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Porter M. PRUNTY

Porter M. PRUNTY

Male 1868 - 1943  (75 years)

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  • Name Porter M. PRUNTY 
    Born 6 Mar 1868  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870, 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1909  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1910  Turtle Run, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1940  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as an inmate at the County Infirmary.
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4] 
    Died 2 Dec 1943  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: complications from a fall at the County Home 
    Buried Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I33491  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2020 

    Father Elmore PRUNTY,   b. 24 Jan 1832,   d. 28 Aug 1892  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine STRAHIN,   b. 19 Dec 1841, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1913, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F8525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Julia Ann STULL,   b. Feb 1866, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 Nov 1909  Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Divorced Y  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910 at Turtle Run Road:
      Porter Prunty, 42, farmer, married 1 yr (1st marriage); wife Julia, 43, married 1 yr (2nd marriage), mother of 3 children (all still living); son Jimmy, 10; mother Mary, 67, widowed, mother of 9 children (7 still living).
      NOTE: There are several errors in this census entry. Rather that this being Julia's second marriage, it was actually her fourth. Rather than just three children, she is known to have had at least four by her first husband Clinton William "Bill" Clayburn. The 10-year-old boy listed as son Jimmy Prunty was actually Porter's stepson James M. C. Clayburn.

      Porter and Julia separated before the 1920 Census, when she was listed by her previous married name Claybourne as a servant in the household of John Israel in Pennsboro. Julia remarried George W. Maxwell in November 1922, and Porter remarried Lydia Wyers Britton Morehead in September 1923.
    Documents
    33491_PorterPrunty_JuliaAnnStull_MarriageRecord_8Nov1909.jpg    		33491_PorterPrunty_JuliaAnnStull_MarriageRecord_8Nov1909.jpg
    Family ID F34875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lydia M. WYERS,   b. 15 Feb 1871, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1961, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1923  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F23063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    33491_PRUNTY_PorterM_1868-1943_DeathCertificate.jpg    		33491_PRUNTY_PorterM_1868-1943_DeathCertificate.jpg
    999999_DoddridgeCountyInfirmary-PoorFarm_1940Census_CentralDistrict-Sunnyside_20May1940.jpg    		999999_DoddridgeCountyInfirmary-PoorFarm_1940Census_CentralDistrict-Sunnyside_20May1940.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1572] 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).

    2. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    3. [S2054] 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    5. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 15 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11542222&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Porter Prunty, single, 42, b. in Ritchie Co, res. at Pullman; and Julia Ann Stull, divorced, 42, b. in Ritchie Co, res. Pennsboro. Married Nov 8 1909 "at Pennsboro W. Va. at the Bride's Home."

    6. [S1966] Record of husband's remarriage.

    7. [S1769] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998)).
      Identified as Porter Prunty, divorced, 53, of Ritchie Co; and Lydia Wyers, widowed, 48, of Ritchie Co. Married Sep 12 1923.