Hon. Judge Samuel Baldwin Pruden (b. January 17, 1798, d. December 10, 1863)
Samuel Baldwin Pruden (son of Silas Pruden and Rebecca Carmichael) was born January 17, 1798 in Morristown, New Jersey, and died December 10, 1868 in Harmony, Athens, Ohio. He married Polly Mary Cranston on July 28, 1821 in Athens, Ohio.
Judge Samuel Baldwin Pruden spent 48 years of his manhood a resident of Athens County. His wealth, all acquired by honorable industry, his great business ability and his public enterprise justly place him in position of eminence in his work. He was born in Morristown New Jersey, and of his early education there, little is definitely known, but he never graduated from any institution of learning. having acquired his education principally by private study and reading. The family came to Athens County, Ohio in 1815, where they became well known. One of his daughters (Achsah) becoming the wife of Ohio Governor John Brough. On entering business, he was careful and industrious, and successful from the first. Among other business interests, his attention was principally given to the milling and wool carding business in the Bingham Mills, west of Athens, Ohio, for ten years following 1826. In 1836 he transferred his business to his own permanent establishments about two miles south of Athens, Ohio, on the bank of the Hocking River. The location since known as Harmony. Here he erected an oil-mill, a grist mill, a saw mill, and in 1840, bored wells and began the manufacture of salt. In 1850 his personal income was $30,000 a year. A coal bank was opened for the use of the salt furnaces and for years the product of salt here at Mr. Pruden's Salt Works at Chauncey, Ohio was many thousand bushels annually. His business at Harmony gradually extended until a village grew up around him, occupied mostly by people in his employ. He was elected by the State Legislature, a Trustee of the Ohio University in 1851. As was his habit in his business, he was punctual and judicious in the discharge of this trust, taking a deep interest in the welfare of the institution to the end of his life. Though not a man of college education, yet much reading, his literary, and especially his scientific attainments, were highly creditable. He was elected to the Ohio Legislature to represent Athens County during its second session, under the new constitution in the winter of 1854-55. He served one term as Associate Judge on the Common Pleas bench. In the Masonic Fraternity, he passed through the successive degrees until he became the Commander of Athens Encampment of Knights Templar. He was ever gentlemanly in his bearing, and in every position in the highest sense of the term.
Source: History of Hocking Valley-1883, pg. 377-378
Contributor: Chadwell (46904389) •
Samuel Baldwin Pruden (son of Silas Pruden and Rebecca Carmichael) was born January 17, 1798 in Morristown, New Jersey, and died December 10, 1868 in Harmony, Athens, Ohio. He married Polly Mary Cranston on July 28, 1821 in Athens, Ohio.
Judge Samuel Baldwin Pruden spent 48 years of his manhood a resident of Athens County. His wealth, all acquired by honorable industry, his great business ability and his public enterprise justly place him in position of eminence in his work. He was born in Morristown New Jersey, and of his early education there, little is definitely known, but he never graduated from any institution of learning. having acquired his education principally by private study and reading. The family came to Athens County, Ohio in 1815, where they became well known. One of his daughters (Achsah) becoming the wife of Ohio Governor John Brough. On entering business, he was careful and industrious, and successful from the first. Among other business interests, his attention was principally given to the milling and wool carding business in the Bingham Mills, west of Athens, Ohio, for ten years following 1826. In 1836 he transferred his business to his own permanent establishments about two miles south of Athens, Ohio, on the bank of the Hocking River. The location since known as Harmony. Here he erected an oil-mill, a grist mill, a saw mill, and in 1840, bored wells and began the manufacture of salt. In 1850 his personal income was $30,000 a year. A coal bank was opened for the use of the salt furnaces and for years the product of salt here at Mr. Pruden's Salt Works at Chauncey, Ohio was many thousand bushels annually. His business at Harmony gradually extended until a village grew up around him, occupied mostly by people in his employ. He was elected by the State Legislature, a Trustee of the Ohio University in 1851. As was his habit in his business, he was punctual and judicious in the discharge of this trust, taking a deep interest in the welfare of the institution to the end of his life. Though not a man of college education, yet much reading, his literary, and especially his scientific attainments, were highly creditable. He was elected to the Ohio Legislature to represent Athens County during its second session, under the new constitution in the winter of 1854-55. He served one term as Associate Judge on the Common Pleas bench. In the Masonic Fraternity, he passed through the successive degrees until he became the Commander of Athens Encampment of Knights Templar. He was ever gentlemanly in his bearing, and in every position in the highest sense of the term.
