Individual Details

Alanson Prouty

(23 Dec 1812 - 23 Dec 1896)

Events

Birth23 Dec 1812Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage10 Oct 1836Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Melina Howland
Census (family)28 Aug 1850Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Melina Howland
Census (family)1855Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Melina Howland
Census (family)1 Jun 1860Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Melina Howland
Census1865Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Census15 Jul 1870Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Census12 Jun 1880Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Death23 Dec 1896Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
BurialSpencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Families

SpouseMelina Howland (1811 - 1863)
ChildGardner O. Prouty (1842 - 1864)
ChildRuth Ann Prouty (1844 - )
ChildHerbert Alanson "Henry" Prouty (1854 - )
FatherGardner Prouty (1784 - 1828)
MotherRuth Howe (1788 - 1868)
SiblingEliza Prouty (1808 - 1888)
SiblingMarcia Howe Prouty (1810 - 1903)
SiblingCarlos Prouty (1815 - )
SiblingGardner Prouty (1817 - 1899)
SiblingFanny Prouty (1819 - 1822)
SiblingNancy Prouty (1822 - 1843)
SiblingHarriet Fanny Prouty (1825 - 1827)
SiblingHannah Augusta Prouty (1827 - 1847)

Notes

Marriage

transcribed as Melina Newland, but should be Howland

Census (family)

184, 224, Alanson Prouty, 37 M, Trader, MA
Melina H Prouty, 39 F, MA
Gardner O Prouty, 7 M, MA, attended school
Ruth A Prouty, 5 F, MA, attended school

Census (family)

127, 148
Alanson Prouty Male 44 Massachusetts, United States, Merchant
Malissa Prouty Female 45 Massachusetts, United States
Gardner C Prouty Male 14 Massachusetts, United States
Ruth Ann Prouty Female 11 Massachusetts, United States
Hurbert A Prouty Male 1 Massachusetts, United States
Peggy Caffill Female 60 Ireland

Census (family)

26, 27, Alanson Prouty, 47 M, Merchant, MA
Melinda H Prouty, 48 F, MA
Ruth A Prouty, 15 F, MA
Henrie Prouty, 5 M, MA

Census

Alanson Prouty Male 52 Massachusetts, United States, widowed
Ruth A Prouty Female 21 Massachusetts, United States
Henrie A Prouty Male 10 Massachusetts, United States

Census

[1870 Census - Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts - July 15, 1870 - page 17(128), image 17]
Alanson Prouty, 57, dry goods merchant, real estate $2000, personal property $3000, born in Massachusetts;
Ruth A. Prouty, 25, keeping house, born in Massachusetts;
Henry A. Prouty, 15, clerk in store, born in Massachusetts.

Census

[1880 Census - Oakham (District 819), Worcester, Massachusetts - June 12, 1880 - page 10, image 10]
Alanson Prouty, 67, widowed, variety store, born in Massachusetts (parents in Massachusetts);
Ruth A. Prouty, 35, daughter, single, keeps house, born in Massachusetts (parents in Massachusetts).

Death

widowed, merchant

Endnotes

1. Draper, James., History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year 1860 : including a brief sketch of Leicester, to the year 1753. (Worcester: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1860?, 279 pgs.), p. 238.

2. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 66.

3. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 21 April 2020), Alanson Prouty, 1812..

4. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 115.

5. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov 2007.

6. , Vital records of Spencer, Massachusetts: to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, MA: Franklin P. Rice, 1909), 195 p; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 8 October 2009.

7. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov 2007.

8. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1850 census.

9. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > OAKHAM Series: M653 Roll: 530 Page: 655.

10. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov 2007.

11. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov 2007.

12. Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918., Prouty (Proute) genealogy. (Boston, Mass.; C.H. Pope, 1910.), p 115.

13. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov 2007.

14. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 21 April 2020), Alanson Prouty, 23 Dec 1896; citing Springfield, Massachusetts, v 463 p 811, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,518..

15. Steve Adair, "Joshus Prouty and Bemis genealogy," e-mail message from () to Nancy Prouty, Nov 2007.