THE INTERIOR JOURNAL, STANFORD, KY
Friday, April 20, 1917
Page 1
At 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Mr. James Hardin Pruitt breathed his last at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Welburn.
Since he and Mrs. Pruitt came to the Welburn home from Moreland on Feb. 24th, he had been in feeble health and for the past three weeks he had lingered between life and death. He had taken no nourishment since Friday and his death had been hourly expected for days.
Deceased was 86 years old on July 5, last, and was born in Marion county. He removed to the Moreland section a half century ago and bought a portion of the Logan Carpenter farm. He sold it 17 years since and moved to Moreland, where he had since resided.
He was married 60 (years) ago to Miss Martha Walston, of Marion county, and two children were born to them. One daughter died in infancy and the other, Mrs. James D. Sharpe, was with him when the end came. Her home is in Indianapolis and she came to the Welburn home two weeks ago.
Later in life Mr. Pruitt married Miss Ellen Dunn, who survives him. The children who survive are Messrs. George B. Pruitt, of Moreland, C. L. Pruitt, Miami, Okla., M. E. Pruitt, Millersburg, and Mrs. W. D. Welburn, of this city. Another child, a son died in his infancy.
For fully fifty years Mr. Pruitt had been a consistent member of the Methodist church, and for just that long he had family prayers in the Pruitt home, morning and evening. He was a very active worker in the church and for many years was the life of the Moreland church of his denomination.
His son-in-law, Dr. W. D. Melburn, says that he had the most remarkable memory he ever knew, being able to quote scripture by the hour and knowing nearly all the hymns in the Methodist hymn book by heart.
He was a steady, strong character and stood for right, as he saw right. No father ever loved his children more, nor was a husband ever more devoted to wife than he was to the good woman who is now left alone. He was loved by many friends and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He will be missed in the community where he had lived so long, and where his presence for good was ever felt.
The funeral is being preached in the Moreland Methodist church as this paper is being printed and the burial will follow in the Moreland cemetery. His late pastor, Rev. S. L. Hockinberry is delivering the funeral discourse.
The children all arrived for the funeral with the exception of Claude L. Pruitt, who was detained in his home in the far West by pressing business.
Mrs. Pruitt will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Welburn, and her removal to Stanford will be good news to her many friends.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Note: Son, Meredith Elkin Pruitt, married Lucie Frazer Chancellor, daughter of Bedell Chancellor, 12 November 1902 and they both died in Bourbon County, KY.
Friday, April 20, 1917
Page 1
At 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Mr. James Hardin Pruitt breathed his last at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Welburn.
Since he and Mrs. Pruitt came to the Welburn home from Moreland on Feb. 24th, he had been in feeble health and for the past three weeks he had lingered between life and death. He had taken no nourishment since Friday and his death had been hourly expected for days.
Deceased was 86 years old on July 5, last, and was born in Marion county. He removed to the Moreland section a half century ago and bought a portion of the Logan Carpenter farm. He sold it 17 years since and moved to Moreland, where he had since resided.
He was married 60 (years) ago to Miss Martha Walston, of Marion county, and two children were born to them. One daughter died in infancy and the other, Mrs. James D. Sharpe, was with him when the end came. Her home is in Indianapolis and she came to the Welburn home two weeks ago.
Later in life Mr. Pruitt married Miss Ellen Dunn, who survives him. The children who survive are Messrs. George B. Pruitt, of Moreland, C. L. Pruitt, Miami, Okla., M. E. Pruitt, Millersburg, and Mrs. W. D. Welburn, of this city. Another child, a son died in his infancy.
For fully fifty years Mr. Pruitt had been a consistent member of the Methodist church, and for just that long he had family prayers in the Pruitt home, morning and evening. He was a very active worker in the church and for many years was the life of the Moreland church of his denomination.
His son-in-law, Dr. W. D. Melburn, says that he had the most remarkable memory he ever knew, being able to quote scripture by the hour and knowing nearly all the hymns in the Methodist hymn book by heart.
He was a steady, strong character and stood for right, as he saw right. No father ever loved his children more, nor was a husband ever more devoted to wife than he was to the good woman who is now left alone. He was loved by many friends and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He will be missed in the community where he had lived so long, and where his presence for good was ever felt.
The funeral is being preached in the Moreland Methodist church as this paper is being printed and the burial will follow in the Moreland cemetery. His late pastor, Rev. S. L. Hockinberry is delivering the funeral discourse.
The children all arrived for the funeral with the exception of Claude L. Pruitt, who was detained in his home in the far West by pressing business.
Mrs. Pruitt will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Welburn, and her removal to Stanford will be good news to her many friends.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Note: Son, Meredith Elkin Pruitt, married Lucie Frazer Chancellor, daughter of Bedell Chancellor, 12 November 1902 and they both died in Bourbon County, KY.
