Daniel Pruitt ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1840 in , Tippecanoe, IN. ¹³ The 1840 census recorded John R. Pruitt, living as neighbor to his wife Barbara's father John Beeker, with this household:
Home in 1840: Tippecanoe, Indiana
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8.

2. Census in 1850 in Jefferson Township, Carroll, IN. ¹⁴ The 1850 census recorded John Pruett, farmer, 45, born in Kentucky, living with his family all born in Indiana: wife Barbara, 41; Allen, 17; Daniel, 14; William H., 12; John B. 10; Elizabeth, 8; Joseph, 6; Randolph, 3; and Jane, 1. John's real estate was valued at $1500.
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3. Arrival: 1856, in Milford, Iroquois, IL. ²

4. Military from 1862 to 1865 in , , IL: Civil War: Forty-Second Illinois Infantry. ^{3 5} DANIEL PRUITT, Civil War Pension Application File No. 795,286
Pvt., 42nd. Ill. Infantry
Act of February 6, 1907
Declaration for Pension--Danie1 Pruitt
State of Iowa SS.
County of Page
On this 8th day of September, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and nine, personally appeared before me, a Clerk District Court within and for the County and State aforesaid, DANIEL PRUITT, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 75 years of age, a resident of CLARINDA, county of PAGE State of IOWA; and that he is the identi al person who has enrolled at Chicago, Ill. under the name of DANIEL PRUITT on the 25th day of August, 1861, as a private, in Company G. 42nd Illinois Infantry, in the service of the United States, in the Civil War, and was Honorably Discharged at Atlanta, Ga., on the 16th day of September, 1864.
That he was not employed in the military or naval service of the United States otherwise than as stated above. That his personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height, 5 reet 6 inches; complexion, light; color of eyes, grey; color of hair, brown; that his occupation was Farmer; that he was born September 7, 1834 at Tippecanoe Co., Indiana. That his several places of residence since leaving the service has been as follows:
Iroquois Co., Ill. until 1880
Mitchell Co., Kansas until 1883
Mills Co., Iowa until 1886
Yorktown, Iowa until 1888
Northbond, Iowa until 1890
Little Sioux, Iowa until 1895
Persia, Iowa until 1897
Defience, Iowa until 1900
Neola, Iowa until 1902
New Market, Iowa until 1904
Page County, Iowa until 1909

(Signed) Daniel Pruitt
Witnessed by: C. W. Duke, Cressie Duke
W. R. Ryerson, Clerk of Dist. Court
Mabel A. Brown, Deputy.

5. Census in 1870 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL. ¹⁵ The 1870 census recorded Daniel Pruitt, farmer, 35, living with wife Sarah A., 33; son Alonzo, 12; and daughter Viola, 3. The parents were born in Indiana and the children in Illinois. The post office was Ash Grove. Daniel's real estate was valued at $1000 and personal estate $240.

6. Residence: in 1871 in , Mitchell, KS. ¹⁶

7. Residence: in 1872 in Milford, Iroquois, IL. ¹⁶

8. Residence: in 1878 in , Mitchell, KS. ¹⁶

9. Census in 1880 in Solomon Rapids, Mitchell, KS. ¹⁷ The 1880 census recorded Daniel Pruett, 44, minister, living with wife Sarah Ann, 42; son Alonzo, farming, 21; daughter Viola, 12; and sons James M., 9; and Edwin, 6. Daniel and Sarah were born in Indiana. His father was born in Kentucky and mother in North Carolina. Sarah's parents were born in Ohio. Their children were born in Illinois.

10. Iowa State Census census in 1885 in Clarinda, Page, IA. ¹⁸ The 1885 Iowa State Census recorded Daniel Pruitt, minister, 47, living with wife Sarah, 47; daughter Viola, 17; son Mack, 16; and son Eddie, 12. Daniel and Sarah were born in Indiana, and their children in Illinois.

11. Census in 1900 in New Market, Taylor, IA. ¹⁹ The 1900 census recorded owning a home on Washington Street: Daniel W. Pruitt, minister of the gospel, 64, born Sep 1836, living with wife Sarah, 63, Feb 1837. Daniel and Sarah were born in Indiana. Daniel's father was born in Indiana and mother in North Carolina. Sarah's parents were born in Ohio. Daniel and Sarah were married for 40 years and she had birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900.

