WALTER PRUET, one of Jasper County's self-made men and highly-respected citizens, carries on agricultural pursuits on section 4, South Muddy Township. As he is widely and favorably known throughout this community, we feel assured that a record of his life will prove of interest to our readers, and therefore gladly insert this sketch. His birth occurred October 30, 1827, in Kenton County, Ky. His father was a native of North Carolina and of English descent, and his mother, Cassandra (Brooks) Pruet, was of both English and German lineage. Our subject is the only living representative of their family of nine children, the others being Mary, Willis. John, Sarah, Adenston, Melinda, Charlotte and Elias.
Walter was the eighth in order of birth. Upon his father's farm he was reared to manhood and in the subscription schools he became familiar with the rudimentary branches of knowledge, but his educational privileges were quite limited. Since fourteen years of age he has made his own way in the world. He began to earn his livelihood by working as a farm hand for twelve and a-half cents per day, but as his usefulness increased his wages were raised to $7 per month. He was thus employed until eighteen years of age, when he began working in a flour and saw mill, where the next four years of his life were passed. On the expiration of that period he made a location in Rome, Ind.. where he resided for a year, and then returned to Kentucky. In his native State he then remained until the autumn of 1853.
On the 26th of June, 1848, Mr. Pruet was joined in wedlock with Miss Missouri Frazier, and they became the parents of eight children: William O. B. (deceased), Ellen F., Sarah C., Robert G., Walter, James M., and Sherman and Jackie both deceased. The mother of this family died in 1883. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a most estimable lady. On the 25th of September, 1884, Mr. Pruet married Laura E. Ray, and two children grace this union, Nye and Armilda.
The autumn of 1853 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Pruet and his family in Jasper County. They had journeyed Westward by team and now located in South Muddy Township, where he entered eighty-nine acres of land from the Government on section 4. His claim is mostly covered with timber. After building a log cabin, 16x18 feet, he began clearing his land, then plowed and planted it, and in course of time rich harvests rewarded his efforts. He and his family bore all the hardships and privations of frontier life and in those early days lived in true pioneer style. As time passed, however, the once raw tract was transformed into rich and fertile fields, and Mr. Pruet is now the owner of a good farm, which yields to him a golden tribute.
Our subject is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, he has served as Supervisor of South Muddy Township for eleven years and was Collector for one year, discharging his duties with a promptness and fidelity that won him the commendation of all concerned. He manifested his loyalty to the Government during the late war by enlisting November 20, 1861, in Company F, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Butler. Ft. Donelson was the first and last engagement in which he participated, for he was taken sick immediately after the battle and was discharged on account of disability. Mr. Pruet holds membership with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a faithful member of the Baptist Church, with which he has been connected since fourteen years of age. He is a public-spirited and progressive citizen and does all in his power to advance the best interests of the community. He helped to organize his township into school districts and has been identified with the growth and development of Jasper County during his long residence of forty years within its borders. He is an honored pioneer and well deserves representation in this volume.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors of the State, and the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 408
Walter was the eighth in order of birth. Upon his father's farm he was reared to manhood and in the subscription schools he became familiar with the rudimentary branches of knowledge, but his educational privileges were quite limited. Since fourteen years of age he has made his own way in the world. He began to earn his livelihood by working as a farm hand for twelve and a-half cents per day, but as his usefulness increased his wages were raised to $7 per month. He was thus employed until eighteen years of age, when he began working in a flour and saw mill, where the next four years of his life were passed. On the expiration of that period he made a location in Rome, Ind.. where he resided for a year, and then returned to Kentucky. In his native State he then remained until the autumn of 1853.
On the 26th of June, 1848, Mr. Pruet was joined in wedlock with Miss Missouri Frazier, and they became the parents of eight children: William O. B. (deceased), Ellen F., Sarah C., Robert G., Walter, James M., and Sherman and Jackie both deceased. The mother of this family died in 1883. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a most estimable lady. On the 25th of September, 1884, Mr. Pruet married Laura E. Ray, and two children grace this union, Nye and Armilda.
The autumn of 1853 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Pruet and his family in Jasper County. They had journeyed Westward by team and now located in South Muddy Township, where he entered eighty-nine acres of land from the Government on section 4. His claim is mostly covered with timber. After building a log cabin, 16x18 feet, he began clearing his land, then plowed and planted it, and in course of time rich harvests rewarded his efforts. He and his family bore all the hardships and privations of frontier life and in those early days lived in true pioneer style. As time passed, however, the once raw tract was transformed into rich and fertile fields, and Mr. Pruet is now the owner of a good farm, which yields to him a golden tribute.
