Individual Details

[Vital Records, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, 262]
(Apparently Gardner's fianc?e died prior to his first marriage)
PROUTY - Melona, d. Maj. Eli, Sept. 13, 1841, a. 19. ["The deceased departed this life a few weeks previous to anticipated marriage with Mr. Gardner Prouty." G.S.2.]

An historical sketch of the town of Littleton, p. 30-1]
Gardner Prouty was born at Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, September 4, 1817, and was the son of Gardner and Ruth (How) Prouty, both of Spencer. He attended the common schools of his native town till about seventeen years of age, when he went to Westminster, where he spent one term at the Academy. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked about six years. In 1847 he went to Boston, and for a time engaged in the ice shipping business. Afterwards he was in the business of wharfinger, in which he continued till January 1, 1889. In 1864 he went to Littleton and purchased the place where he still resides. His house is pleasantly situated on the main street of Littleton Common; and connected with it is a farm of sixty-four acres, the care of which has afforded him ample opportunity for exercise since his retirement from his former business. June 3, 1851, Mr. Prouty was married at Boston, by Rev. Thomas Starr King, to Clara D. Wheelock, of Calais, Vermont. Miss Wheelock was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Welcome Wheelock, formerly of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He has one child, Gardner W., who is married and lives in Littleton. Mr. Prouty is a Democrat, and was a delegate to the Presidential Convention held in New York in 1868. He has taken an active part in the public affairs of Littleton, having been selectman and assessor seven years, and overseer of the poor six years, and five years chairman of these boards. For several years he was also a member of the School Committee, and was moderator of the annual town-meeting of Littleton twenty years. His paternat ancestor came to Spencer from Scituate.

The son of Gardner and Ruth (How) Prouty, both of Spencer. He attended the common scbools of his native town till about seventeen years of age, when he went to Westminster, where be spent one term at the Academy. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked about six years.
In 1847 he went to Boston, and for a time engaged in the ice shipping business. Afterwards he was in the business of wharfinger, in which he continued till January 1, 1889.
On June 3, 1851, Mr. Prouty was married at Boston, by Rev. Thomas Starr King, to Clara D. Wheelock, of Calais, Vermont. Miss Wheelock was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Welcome Wheelock, formerly of Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He has one child, Gardner W., who is married and lives in Littleton.
Mr. Prouty is a Democrat, and was a delegate to the Presidential Convention held in New York in 1868. He has taken an active part in the public affairs of Littleton, having been selectman and assessor seven years, and overseer of the poor six years, and five years chairman of these boards. For several years he was also a member of the School Committee, and was moderator of the annual town meeting of Littleton twenty years. His paternal ancestor came to Spencer from Scituate.
(The above is an excerpt from "An Historical Sketch of Littleton" by Herbert Joseph Harwood. You can find more on the cemetery website.) 

Birth	4 Sep 1817	Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	3 Jun 1851	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - Clarissa D. "Clara" Wheelock
Census (family)	12 Jul 1860	Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Clarissa D. "Clara" Wheelock
Census (family)	2 Jul 1870	Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Clarissa D. "Clara" Wheelock
Census (family)	15 Jun 1880	Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Clarissa D. "Clara" Wheelock
Death	5 Dec 1899	Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial		Westlawn Cemetery, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse	Clarissa D. "Clara" Wheelock (1820 - 1902)
Child	Clara M. Prouty (1852 - 1854)
Child	Gardner Wheelock Prouty (1858 - )

Father	Gardner Prouty (1784 - 1828)
Mother	Ruth Howe (1788 - 1868)
Sibling	Eliza Prouty (1808 - 1888)
Sibling	Marcia Howe Prouty (1810 - 1903)
Sibling	Alanson Prouty (1812 - 1896)
Sibling	Carlos Prouty (1815 - )
Sibling	Fanny Prouty (1819 - 1822)
Sibling	Nancy Prouty (1822 - 1843)
Sibling	Harriet Fanny Prouty (1825 - 1827)
Sibling	Hannah Augusta Prouty (1827 - 1847)

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