12. Census in 1910 in Clarinda, Page, IA. ²⁰ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 309 W. Main Street: Daniel Pruitt, occupation "own income", 75, living with wife Sarah A., 72. He was born in Indiana, his father in Kentucky and mother in North Carolina. She was born in Indiana and her parents in Ohio. They were married 52 years ago and she had birthed 4 children all alive in 1910.

13. Military on 25 Jun 1923 in Clarinda, Page, IA: Grand Army of the Republic Record. ⁸ Veteran: Pruitt, Daniel
Residence: Northboro, Clarinda
Occupation: Minister
Birth: 7 Sep 1834 Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
Death: 20 Jun 1923 Shenandoah, Iowa
Burial: Clarina, Iowa
War record: Pvt. Co. G. Reg. 42 Illinois Infantry
Enlisted: Res. Mildord and mustered 25 Aug 1861
Must. out 16 Sep 1864
Graves reg. Enlisted at Chicago Ill. Age 26.
Father: David Pruitt
Mother: Harriet Beacher
Wife: Sarah Ann Wilson
Children: Alonzo Pruitt, Hornick, Iowa; W. A. Widney, Shenandoah, Iowa; J. B. Pruitt, Clarinda, Iowa; Edward Pruitt, Des Moines, Iowa
Sources: Adjt. Gen. Rept. Illinois: Daniel
Desc Book Post No. 11/ Graves Reg: Pruitt, Daniel/Clarinda Herald June 25 1923 p.8.

14. Book: Biography and Personal History of Rev. Alonzo Pruitt, 1957. ²
Taken from an original letter "Biography and Personal History of Rev. Alonzo Pruitt." This letter is from A. Pruitt, Smithland, Iowa to Mrs. Will Widney, Shenandoah, Iowa 606 S. Center St., mailed Feb. 25, 1942.
(reproduced in book by Grace Widney Brown, see source note)

I was born in the little town of Milford, Ill., Iroquois County, June 22, 1858 of hardy pioneer stock. My grandfather John R. Pruitt was born in Virginia on July 5, 1804. Moved with the family to Kentucky. Here he grew to manhood. In 1820, moved to Indiana, Washington Co., seven years later to Tippecanoe county near now LaFayette. It was not yet founded. In 1825, he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Beeker. It was near the Battleground of Tippecanoe and Tyler where most of the family were born. In 1856 with his family he came to Milford, Ill., just a trading post and engaged in the mercantile business until his death May 31, 1858. To this union were born 7 boys and 4 girls. Lucretia, Simeon, James A., Daniel, William Henry Harrison, John B., Joseph, Randolph, Elizabeth, Jane, and Margaret. My Grandmother, Barbara Beeker, born in North Carolina, Oct. 17, 1809. Her grandfather served as a soldier under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War. One brother Lem Beeker served under General Tyler in the battle of Tippecanoe, Indiana. Daniel Pruitt, son of John R. and Barbara (Beeker) Pruitt born September 7, 1834. Daniel was my father. In the winter of 1872, at a Methodist revival held at the Harness school house 2 miles south of Milford, Illinois, was converted and became a powerful minister of the gospel of the old school and Theological type. My mother, Sarah Ann (Willson) Pruitt, born in Ohio, February 15, 1837 daughter of Eliza (Tatman) and John Wilson, her husband. Sarah Ann's father was killed in Ohio in the summer of 1840, while he was working in the field by the Indians. Daniel Pruitt and Sarah Ann Wilson were joined in marriage September 17, 1857. To this union were born 3 boys and 1 girl as follows: Alonzo; Viola; J. B. McPherson and Edward.

---- Notes regarding the above ----
Mrs. Grace (Widney) Brown states that her mother, Viola (Pruitt) Widney says, "There are errors in this sketch. John R. Pruitt was born in Kentucky (Indiana census bears this out in that his son Daniel gave his father's birthplace as Kentucky.)

Also marriage license of John R. Pruitt and Barbara Beeker shows they were married in 1827 instead of 1825. Also Indiana census states Sarah Wilson was born in Indiana and not Ohio and her father was not killed by the Indians, but died when she was three years of an old ailment, inflammation of the bowels.

Daniel married Sarah Ann Wilson, daughter of John Wilson and Eliza Tatman, on 17 Sep 1857 in Milford, Iroquois, IL.^{1 2} (Sarah Ann Wilson was born on 15 Feb 1837 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN,^{2 21 22} died on 23 Aug 1921 in Clarinda, Page, IA ^{1 21} and was buried on 26 Aug 1921 in Clarinda: Clarinda Cemetery, Page, IA ^{1 21}.)