Phineas Pelton
(1829-1899)
Maranda Goreham
(1832-1892)
Emma Elizabeth Pelton
(1870-1942)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. James B. McPherson Pruitt

Emma Elizabeth Pelton 2 3 4

  • Born: 19 Jan 1870, Smithtown, Clinton, IA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): James B. McPherson Pruitt on 6 Sep 1893 in , Harrison, IA 1 2
  • Died: 8 Feb 1942, Clarinda, Page, IA at age 72 3 4
  • Buried: 12 Feb 1942, Clarinda: Clarinda Cemetery, Page, IA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: LW1S-1N6.

  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 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA. 6 The 1900 census recorded renting at 1611 2nd Avenue: James B. Pruitt, 30, salesman grocer, born Jul 1870, living with wife Emma, 30, Jan 1870; Irma, 5, Sep 1895; Marie, 3, Feb 1897; and Mabel, 2, Aug 1898. James and Emma were married for 7 years and she had birthed 4 children, 3 alive in 1900. James was born in Illinois and his parents in Indiana. Emma was born in Iowa, her father in Canada (French), and mother in New York. The daughters were born in Iowa.

3. Census in 1910 in Nodaway Township, Page, IA. 7 The 1910 census recorded owning a home on 17th Street: James B. Pruitt, salesman for furniture store, 39, living with wife Emma E., 40; Irma, 14; Marie, 13; Mabel, 11; and Vera, 8. Emma and James were married for 16 years and she had birthed 4 children all alive in 1910. James was born in Illinois and his parents in Indiana. Emma and the children were born in Iowa. Emma's parent's were born in New York.

4. Census in 1920 in Clarinda, Page, IA. 8 The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 115 West Garfield Street: James B. M. Pruitt, furniture merchant and undertaking, 49, living with wife Emma E., 49; and daughters: H. Marie, 22; Mabel L., 21; and Vera, 18. James was born in Illinois and Emma and her children in Iowa. The census taker confused the birthplaces of James and Emma's parents, recording James' father was born in Canada and mother in New York, and Emma's parents in "United States".

5. Cause of Death: cancer of uterus, 8 Feb 1942, Clarinda, Page, IA. 4


Emma married James B. McPherson Pruitt, son of Daniel Pruitt and Sarah Ann Wilson, on 6 Sep 1893 in , Harrison, IA.1 2 (James B. McPherson Pruitt was born on 20 Jul 1870 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL,9 10 died in 1948 9 and was buried in Clarinda: Clarinda Cemetery, Page, IA 9.)

Sources

1 "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992" (www.FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJP3-D2V J. B. M. Pruitt, 1893.

2 FamilySearch.org, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4D-PGG J. B. M. Pruitt and Emma Pelton, 06 Sep 1893, Harrison, Iowa, United States; citing reference it5 p174, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,513,294.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83756583.

4 FamilySearch.org, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4R-Z718 Emma E Pruitt, 8 Feb 1942, Clarinda, Page, Iowa.

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:M9L8-ZMG James B Pruitt, Kane Township Council Bluffs city Ward 5, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 145, sheet 4B, family 88.

7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGM1-32Q James B Pruitt, Nodaway, Page, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 107, sheet 14B, family 329.

8 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDMM-YQK James B M Pruitt, Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States; citing ED 115, sheet 8A, line 19, family 186.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83756416.

10 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.


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