Elijah "Lige" Lee Pruett

CENSUS: age 9 1880 census Mt. Pleasant twp., Scotland county, Missouri Folio page 225A name given as Eliga Pruet Full CENSUS: 1880 Mount Pleasant Twp., Scotland, Missouri ED88, p.21, family 188 lists

son Eliga Pruet, age 9, born Missouri, living with family as follows: James Puret, age 59, born Missouri (father born Georgia); wife Nancy J., age 46, born Missouri; dau Bell, age 16; son Elija, age 9

; dau Jane, age 8; son Newton, age 6; dau Martha, age 4, all born Missouri. Also nephew George Pruet, age 17, born Missouri. Note: living next door to William Pruet, age 54, born Missouri (possibly br

other to James.) age 29 1900 census home 107 family 107 Mt. Pleasant twp., Scotland Co. Missouri ED 146 sheet 6An ame given as Eligah Pruitt (age hard to decipher) age 37 1910 census home 34 family 34

Mt. Pleasant twp., Scotland Co., Missouri ED 154 sheet 2Bn ame given as Elijah L. Pruett (indexed as Prueth) age 49 1920 census home 98 family 98 Mt. Pleasant twp., Scotland Co., Missouri Ed 156 shee

t 6An ame given as Eliga L. Pruett age 59 1930 census home 20 family 20 Tobin twp., Scotland Co., Missouri ED 14 sheet 1Bn ame gives as Lidge Pruett NAME: source #1 gives name as C. L. Pruett BIRTHPLA

CE: stated in 1920 as Missouri BIRTHDATE: stated in 1900 as October 1869; conflicting date of 26 October 1870 in his burial information MARRIAGE DATE: Source #2 Vol 3 p. 43. Groom: Lige L. Pruet; Brid

e: Nancy E. Stough; date 19 Feb 1893 Also stated in 1930 that he married at age 22. DEATHDATE: source #3 certificate 31679 Edina, Knox county, Missouri, name Elijah Lee Pruett (indexed as Pruitt), b.

26 October 1870, died 27 September 1947 BURIAL: Greensburg, Knox county, Missouri; available on http://findagrave.com SOURCES: 1. Family group sheet filled out by Edith McCoy Daniels of Arbela, Missou

ri dated Aug 1982. She is a descendant of Avington Stice. Sheet supplied by Mrs. Velma A. Stice of Rancho Murieta California in 1997. 2."Marriage Records of Scotland Co. Missouri" FHL # 977.381 V25s 3

. Death Certificates, 1910 - 1960 Obtained from the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri via the internet RESEARCH NOTE: parents listed in 1880 census: James and Nancy Pruett; several siblings

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