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Nettie May Pelton
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Nettie May Pelton 2 3 4
FamilySearch ID: LW1S-1JY. Noted events in her life were: 1. Census in 1880 in Greenfield Township, Jones, IA. 5 The 1880 census recorded Phineas Pelten, lumber dealer, 51, living with wife Maranda, 49; sons Alneria P., railroad carpenter, 27; and David K., 13; and daughters Emma E., 10, and Nettie M., 7. Phineas and his sons were born in Canada. Maranda was born in New York and the daughters in Iowa. Phineas' father was born in Connecticut, his mother and Maranda's parents in Vermont. 2. Census in 1900 in Edgemont, Fall River, SD. 6 The 1900 census recorded renting a home: Edward Pruitt, minister, 27, born Jul 1873 in Illinois, living with wife Nettie M., 27, born Dec 1873 in Iowa. Her parents were born in Canada, his parents in Indiana. The census columns record they were married for 4 years and she had birthed 2 children but none were alive in 1900. 3. Census in 1910 in Coin, Page, IA. 7 The 1910 census recorded living at 10 Broadway in Coin: Edward Pruitt, minister M. E., 36, living with wife Nettie, 37. They were married for 14 years and she had birthed 4 children, none living in 1910. He was born in Illinois and his parents in Indiana. She was born in Iowa, her father in Canada and mother in New York. 4. Census in 1920 in Des Moines, Polk, IA. 8 The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 1653 Grand Avenue: Rev. Edward Pruitt, minister, 46, living with wife Nettie, 46; and daughter Evelyn, 9. Edward was born in Illinois and his parent in Indiana. Nettie was born in Iowa, her father in Canada and mother in New York. Evelyn was born in Iowa. 5. Obituary: Clarinda Journal: Obituary of Mrs. Nettie Pelton Pruitt on 23 Dec 1920 in Clarinda, Page, IA. 1 Mrs. Nettie Pelton Pruitt, wife of Rev. Edward Pruitt, pastor of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church of Des Moines, passed away at the Methodist Episcopal hospital in that city Friday, Dec. 17, 1920. She had been a great sufferer for a number of weeks, having never fully recovered aparently from an attack of influenza. She had recently been taken to the hospital to be cared for. She was a sister of Mrs. J. B. M. Pruitt of this city, Mr. Pruitt and her husband being brothers. 6. Obituary: Mrs. Pruitt Funeral Held at Clarinda on 24 Dec 1920 in Davenport, Scott, IA. 9 CLARINDA, Ia. Dec. 24. -- Mrs. Edwin Pruitt, the wife of the Rev. Edwin Pruitt, pastor of Asbury Methodist Episcopal church at Des Moines, was buried here. 7. Obituary: North-western Christian Advocate: obituary of Nettie Pelton Pruitt on 16 Feb 1921 in Chicago, Cook, IL. 10 Nettie Pelton Pruitt, wife of the Rev. Pruitt, pastor of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church at Des Moines, Ia., passed from this life at the Methodist Hospital at Des Moines on December 17, 1920. Her death was a shock to her relatives and friends. She had been at the hospital for several weeks under treatment for a nervous breakdown and was apparently on the road to recovery. Her heart failed to bear the strain at a critical period in her sickness slipped quietly away from the arms of loved ones to the home beyond. Nettie married Rev. Edward Pruitt, son of Daniel Pruitt and Sarah Ann Wilson, on 23 Oct 1895 in Persia, Harrison, IA.1 2 (Rev. Edward Pruitt was born on 10 Jul 1873 in Milford, Iroquois, IL,11 12 13 died on 25 Oct 1959 in Des Moines, Polk, IA 13 and was buried on 27 Oct 1959 in Moline: Moline Memorial Park, Rock Island, IL 13 14.) |
1 "Clarinda Journal (Clarinda, IA)," 23 Dec 1920, obituary of Nettie Pelton Pruitt.
2 FamilySearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4D-Y53 Edward Pruitt and Nettie May Pelton, 23 Oct 1895, Persia, Harrison, Iowa.
3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83756663.
4 FamilySearch.org, Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q246-PXJT Margaret Evelyn Pruitt, 02 Aug 1910, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 336579.
5 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD25-VQ5 Phineas Pelten, Greenfield, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 338, sheet 463D.
6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRQ-H3P Edward Pruitt, Townships 7-12S. Ranges 1-4 Edgemont city, Fall River, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 1B, family 24.
7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGM1-7D8 Edward Pruitt, Lincoln, Page, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 5A, family 10.
8 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM4-TRV Rev Edward Pruitt, Des Moines Ward 7, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing ED 165, sheet 16B, line 62, family 413.
9 "The Daily Times (Davenport, IA)," 24 Dec 1920, page 2. Funeral of Mrs. Edwin Pruitt.
10 Methodist Episcopal Church, "North-western Christian Advocate" (Chicago : Published by Swormstedt & Poe, for the North-Western Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, [1853-1929]), https://books.google.com/books?id=ZflM1KyEnf4C&dq=methodist+edwin+pruitt&q=pruitt#v=onepage&q=pruitt&f=false.
11 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), Pages 6-7.
12 "The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL)," 14 Oct 1948, page 14. Marriage or Rev. Edward Pruitt and Mrs. Grace Paulsen.
13 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121931029.
14 "The Dispatch (Moline, IL)," 26 Oct 1959, page 12. Obituary of Rev. Edward Pruitt.
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