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Erskine Franklin Pryor

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Erskine Franklin Pryor

Birth
Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA
Death
31 Dec 1928 (aged 73)
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Son of Benjaman F. pryor and Mary Clarke
Brother of Laura R., Wesley, Martha, & Joseph
Erskine married India Nellie Grahm March 6, 1876 in Taylor Co., West Virginia.

Erskine Pryor lived his whole life in West Virginia. Mostly Wheeling West Virginia. Wheeling is right on the Ohio river. Erskine was a cigar maker by trade. He learned this trade at a very early age. The 1870 Census shows Erskine at age 16 living next door to a cigar maker. In these times children were often used in the manufacturing of cigars. Through all the following census, even on his death certificate, his occupation was stogie maker.
Son of Benjaman F. pryor and Mary Clarke
Brother of Laura R., Wesley, Martha, & Joseph
Erskine married India Nellie Grahm March 6, 1876 in Taylor Co., West Virginia.

Erskine Pryor lived his whole life in West Virginia. Mostly Wheeling West Virginia. Wheeling is right on the Ohio river. Erskine was a cigar maker by trade. He learned this trade at a very early age. The 1870 Census shows Erskine at age 16 living next door to a cigar maker. In these times children were often used in the manufacturing of cigars. Through all the following census, even on his death certificate, his occupation was stogie maker.


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