THE INTERIOR JOURNAL, STANFORD, KY
Friday, April 20, 1917
Page 1
At 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Mr. James Hardin Pruitt breathed his last at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Welburn.
Since he and Mrs. Pruitt came to the Welburn home from Moreland on Feb. 24th, he had been in feeble health and for the past three weeks he had lingered between life and death. He had taken no nourishment since Friday and his death had been hourly expected for days.
Deceased was 86 years old on July 5, last, and was born in Marion county. He removed to the Moreland section a half century ago and bought a portion of the Logan Carpenter farm. He sold it 17 years since and moved to Moreland, where he had since resided.
He was married 60 (years) ago to Miss Martha Walston, of Marion county, and two children were born to them. One daughter died in infancy and the other, Mrs. James D. Sharpe, was with him when the end came. Her home is in Indianapolis and she came to the Welburn home two weeks ago.
Later in life Mr. Pruitt married Miss Ellen Dunn, who survives him. The children who survive are Messrs. George B. Pruitt, of Moreland, C. L. Pruitt, Miami, Okla., M. E. Pruitt, Millersburg, and Mrs. W. D. Welburn, of this city. Another child, a son died in his infancy.
For fully fifty years Mr. Pruitt had been a consistent member of the Methodist church, and for just that long he had family prayers in the Pruitt home, morning and evening. He was a very active worker in the church and for many years was the life of the Moreland church of his denomination.
His son-in-law, Dr. W. D. Melburn, says that he had the most remarkable memory he ever knew, being able to quote scripture by the hour and knowing nearly all the hymns in the Methodist hymn book by heart.
He was a steady, strong character and stood for right, as he saw right. No father ever loved his children more, nor was a husband ever more devoted to wife than he was to the good woman who is now left alone. He was loved by many friends and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He will be missed in the community where he had lived so long, and where his presence for good was ever felt.
The funeral is being preached in the Moreland Methodist church as this paper is being printed and the burial will follow in the Moreland cemetery. His late pastor, Rev. S. L. Hockinberry is delivering the funeral discourse.
The children all arrived for the funeral with the exception of Claude L. Pruitt, who was detained in his home in the far West by pressing business.
Mrs. Pruitt will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Welburn, and her removal to Stanford will be good news to her many friends.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Note: Son, Meredith Elkin Pruitt, married Lucie Frazer Chancellor, daughter of Bedell Chancellor, 12 November 1902 and they both died in Bourbon County, KY.
Friday, April 20, 1917
Page 1
At 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Mr. James Hardin Pruitt breathed his last at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Welburn.
Since he and Mrs. Pruitt came to the Welburn home from Moreland on Feb. 24th, he had been in feeble health and for the past three weeks he had lingered between life and death. He had taken no nourishment since Friday and his death had been hourly expected for days.
Deceased was 86 years old on July 5, last, and was born in Marion county. He removed to the Moreland section a half century ago and bought a portion of the Logan Carpenter farm. He sold it 17 years since and moved to Moreland, where he had since resided.
He was married 60 (years) ago to Miss Martha Walston, of Marion county, and two children were born to them. One daughter died in infancy and the other, Mrs. James D. Sharpe, was with him when the end came. Her home is in Indianapolis and she came to the Welburn home two weeks ago.
Later in life Mr. Pruitt married Miss Ellen Dunn, who survives him. The children who survive are Messrs. George B. Pruitt, of Moreland, C. L. Pruitt, Miami, Okla., M. E. Pruitt, Millersburg, and Mrs. W. D. Welburn, of this city. Another child, a son died in his infancy.
For fully fifty years Mr. Pruitt had been a consistent member of the Methodist church, and for just that long he had family prayers in the Pruitt home, morning and evening. He was a very active worker in the church and for many years was the life of the Moreland church of his denomination.
His son-in-law, Dr. W. D. Melburn, says that he had the most remarkable memory he ever knew, being able to quote scripture by the hour and knowing nearly all the hymns in the Methodist hymn book by heart.
He was a steady, strong character and stood for right, as he saw right. No father ever loved his children more, nor was a husband ever more devoted to wife than he was to the good woman who is now left alone. He was loved by many friends and highly esteemed by all who knew him. He will be missed in the community where he had lived so long, and where his presence for good was ever felt.
The funeral is being preached in the Moreland Methodist church as this paper is being printed and the burial will follow in the Moreland cemetery. His late pastor, Rev. S. L. Hockinberry is delivering the funeral discourse.
The children all arrived for the funeral with the exception of Claude L. Pruitt, who was detained in his home in the far West by pressing business.
Mrs. Pruitt will make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Welburn, and her removal to Stanford will be good news to her many friends.
(Kentuckiana Digital Library)
Note: Son, Meredith Elkin Pruitt, married Lucie Frazer Chancellor, daughter of Bedell Chancellor, 12 November 1902 and they both died in Bourbon County, KY.
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PRUITT
James Hardin
July 5, 1830
April 17, 1917
shared stone with Ellen
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