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Homer Sheldon Pruden Sr.

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Homer Sheldon Pruden Sr.

Birth
Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Death
14 Jun 1937 (aged 70)
Scott County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5462194, Longitude: -90.5447472
Plot
Section 17 Lot 84 SE 1/4
Memorial ID
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Homer Pruden, age 22, son of Miles Pruden and Charlotte Ruby, and Emma Jones, age 20, daughter of Jonas Jones and Louise Armst, were married March 12, 1888 in Burlington, Iowa.

Davenport Democrat & Leader June 20 1937 page 8

Driver fined in Auto death was speeding.
Except that the defendant was speeding, the automobile accident in which Homer S. Pruden Sr. , Hotel Belmont, was fatally injured a week ago today, was an accident, according to an announcement made late friday by Magistr4ate John A Hornby in police court after he heard evidence against Thomas Fabricius, 23, 115 Division St., driver of the death car, who was charged with reckless driving.
Fabicius was fined $50. and costs.
Testimony, which was similar to that offered at a coroner's inquest Tuesday night, indicated that Fabricius was driving 30 miles an hour as he went east on Third Street and Harrison , his car hit Pruden who was crossing southward pushing a cart loaded with morning newspapers.
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Davenport Democrat & Leader June 15, 1937 Page 9
Homer Pruden, age 22, son of Miles Pruden and Charlotte Ruby, and Emma Jones, age 20, daughter of Jonas Jones and Louise Armst, were married March 12, 1888 in Burlington, Iowa.

Davenport Democrat & Leader June 20 1937 page 8

Driver fined in Auto death was speeding.
Except that the defendant was speeding, the automobile accident in which Homer S. Pruden Sr. , Hotel Belmont, was fatally injured a week ago today, was an accident, according to an announcement made late friday by Magistr4ate John A Hornby in police court after he heard evidence against Thomas Fabricius, 23, 115 Division St., driver of the death car, who was charged with reckless driving.
Fabicius was fined $50. and costs.
Testimony, which was similar to that offered at a coroner's inquest Tuesday night, indicated that Fabricius was driving 30 miles an hour as he went east on Third Street and Harrison , his car hit Pruden who was crossing southward pushing a cart loaded with morning newspapers.
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Davenport Democrat & Leader June 15, 1937 Page 9


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