Augustus Marion Pryor

17 June 1854–15 August 1947 (Age 93)
Crawford, Wyandot, Ohio, United States

The Life of Augustus Marion

When Augustus Marion Pryor was born on 17 June 1854, in Crawford, Wyandot, Ohio, United States, his father, Allen Pryor, was 30 and his mother, Amelia Frances Newman, was 32. He married Amelia M Kelley on 5 March 1879, in Decatur City, Decatur, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Decatur Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 15 August 1947, in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States, at the age of 93.

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Family Time Line

Augustus Marion Pryor
1854–1947
Amelia M Kelley
1852–1946
Marriage: 5 March 1879
Lulu Maude Pryor
1879–1945
Guy Lewis Pryor
1881–1944
Jessica Elma Pryor
1884–1965
Fern Alice Pryor
1886–1943

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
5 March 1879
Decatur City, Decatur, Iowa, United States
children

(4)

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(11)

    Leroy Pryor

    Male1842–Male

    Martha J. Pryor

    Female1851–Female

    Winfield Scott Pryor

    Male1852–1919Male

    Augustus Marion Pryor

    Male1854–1947Male

    Walter Luke Pryor

    Male1855–Male

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines

Age 3

The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863

Age 9

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 27

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant spelling of Prior .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Agustus Pryor in household of Maud L Keller, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Augustus M Pryor in household of Allen Pryor, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Augustas Pryor in household of Allen Pryor, "United States Census, 1870"

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