Source: History of Hocking Valley-1883, pg. 377-378
Contributor: Chadwell (46904389) •
Hon. Judge Samuel Baldwin Pruden (b. January 17, 1798, d. December 10, 1863)
Samuel Baldwin Pruden (son of Silas Pruden and Rebecca Carmichael) was born January 17, 1798 in Morristown, New Jersey, and died December 10, 1868 in Harmony, Athens, Ohio. He married Polly Mary Cranston on July 28, 1821 in Athens, Ohio.
Judge Samuel Baldwin Pruden spent 48 years of his manhood a resident of Athens County. His wealth, all acquired by honorable industry, his great business ability and his public enterprise justly place him in position of eminence in his work. He was born in Morristown New Jersey, and of his early education there, little is definitely known, but he never graduated from any institution of learning. having acquired his education principally by private study and reading. The family came to Athens County, Ohio in 1815, where they became well known. One of his daughters (Achsah) becoming the wife of Ohio Governor John Brough. On entering business, he was careful and industrious, and successful from the first. Among other business interests, his attention was principally given to the milling and wool carding business in the Bingham Mills, west of Athens, Ohio, for ten years following 1826. In 1836 he transferred his business to his own permanent establishments about two miles south of Athens, Ohio, on the bank of the Hocking River. The location since known as Harmony. Here he erected an oil-mill, a grist mill, a saw mill, and in 1840, bored wells and began the manufacture of salt. In 1850 his personal income was $30,000 a year. A coal bank was opened for the use of the salt furnaces and for years the product of salt here at Mr. Pruden's Salt Works at Chauncey, Ohio was many thousand bushels annually. His business at Harmony gradually extended until a village grew up around him, occupied mostly by people in his employ. He was elected by the State Legislature, a Trustee of the Ohio University in 1851. As was his habit in his business, he was punctual and judicious in the discharge of this trust, taking a deep interest in the welfare of the institution to the end of his life. Though not a man of college education, yet much reading, his literary, and especially his scientific attainments, were highly creditable. He was elected to the Ohio Legislature to represent Athens County during its second session, under the new constitution in the winter of 1854-55. He served one term as Associate Judge on the Common Pleas bench. In the Masonic Fraternity, he passed through the successive degrees until he became the Commander of Athens Encampment of Knights Templar. He was ever gentlemanly in his bearing, and in every position in the highest sense of the term.
Source: History of Hocking Valley-1883, pg. 377-378
Contributor: Chadwell (46904389) •
Samuel Baldwin Pruden (son of Silas Pruden and Rebecca Carmichael) was born January 17, 1798 in Morristown, New Jersey, and died December 10, 1868 in Harmony, Athens, Ohio. He married Polly Mary Cranston on July 28, 1821 in Athens, Ohio.
Judge Samuel Baldwin Pruden spent 48 years of his manhood a resident of Athens County. His wealth, all acquired by honorable industry, his great business ability and his public enterprise justly place him in position of eminence in his work. He was born in Morristown New Jersey, and of his early education there, little is definitely known, but he never graduated from any institution of learning. having acquired his education principally by private study and reading. The family came to Athens County, Ohio in 1815, where they became well known. One of his daughters (Achsah) becoming the wife of Ohio Governor John Brough. On entering business, he was careful and industrious, and successful from the first. Among other business interests, his attention was principally given to the milling and wool carding business in the Bingham Mills, west of Athens, Ohio, for ten years following 1826. In 1836 he transferred his business to his own permanent establishments about two miles south of Athens, Ohio, on the bank of the Hocking River. The location since known as Harmony. Here he erected an oil-mill, a grist mill, a saw mill, and in 1840, bored wells and began the manufacture of salt. In 1850 his personal income was $30,000 a year. A coal bank was opened for the use of the salt furnaces and for years the product of salt here at Mr. Pruden's Salt Works at Chauncey, Ohio was many thousand bushels annually. His business at Harmony gradually extended until a village grew up around him, occupied mostly by people in his employ. He was elected by the State Legislature, a Trustee of the Ohio University in 1851. As was his habit in his business, he was punctual and judicious in the discharge of this trust, taking a deep interest in the welfare of the institution to the end of his life. Though not a man of college education, yet much reading, his literary, and especially his scientific attainments, were highly creditable. He was elected to the Ohio Legislature to represent Athens County during its second session, under the new constitution in the winter of 1854-55. He served one term as Associate Judge on the Common Pleas bench. In the Masonic Fraternity, he passed through the successive degrees until he became the Commander of Athens Encampment of Knights Templar. He was ever gentlemanly in his bearing, and in every position in the highest sense of the term.
Source: History of Hocking Valley-1883, pg. 377-378
Contributor: Chadwell (46904389) •
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