Individual Details

Russel Prouty

(9 May 1791 - 27 Aug 1855)

A patent was granted by the US government in January 1822 to Russell Prouty for an improved method of wire drawing. Russell was operating a wire mill at Proutyville in company of his brother Liberty, father of Jonas R and Joel E. Prouty. The mill stood near the northwest corner of the present lower mill dam. At least one deed is on record in which he grants the use of his invention for a money consideration to Robert Watson of Leicester, who operated a wire mill on Shaw pong brook.
Russell sold out his wire mill interests and went to Steubenville, Ohio, where he became a wealthy farmer of castor oil beans.

Events

Birth9 May 1791Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage3 Jul 1814Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Clarissa Watson
Census (family)24 Sep 1850Brookfield Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States - Clarissa Watson
Death27 Aug 1855Ohio, United States

Families

SpouseClarissa Watson (1790 - 1868)
ChildRussel Prouty Jr. (1815 - 1868)
ChildWilliam "Will" Prouty (1815 - 1871)
ChildLiberty Prouty (1819 - 1822)
FatherEli Prouty (1757 - 1818)
MotherRebecca Bemis (1761 - 1847)
SiblingMajor Eli Prouty Jr. (1782 - 1860)
SiblingElliot Prouty (1784 - 1863)
SiblingElecta Prouty (1787 - )
SiblingCheney Prouty (1794 - )
SiblingLavina Prouty (1796 - 1836)
SiblingRebecca Prouty (1801 - )
SiblingLiberty Prouty (1799 - 1854)

Notes

Census (family)

567, 567, Russel Prouty, 58 M, none, 9000, Mass
Clarissa " , 60 F, Mass
568, 568, William " , 33 M, Farmer,6720, OH
Cassanda " , 31 F, OH
Elliott " , 5 M, OH
Malona " , 5 F, OH
Eli " , 3 M, OH
James " , 1 M, OH

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. 241.

2. Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Bemis history and genealogy: being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... (San Francisco, CA: The Stanley-Taylor co., printer, 1900), p 144; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed .

3. 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. 241-2.

4. Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Bemis history and genealogy: being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... (San Francisco, CA: The Stanley-Taylor co., printer, 1900), p 144; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed .

5. 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. 242.