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded renting on Columbia Street: James H. Pruitt, single, miner, 39, born in Illinois whose parents were born in Indiana.

8. Census in 1920 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded renting at 4601 Indiana Avenue: James Pruitt, married, bookkeeper, 48, as a lodger in the household of Effie Glazier, 65. He was born in Illinois and his parents in Indiana.

9. Census in 1940 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded at 925 West Fullerton: James H. Pruit [sic], single, watchman in department store, 68, born in Illinois, as a lodger in the household of Paul J. Schumacher, 44, and his wife who were born in Germany.