Charles Leslie Pruitt ^{1 2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Lovejoy Township, Iroquois, IL. ^{1 5} 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. ^{1 6} 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. ^{1 7}

4. Residence: 805 East Washington, Hoopeston, Illinois on 10 Nov 1940 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ⁴

Charles married Martha Baxter Smalley on 1 Jan 1896 in , Iroquois, IL.¹ (Martha Baxter Smalley was born on 17 Feb 1874 in Prairie Green Township, Iroquois, IL,⁸ died on 27 Mar 1956 in Danville, Vermilion, IL ⁸ and was buried in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ⁸.)