Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Who are my Prunty's?

My grandmother was a Prunty and she was born in Wamego, Pottawatomie, Kansas. Her father was John Prunty and her mother was Susannah Schoner. John was born in Platt City, Missouri on 21 Dec 1849 and he died in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas on 29 Jun 1926. John's father was Leonard Carroll Prunty who was born 8 Oct 1817 in Pruntytown, Harrison, Virginia and died on 23 Apr 1895 in California but is buried in Wamego, Kansas. John's mother was Sarah Polan who was born 3 Aug 1820 in Harrison County, Virginia and died in Jan 1880 in Wamego, Pottawatomie, Kansas.

Most of this information will soon be verified with records and pictures collected from the Wamego Cemetery. My daughter and her husband (and my granddaughter) visited Wamego recently and took lots of pictures at the cemetery and at the historical museum. They had a wonderful trip and spent hours looking around. I'm excited to pull this all together and share our information.

Other family names I have that will take longer to verify (unless of course someone out there has done that already) are:
     David Prunty (father of Leonard Carroll Prunty) born 10 Apr 1768 in Harrison County,
          Virginia.
     Anne Carroll (mother of Leonard Carroll Prunty) born 9 Sep 1772 possibly in Virginia.
     John Prunty (father of David Prunty) born abt 1748 possibly in Ireland.
     Barnabas Prunty (father of John Prunty) born abt 1718 in County Down, Ireland.