Josephine Elisabeth Renshaw ^{1 3}

   Another name for Josephine was Josie E. Renshaw.¹

   FamilySearch ID: L7K3-QGK.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Phoenix, Henry, IL. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded in the town of Phoenix in Henry County: E. C. Renshaw, farmer, 46, born in Tennessee, living with wife Ann, 44, born in Kentucky, and their children born in Illinois: Absolem, farmer, 25; Rebecca, 22; James, farmer, 21; Felix, farmer, 18; William, farmer, 18; George, farmer, 13; Ellen, 11; Ann E., 9; Sarah, 7; Delila, 4; and Josephene, 6 months old when the census was recorded 23 Aug 1860.

2. Arrival: 1872, in , , KS. ²

3. Residence: on 27 Nov 1890 in Little Sioux, Harrison, IA. ¹

4. Residence: 2511 South Cedar St., Sioux City, IA on 28 Sep 1927 in Sioux City, Woodbury, IA. ²

5. Obituary: Sioux City Journal: obituary of Mrs. Josephine Pruitt on 29 Sep 1927 in Sioux City, Woodbury, IA. ² ---
DEATH CLAIMS PASTOR'S WIFE
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Mrs. Josephine Pruitt Dies After Illness of Two Years.
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Death ended a two years' illness for Mrs. Josephine Pruitt, wife of Rev. Alonzo Pruitt, 2611 South Cedar street, when she passed away at a Sioux City hospital Wednesday night.
Mrs. Pruitt, who had lived in the northwestern Iowa district of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1891, was born at Geneseo, Ill., March 6, 1860. When she was 12 years old, she located in Kansas with her family.
On September 17, 1881, she was married to Rev. Mr. Pruitt at Beloit, Kan. They lived there for 10 years, at the end of which time they moved to Little Sioux. Ia. Two years ago Rev. and Mrs. Pruitt moved to Sioux City, where they had resided since.
Mrs. Pruitt was a member of the Methodist church at Sloan, la., the Order of the Eastern Star at Irwin, la., and the Rebekah lodge at Stewart, la. Surviving her are her widower; three daughters Mrs. J. F. Adams, Webster City. Ia.; Mrs. H. P. Grant, Salem, Ore.; Mrs. R. B. Cannon, of Sioux City, and one son, Dwight I. Pruitt, also of Sioux City.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p. m. Friday. Rev. C. H. Kamphoefner will officiate, and interment will be in Graceland Park cemetery. W. Harry Christy is the undertaker in charge.

Josephine married Rev. Alonzo Pruitt, son of Daniel Pruitt and Sarah Ann Wilson, on 17 Sep 1881 in Beloit, Mitchell, KS.^{1 2} (Rev. Alonzo Pruitt was born on 22 May 1858 in Milford, Iroquois, IL,^{5 6} died on 15 Nov 1944 in Smithland, Woodbury, IA ⁶ and was buried on 18 Nov 1944 in Sioux City: Graceland Park Cemetery, Woodbury, IA ⁶.)