Barbara Heiny ^{1 2}

   Another name for Barbara was Barbara Heiney.^{3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: KJ8X-C2N.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Ash Grove Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁷ The 1860 census recorded James A. Pruett, farmer, 28, living with wife Barbara, 24; Mary M., 2; and son Ely, 1. The parents were born in Indiana and children in Illinois. The post office was Ash Grove.

2. Census in 1870 in Milford, Iroquois, IL. ⁸ The 1870 census recorded James A. Pruitt, farmer, 38, living with wife Barbara, 34; Mary M., 11; Elias, 10; and Annie, 6. The parents were born in Indiana and children in Illinois. The post office was Milford. On the same census page is Randolph Pruitt, farmer, 23, born in Indiana.

3. Census in 1880 in Milford Township, Iroquois, IL. ⁹ The 1880 census recorded James A. Pruitt, farmer, 49, living with wife Barbara, 45; Elias, farmer, 20; Alice, 16; and James H., 9. Also in the home was Mollie A. Stewart, music teacher, 34, and nephew Lincoln Laird, farm laborer, 19. James and Barbara were born in Indiana and their children in Illinois. James' father was born in Virginia and mother in North Carolina. Barbara's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Mollie was born in Indiana, her father in Kentucky and mother in Ohio. Lincoln was born in Illinois and his parents in Indiana.

4. Newspaper: McCook Tribune: Mrs. P. J. Hickman enjoyed a visit, this week, from her father and mother, Mr. And Mrs. J. A. Pruitt from Illinois. They leave for their home today, accompanied by Miss Maud, who will spend part of the summer with them., 17 Mar 1899, McCook, Red Willow, NE. ¹⁰

5. Census in 1900 in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois, IL. ¹¹ The 1900 census recorded James A. Pruitt, retired farmer, 68, born Aug 1832, living with wife Barbra, 64, Jul 1836; daughter Anice Hoffman, 37, Dec 1863; son-in-law Jacob Hoffman, merchant, 32, Jul 1868; and Anice's children by her first marriage: Harry Gillett, 11, Jun 1889; and Ray Gillett, 8, Jun 1892. The census columns record James and Barbra were married 43 years ago and she had birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900. Anice and Jacob were married 0 years and she had birthed 2 children both alive. James and Barba were born in Indiana, her parents in Pennsylvania, and his father in Virginia and mother in North Carolina. All others were born in Illinois. Anice's parents were born in Indiana and Jacob's in Germany. The Gillett boys' father was born in Indiana and mother in Illinois.

6. Census in 1920 in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois, IL. ¹² The 1920 census recorded owning a home: J. P. Hoffman, 50, living with wife Annice, 56, and mother-in-law Barbara Pruitt, 83. The Hoffman's and J. P. mother were born in Illinois, J. P.'s father in Germany, and Annice's parents in Indiana. Barbara's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

Barbara married James Allen Pruitt, son of John Randolph Pruitt and Barbara Beeker, on 17 Mar 1857 in , Carroll, IN.¹ (James Allen Pruitt was born on 21 Aug 1832 in , Tippecanoe, IN,^{1 4 13 14 15 16} died on 5 Jul 1914 in Milford, Iroquois, IL ^{4 16} and was buried in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ¹⁶.)