Individual Details
Joel Eli Prouty
(25 Jul 1830 - )
Joel E. Prouty obtained his education in the common schools of Spencer, supplemented by one term at Leicester Academy. In his sixteenth year he left the school-room for his father's wire-mill, where he worked as an employee until he was twenty-one years of age. Then he became a partner in the business, under the firm name of L. & J. E. Prouty. Several years after, his brother, Jonas R. Prouty, was received into the firm. Subsequently the father disposed of his interest, and the firm became J.R. & J. E. Prouty. A successful business was carried on until 1876, when the plant was sold to the Spencer Wire Company. Since that time Joel E. Prouty has been engaged in farming and the raising of graded cattle.
On September 10, 1857, Mr. Prouty was married to Minerva J. Wilson, who was born in Spencer, October 24, 1837. She is a daughter of Horace and Martha (Draper) Wilson. Her father, who was a soldier in the Civil War, died in the service of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Prouty have lost one son, Joel L. Their living children are: Eddie W., Albert B., and Ida E. Ida is the wife of Frederick D. Woods, of Arlington, Mass. In politics Mr. Prouty is a Republican. He commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he associates, and is always glad to help any worthy cause.
Events
Families
Spouse | Minerva Jane Wilson (1837 - 1908) |
Child | Joel L. Prouty (1857 - 1860) |
Child | Edward Warner "Eddy" Prouty (1860 - ) |
Child | Albert Burnside Prouty (1863 - 1919) |
Child | Ida Evelyn Prouty (1865 - ) |
Father | Liberty Prouty (1799 - 1854) |
Mother | Emily Bisco (1804 - 1857) |
Sibling | Maria Adaline Prouty (1827 - 1853) |
Sibling | Jonas Russell Prouty (1829 - ) |
Sibling | Augustus Bisco Prouty (1831 - 1899) |
Sibling | Mary Eliza Prouty (1835 - 1899) |
Sibling | Abigail Lavinia Prouty (1837 - 1841) |
Sibling | Henry Waldo Prouty (1840 - 1899) |
Sibling | Emily Augusta Prouty (1844 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)
928, 1071, Joel E Prouty, 29 M, Wire drawer, 4000, 800, MAMinerva J Prouty, 22 F, MA
Mary Coffee, 27 F, Servant, Ireland
Jonas R. Prouty, 31 M, Wire -- , MA (brother)
Henry W. Prouty, 20 M, Wire --- , - , 300, MA (brother)
Census (family)
299, 514, Prouty, Joel E, 40 MW, Wire Manufacturer, 12000, 10000, MA, Minerva, 32, FW, Keeping house, MA
, Eddie W, 10, MW, at school, MA
, Albert B, 7 MW, at school, MA
, Ida E, 4 FW, MA
301, 516, Prouty, Jonas R, 41 MW, Wire Manufacturer (his brother)
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. 242.
2. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Editor, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: Volume 4 (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), p 331-332; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 21 October 2009.
3. Anonymous, Biographical review. : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Worcester County, Massachusetts. (Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1899, 1218 pgs.), 30-31.
4. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Editor, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity: Volume 4 (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907), p 331-332; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 21 October 2009.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1860 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > SPENCER Series: M653 Roll: 530 Page: 773.
6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1870 > MASSACHUSETTS > WORCESTER > SPENCER Series: M593 Roll: 655 Page: 399.