When John William Pritchett was born on 8 August 1861, in Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States, his father, Samuel Napoleon Bonaparte Pritchett, was 34 and his mother, Mary Jane Gillespie, was 21. He married Martha Ann Tidwell on 17 December 1881, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in Indianola, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900 and Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1920. In 1920, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as farmer in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He died on 6 January 1943, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhisiart ‘son ofRichard’. Compare Pritchard .
English (Midlands): from a diminutive of Middle English prik(e), prich ‘point’, ‘prick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of any of various pointed instruments, or a nickname for a tall, thin man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJOHN WILLIAM PRITCHETT Born 8 Aug 1860 in Linn County, Mo. --Died 6 Jan 1943 at Fairview, Utah. Came to Utah in 1865, settled in Fairview--farmer and stock raiser: small dairy herd 20 cows wit …
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