PROUTY, SARAH E - Harvey County, Kansas | SARAH E PROUTY - Kansas Gravestone Photos

Sarah E PROUTY

Greenwood Cemetery
Harvey County,
Kansas

John
PRIVATE US Army
Company G 27 Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Civil War Union
January 21, 1844 - December 29, 1921

Wounded by a musket ball striking him in the left breast during a skirmish near Calhoun, Georgia. The bullet was never removed. Discharged August, 1865 at Davenport.

Son of Amos & Mary Lucia Stone Prouty

Married January 27, 1865 to Kansas in March 1871

Sarah
January 1, 1848 New Boston Mercer County, Ill
April 23, 1934 Newton Harvey County Kansas

Daughter of Andrew B & Vashti Sutton Crawford Noble

The Proudy ancestors and family were distinguished for their war service. One of his forefathers, was a minute man in the Revolutionary war. His father and one brother served in the same company with him in the Civil War, his son served two years in the Spanish American war, and one of his grandsons in World War I, died of influenza in Camp Greenleaf, Ft. Oglethorp.

Children: Etta, Grace and Amos


From William G Cutler's

"History Of Kansas, Harvey County"

First published in 1883

JOHN N PROUTY, farmer, Section 2, P O Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 in cultivation, enclosed with hedge and wire, dwelling 14 x 24 with L 12 x 12, one and a half stories; barn 16 x24, with corn crib and driveway 16 x 24. Also a tenant building of four rooms and small orchard, and two groves of cultivated timber. Came to Kansas in August, 1871, and located on Section 4, in this township and has improved a number of places in Macon and Emma Townships and bought this place and located here in the fall of 1882. Was born in Illinois, February 21, 1844, and made it his home until coming to Kansas, with the exception of two years spent in Iowa. Enlisted in January 2, 1864, in Company G, Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and served in Tennessee, in the Atlanta campaign, participating in the engagements of Rocky Face, Altoona and Resaca, and was desperately wounded on the skirmish line near Calhoun, Georgia, being shot in the left side between the sixth and seventh ribs and he still carries the ball, supposed to be embedded in the lung and was never able for service again, and was mustered out in August, 1865. Was married January 27, 1865, to Miss Sarah E Noble. They have two children -- Ettie May and Gracie V.

Contributed on 10/22/16 by jrwall1046
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Submitted: 10/22/16 • Approved: 10/29/16 • Last Updated: 3/13/18 • R59426-G59425-S3

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