John Franklin PruittAge: 70 years1853–1924
- Name
- John Franklin Pruitt
- Given names
- John Franklin
- Surname
- Pruitt
 Birth | May 31, 1853 33 41 |
 Birth of a brother | William Auburn “Willie” Pruitt July 23, 1856 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Osborn McGehee June 1857 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Rebecca Shemwell about 1857 (Age 3 years) Note: Daughter Anna McGehee Hood Johnson had "boarded and clothed" both Rebecca and Osburn from March 27, 1857 to June 25, 1857. She was paid $55.35 for this service from the estate (Conway Co., Arkansas, Probate Book C, page 317) These records give us an approximate date of death for both Osborn and Rebecca. |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 11, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | April 24, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Neoma Angeline Beckham — View this family October 25, 1875 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Minerva Jane Pruitt January 1880 (Age 26 years) Note: Birth date/location based on 1880 Census |
| Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lillie Pearl Pruitt August 27, 1882 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Maudie Pruitt July 3, 1889 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Lonnie Franklin Pruitt November 1, 1891 (Age 38 years) Note: Birth date/location based on 1900 Census |
| Birth of a son #5 | William Lester Pruitt February 3, 1895 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a daughter | Celece Rosetta Pruitt before 1900 (Age 46 years) Shared note: In the 1900 Census, Neoma Angeline Pruitt (nee Beckham) reported that she had 8 children with 5 of the children still living. We can find records showing the 5 living children: Minerva Jane, Lillie Pearl, Maudie, Lonnie Franklin, and William Lester. That would suggest that Celece Rosetta Pruitt, Jim Robert Pruitt, and Infant Son Pruitt were deceased before 1900. |
| Death of a son | Jim Robert Pruitt before 1900 (Age 46 years) Shared note: In the 1900 Census, Neoma Angeline Pruitt (nee Beckham) reported that she had 8 children with 5 of the children still living. We can find records showing the 5 living children: Minerva Jane, Lillie Pearl, Maudie, Lonnie Franklin, and William Lester. That would suggest that Celece Rosetta Pruitt, Jim Robert Pruitt, and Infant Son Pruitt were deceased before 1900. |
| Death of a son | Infant Son Pruitt before 1900 (Age 46 years) Shared note: In the 1900 Census, Neoma Angeline Pruitt (nee Beckham) reported that she had 8 children with 5 of the children still living. We can find records showing the 5 living children: Minerva Jane, Lillie Pearl, Maudie, Lonnie Franklin, and William Lester. That would suggest that Celece Rosetta Pruitt, Jim Robert Pruitt, and Infant Son Pruitt were deceased before 1900. |
| Death of a father | John Pruitt between 1900 and 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | June 26, 1900 (Age 47 years) Shared note: In the 1900 Census, Neoma Angeline Pruitt (nee Beckham) reported that she had 8 children with 5 of the children still living. We can find records showing the 5 living children: Minerva Jane, Lillie Pearl, Maudie, Lonnie Franklin, and William Lester. That would suggest that Celece Rosetta Pruitt, Jim Robert Pruitt, and Infant Son Pruitt were deceased before 1900. |
| Death of a mother | Nancy McGehee January 14, 1908 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 64 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 23, 1920 (Age 66 years) |
 Death | April 30, 1924 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery: Hopewell Cemetery |
 Last change | March 2, 2021 – 19:37:26 by: Bruce Troutman |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Pruitt Birth: April 29, 1820 30 30 — Fayette, Indiana, United States Death: between 1900 and 1910 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Nancy McGehee Birth: March 2, 1812 41 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 14, 1908 — Deer, Newton, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1835 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Pruitt Birth: about 1837 16 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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8 years elder brother |
David Pruitt Birth: about 1844 23 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
James Potter Pruitt Sr. Birth: April 4, 1848 27 36 — Izard, Arkansas, United States Death: December 16, 1936 — Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Nancy J Pruitt Birth: April 8, 1850 29 38 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 21, 1929 — Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Franklin Pruitt Birth: May 31, 1853 33 41 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 30, 1924 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Auburn “Willie” Pruitt Birth: July 23, 1856 36 44 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 8, 1938 — Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Neoma Angeline Beckham |
| himself |
John Franklin Pruitt Birth: May 31, 1853 33 41 — Arkansas, United States Death: April 30, 1924 — Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Neoma Angeline Beckham Birth: April 18, 1858 — Newton, Arkansas, United States Death: April 22, 1930 — Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 25, 1875 — Newton, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Minerva Jane Pruitt Birth: January 1880 26 21 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 7, 1930 — St Francois, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lillie Pearl Pruitt Birth: August 27, 1882 29 24 — Self, Boone, Arkansas, United States Death: July 3, 1930 — Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| daughter |
Celece Rosetta Pruitt Death: before 1900 |
| son |
Jim Robert Pruitt Death: before 1900 |
| daughter |
Maudie Pruitt Birth: July 3, 1889 36 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 19, 1971 — Boone, Arkansas, United States |
| son |
Infant Son Pruitt Death: before 1900 |
| son |
Lonnie Franklin Pruitt Birth: November 1, 1891 38 33 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 1971 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
William Lester Pruitt Birth: February 3, 1895 41 36 — Arkansas, United States Death: September 24, 1972 — Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States |
John Franklin Pruitt has 32 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (32)
Parents John Hood Sr + Anna McGehee
Parents William H Johnson + Anna McGehee
Parents John McGehee + … …
Parents John McGehee + Milly …
Parents Joshua Epps + Sarah “Sally” McGehee
Parents George Washington Daughtery + Francis “Fanny” McGehee
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - John Pruitt - Household
Collin, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Pruitt - Household
Boston, Newton, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Franklin Pruitt - Household
Bear Creek, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Franklin Pruitt - Household
Boone, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | In the 1900 Census, Neoma Angeline Pruitt (nee Beckham) reported that she had 8 children with 5 of the children still living. We can find records showing the 5 living children: Minerva Jane, Lillie Pearl, Maudie, Lonnie Franklin, and William Lester. That would suggest that Celece Rosetta Pruitt, Jim Robert Pruitt, and Infant Son Pruitt were deceased before 1900. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Franklin Pruitt - Household
Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Franklin Pruitt - Household
Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States
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