Sarah Ann Wilson ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: KCLM-B7Q.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁹ 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.

2. Census in 1880 in Solomon Rapids, Mitchell, KS. ¹⁰ 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.

3. Iowa State Census census in 1885 in Clarinda, Page, IA. ¹¹ 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.

4. Census in 1900 in New Market, Taylor, IA. ¹² 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.

5. Census in 1910 in Clarinda, Page, IA. ¹³ 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.

6. Obituary: Clarinda Herald: obituary of Sarah Ann Wilson Pruitt on 1 Sep 1921 in Clarinda, Page, IA. ¹ Sarah Ann Wilson was born near 1837, and died at her home in Clarinda, August 23, 1921, aged 84 years, 6 months and 8 days.
Her father died when she was two years old and she moved with her mother to Perrysville, Ind., and later with her mother to Milford, Ill., where she grew to womanhood. On September 17, 1857, she was united in marriage to Daniel Pruitt. Soon after their marriage, they moved to a farm in Iroquoise County, Illinois, where they resided until the breaking out of the Civil War. In August, 1861, Mr. Pruitt enlisted in the 42nd Illinois regiment of Volunteer Infantry. During his four years absence she shared all the hardships incident to war times.
She was mother of four children, three boys and one girl. All were present at the funeral. Rev. A. Pruitt of Holstein, Iowa, Mrs. W. A. Widney of Shenandoah, Iowa, J. B. M. Pruitt of Clarinda, Iowa, and Rev. Edward Pruitt of' Des Moines.
Mrs. Pruitt was converted in early girlhood and united with the M. E. church in Milford, Ill. Later her husband was converted and became a Methodist preacher and for the rest of her life she shared in the joys and sorrows of an itinerant ministers life. In the late seventies, they were misionaries on the frontier without compensation. At the Des Moines Conference session of 1881, they were stationed at Hastings, la. Thence to Yorktown, Stanton, Northboro, Little Sioux, Persia, Defiance, Neola, New Market,. Shambaugh, Hebron. In 1903, they retired from the active ministry and moved to New Market. In 1906, they removed to Clarinda where they have since resided.
For a number of years, Mrs. Pruitt has been in ill health and unable to attend the church services or public functions which she so much enjoyed in her early life. Her sunny disposition won her many friends. None came into her presence that did not find a cheerful and encouraging friend. She was devoted to her home, and in it she greeted not only her children but all close friends as well with good cheer and welcome. She was exceptional in her faith to her God was real and when she prayed, she expected an answer from Him, as much as though she had asked one of her friends, and many can witness that she was seldom disappointed in her answers.
In the departure of Mrs. Pruitt, her husband loses a devoted wife; her children, a loving mother; her neighbors, a kind friend, and all good workers a loyal supporter.
After sixty-four years of wedded life, she leaves her husband, one daughter, three sons, thirteen grand children and twelve great grand-children.
The funeral was held Friday afternoon, from the late residence on W. Main Street, conducted by Rev. Abram S. Woodard, pastor of the Methodist Church at Shenandoah. Rev. Williams of Clarinda being absent on his vacation. Interment was in the Clarinda Cemetery.

Servant of God, well done!
Thy glorious warfare's past;
The battle fought, the race is won,
And thou art crowned at last.

Sarah married Daniel Pruitt, son of John Randolph Pruitt and Barbara Beeker, on 17 Sep 1857 in Milford, Iroquois, IL.^{1 2} (Daniel Pruitt was born on 7 Sep 1834 in , Tippecanoe, IN,^{2 5 14 15 16 17} died on 20 Jun 1923 in Shenandoah, Page, IA ^{5 14} and was buried in Clarinda: Clarinda Cemetery, Page, IA ^{5 14}.)