Individual Details

William Brainard Prouty

(29 Apr 1833 - 3 Apr 1908)

William Brainard Prouty, son of Dwight Prouty (5), born in Spencer, April 29, 1833; died April 3, 1908. He married at Spencer, Sarah Allen, of Hillsville, Spencer, daughter of Pliny Allen (7). (See Allen family.). He was a miller and shoemaker by trade. For many years he was a leather cutter in the Isaac Prouty factory at Spencer. He was a Republican. He was a faithful member and earnest worker in the Methodist church and of exemplary character. Children, born at Spencer: i. Sarah Elnora, born July 28, 1861; married Rev. Austin H. Herrick, pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church at Chicopee: children: i. Asbury Herrick; ii. Cyril Herrick : üi. ligar Elaine Herrick. 2. Walter A.. July 5, 1860; married Belle . Children: i. Fred; ii. Leslie. 3. Herbert William Prouty (adopted name Estabrook)

Events

Birth29 Apr 1833Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage9 May 1852Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Adaline L. Knowlton
Marriage18 Oct 1860Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Barnes Allen
Census (family)30 Jul 1870Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Sarah Barnes Allen
Marriage14 Oct 1875Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Harriet R. "Hattie" Rufsell
Death3 Apr 1908

Families

SpouseSarah Barnes Allen (1839 - 1875)
ChildSarah Lenora Prouty (1861 - )
ChildHarriet Isabel Prouty (1863 - 1866)
ChildFrank J. Prouty (1862 - )
ChildWalter A. Prouty (1866 - )
ChildHerbert William Prouty (1874 - )
SpouseAdaline L. Knowlton (1833 - 1857)
SpouseHarriet R. "Hattie" Rufsell (1838 - )
FatherDwight Dinsmore Prouty (1811 - 1879)
MotherHarriet Blanchard ( - 1899)
SiblingFrancis N "Frank" Prouty (1835 - 1904)
SiblingCelina Prouty (1839 - )
SiblingEliza M. Prouty (1843 - 1913)
SiblingReuben D. Prouty (1851 - )
SiblingFrederick Prouty (1854 - )

Endnotes

1. William Richard Cutter, Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4 (New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908), p 1790; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed .

2. William Richard Cutter, Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4 (New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908), p 1790; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed .

3. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.).

4. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.).

5. William Richard Cutter, Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4 (New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908), p 1790; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed .