Brief Life History of Anthony Drane
When Anthony Drane Pruitt was born on 11 October 1858, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Payton Pruitt, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Pullen, was 33. He married Martha D Ferry about 1887, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Durbin, Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Grayson, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 December 1939, in Caneyville, Grayson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Grayson, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Anta D Prewitt, "United States Census, 1920"
- Anthony Drane Pruitt, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
- Anthony Pruitt in entry for Dodd Pruitt and Clydia Whoberry, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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 (Lanarkshire, Scotland): variant of Prewitt . This surname is very rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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