Individual Details

Census (family)

33, 32, Prouty, Emory S, 28 MW, Coal Miner, - , 125, New York
" , Emma J, 22 FW, Keeping house, Penns.
" , James D, 1 MW, IL
Matthews, Eliza, 16 FW, Domestic servant, Iowa
Westfall, Joseph, 19 MW, Farm laborer, Ohio
Harris, James T, 40 MW, Farmer, 2000. 700, Indiana
Moul, Nicholas, 50 MW, Coal Miner, Prussia
Sinkenback, Philip, 39 MW, Grocery Keeping, 700 - Germany

Death

Overcome by an attack of chronic heart trouble, Emery S. Prouty, a pioneer resident of this city, died suddenly at noon yesterday while in his store at C and Holly Streets. Mr. Prouty was 67 years old and one of the best known residents of the city. He has been a sufferer with heart trouble for ten years. While seated in a chair near the doorway of the store yesterday, he suddenly complained of sickness. Several persons in the store hastened to his assistance but he became unconscious in a few minutes and expired before medical aid could reach his side.
Mr. Prouty was born in Watertown, N. Y., in 1842. He gained an honorable record in the Civil War, having served throughout the entire war. When the first call for volunteers came, Mr. Prouty enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served the full term of three and one-half years, at the end of which he re-enlisted and served until the close of the war. In his early boyhood he removed with his parents from Watertown, N. Y., to Norwalk, Huron County, O. Following the war, he returned to the place and later removed to Galesburg, Ill., where he married Miss Emma O. Reed. Previous to his residence in Illinois, Mr. Prouty and a brother were known as among the earliest pioneers of Southern Ohio. His brother also removed to Illinois and the two started a store at Oneida in that state. From there Mr. Prouty removed to Ottawa, Ia., where he resided some time, removing to the state of Washington in 1882. He has resided here ever since.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, James D. of Laurel, Wash., and Truman A.; two daughters, Mrs. L. M. Barr and Mrs. Mae Beech, all of this city; three brothers, Milton G., of Everson; Frederick William, of this city, and Monroe S. Prouty, of Blaine; also by two sisters, Mrs. Hulda Dix and Mrs. Marilla Dix, both residents of the state of Pennsylvania.
(From The Morning Reveille, February 3, 1909)