Individual Details
Sheriff Robert Augustus Prouty
(29 Apr 1846 - 13 Jan 1930)
Events
| Birth | 29 Apr 1846 | Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Marriage | 7 Jun 1873 | Stanislaus, California, United States - Charlotte Lenora Davis | |||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Snelling, Merced, California, United States - Charlotte Lenora Davis |  | ||
| Census (family) | Jun 1900 | Twp 4, Mariposa, California, United States - Charlotte Lenora Davis | | ||
| Death | 13 Jan 1930 | Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States | | ||
| Burial | Pioneer Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Charlotte Lenora Davis (1857 - 1941) |
| Child | Laura Belle Prouty (1880 - 1939) |
| Child | Asa Augustus "Gus" Prouty (1884 - 1940) |
| Child | Alta Pearl Prouty (1887 - 1982) |
| Father | Asa Augustus Prouty (1812 - 1883) |
| Mother | Laura Donelson (1815 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Franklin Hoyt Prouty (1848 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Joel L Prouty (1852 - 1928) |
Notes
Census (family)
Robert PROUTY Self M Male W 30 MA Laborer MA MACharlott PROUTY Wife M Female W 24 CA Keeping House --- ---
R. D. DAVIS Other S Male W 33 TX Stock Raiser --- ---
Laura Bell PROUTY Dau S Female W 3M CA MA CA
Wille DAVIS Other S Male W 6 CA Orphen --- ---
SAM Other S Male A 38 CHINA Sheep Herder CHINA CHINA
Census (family)
111, 115, Prouty, Robert A, Head, WM, Apr 1849, 54, Married 26 yrs, MA MA MA, Sheriff, rent house, Charlotte L, Wife, WF, May 1857, 43, M-26, 3 children born & living CA IN AL
, Asa A, Son, WM, Feb 1884, 16, single, CA, at school
, Alta P, Daughter WF, Mar 1887, 13, single, CA, at school
Lind, Laura B, Daughter, WF, Jan 1880, 20, Married 0 yrs, CA
Baker, Michael, Boarder, WM, Mar 1832, 68, single, Ireland
Death
PROUTY, Robert A.Merced Express, January 17, 1930
EX-SHERIFF PROUTY OF MARIPOSA DIES
Robert A. Prouty, pioneer and former Sheriff of Mariposa county, died Monday
in Modesto Hospital at the age of 83 years, following a three weeks illness.
He had been a resident of Mariposa county for 63 years, and was sheriff for
22 years. He was a native of Massachusetts, and a member of Rawlings Post of
the G. A. R. at Stockton.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. at the Shannon
undertaking parlors at Modesto, and interment was in the Odd Fellows
cemetery there.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Charlotte Prouty; a son, Asa A. Prouty of
Modesto, and two daughters, Mrs. Carl Lind of Richmond and Mrs. John
Castagnetto of Modesto.
Sheriff Prouty was well known and highly esteemed in Merced. Several years
ago he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their
ranch near La Grange, at which time a large number of old friends, including
many from Merced gathered to tender their good wishes.