Jacob PRUNTY
1844 - 1917 (72 years)
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Name Jacob PRUNTY Born 10 Feb 1844 Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1860 Ritchie Co, (W)VA Census 1880, 1900, 1910 Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation farmer [1] Died 7 Jan 1917 Ritchie Co, WV [1] Buried White Oak ME Church Cemetery, near Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV [1, 4] Notes - From his obituary, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 11 1917:
"Mr. Prunty was born and reared on the farm where he lived and died and was most highly respected by his neighbors, numbering his friends by the hundreds. At his request he was buried in his wedding suit, which was a Prince Albert black broadcloth.
"Mr. Prunty was a substantial farmer and stock grazier and owned a fine 400-acre farm. His wife preceded him across Death's Mystic River last April."
Person ID I38480 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 10 Apr 2021
Father Felix PRUNTY, b. 19 Nov 1817, Taylor Co, (W)VA , d. 22 Sep 1895 (Age 77 years) Mother Emily GREATHOUSE, b. 19 Oct 1820, Taylor Co, (W)VA , d. 3 Mar 1908 (Age 87 years) Family ID F11981 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Victoria WISEMAN, b. 17 Sep 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 19 Apr 1916, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 58 years) Married 12 Apr 1877 Ritchie Co, WV [5] Notes - 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
Jacob Prunty, 35, farmer; wife Victoria, 22; dau Emily E, 2.
1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Uniton District), enumerated on Jun 8-11 1900:
Jacob Prunty, 56, b. Feb 1844, farmer, married 23 yrs; wife Victoria, 42, b. Sep 1857, married 23 yrs, mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Emma L, 22, b. Jan 1878, single; dau Ella D, 13, b. Oct 1886; dau Wanda J, 8, b. Aug 1891; son Jacob W, 5, b. Oct 1894; mother Emily, 79, b. Oct 1820, widowed, mother of 1 child [sic] (still living).
NOTE: Jacob's mother Emily Greathouse Prunty was actually the mother of at least 11 children, 7 of whom were still living at the time of this census.
1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 29 1910 on Hughes River Road:
Jacob Prunty, 33, farmer, married 33 yrs (1st marriage); wife Victoria, 52, married 33 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Wanda, 18, single, school teacher; son Walcy, 15; dau Emily Summers, 32, married (2nd marriage, duration not entered), no children, nurse for private family. [6]
Children 1. Emily E. "Emma" PRUNTY, b. 12 Jan 1878, Ritchie Co, WV , d. 10 Jun 1964, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 86 years)+ 2. Denna Ella PRUNTY, b. 9 Oct 1886, d. 2 Nov 1958 (Age 72 years) 3. Wanda Genevieve PRUNTY, b. 11 Aug 1891, Ritchie Co, WV , d. Jun 1984 (Age 92 years)4. Jacob Waldsee PRUNTY, b. Oct 1894, d. 1957 (Age ~ 62 years) Family ID F15353 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From his obituary, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 11 1917:
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Documents 
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Sources - [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).
- [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 253.
- [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).
- [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).
- [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
- [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990).
- [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).