Our subject is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, he has served as Supervisor of South Muddy Township for eleven years and was Collector for one year, discharging his duties with a promptness and fidelity that won him the commendation of all concerned. He manifested his loyalty to the Government during the late war by enlisting November 20, 1861, in Company F, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Butler. Ft. Donelson was the first and last engagement in which he participated, for he was taken sick immediately after the battle and was discharged on account of disability. Mr. Pruet holds membership with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a faithful member of the Baptist Church, with which he has been connected since fourteen years of age. He is a public-spirited and progressive citizen and does all in his power to advance the best interests of the community. He helped to organize his township into school districts and has been identified with the growth and development of Jasper County during his long residence of forty years within its borders. He is an honored pioneer and well deserves representation in this volume.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors of the State, and the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 408
WALTER PRUET, one of Jasper County's self-made men and highly-respected citizens, carries on agricultural pursuits on section 4, South Muddy Township. As he is widely and favorably known throughout this community, we feel assured that a record of his life will prove of interest to our readers, and therefore gladly insert this sketch. His birth occurred October 30, 1827, in Kenton County, Ky. His father was a native of North Carolina and of English descent, and his mother, Cassandra (Brooks) Pruet, was of both English and German lineage. Our subject is the only living representative of their family of nine children, the others being Mary, Willis. John, Sarah, Adenston, Melinda, Charlotte and Elias.
Walter was the eighth in order of birth. Upon his father's farm he was reared to manhood and in the subscription schools he became familiar with the rudimentary branches of knowledge, but his educational privileges were quite limited. Since fourteen years of age he has made his own way in the world. He began to earn his livelihood by working as a farm hand for twelve and a-half cents per day, but as his usefulness increased his wages were raised to $7 per month. He was thus employed until eighteen years of age, when he began working in a flour and saw mill, where the next four years of his life were passed. On the expiration of that period he made a location in Rome, Ind.. where he resided for a year, and then returned to Kentucky. In his native State he then remained until the autumn of 1853.
On the 26th of June, 1848, Mr. Pruet was joined in wedlock with Miss Missouri Frazier, and they became the parents of eight children: William O. B. (deceased), Ellen F., Sarah C., Robert G., Walter, James M., and Sherman and Jackie both deceased. The mother of this family died in 1883. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a most estimable lady. On the 25th of September, 1884, Mr. Pruet married Laura E. Ray, and two children grace this union, Nye and Armilda.
The autumn of 1853 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Pruet and his family in Jasper County. They had journeyed Westward by team and now located in South Muddy Township, where he entered eighty-nine acres of land from the Government on section 4. His claim is mostly covered with timber. After building a log cabin, 16x18 feet, he began clearing his land, then plowed and planted it, and in course of time rich harvests rewarded his efforts. He and his family bore all the hardships and privations of frontier life and in those early days lived in true pioneer style. As time passed, however, the once raw tract was transformed into rich and fertile fields, and Mr. Pruet is now the owner of a good farm, which yields to him a golden tribute.
Our subject is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, he has served as Supervisor of South Muddy Township for eleven years and was Collector for one year, discharging his duties with a promptness and fidelity that won him the commendation of all concerned. He manifested his loyalty to the Government during the late war by enlisting November 20, 1861, in Company F, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Butler. Ft. Donelson was the first and last engagement in which he participated, for he was taken sick immediately after the battle and was discharged on account of disability. Mr. Pruet holds membership with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a faithful member of the Baptist Church, with which he has been connected since fourteen years of age. He is a public-spirited and progressive citizen and does all in his power to advance the best interests of the community. He helped to organize his township into school districts and has been identified with the growth and development of Jasper County during his long residence of forty years within its borders. He is an honored pioneer and well deserves representation in this volume.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors of the State, and the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 408
Walter was the eighth in order of birth. Upon his father's farm he was reared to manhood and in the subscription schools he became familiar with the rudimentary branches of knowledge, but his educational privileges were quite limited. Since fourteen years of age he has made his own way in the world. He began to earn his livelihood by working as a farm hand for twelve and a-half cents per day, but as his usefulness increased his wages were raised to $7 per month. He was thus employed until eighteen years of age, when he began working in a flour and saw mill, where the next four years of his life were passed. On the expiration of that period he made a location in Rome, Ind.. where he resided for a year, and then returned to Kentucky. In his native State he then remained until the autumn of 1853.
On the 26th of June, 1848, Mr. Pruet was joined in wedlock with Miss Missouri Frazier, and they became the parents of eight children: William O. B. (deceased), Ellen F., Sarah C., Robert G., Walter, James M., and Sherman and Jackie both deceased. The mother of this family died in 1883. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a most estimable lady. On the 25th of September, 1884, Mr. Pruet married Laura E. Ray, and two children grace this union, Nye and Armilda.
The autumn of 1853 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Pruet and his family in Jasper County. They had journeyed Westward by team and now located in South Muddy Township, where he entered eighty-nine acres of land from the Government on section 4. His claim is mostly covered with timber. After building a log cabin, 16x18 feet, he began clearing his land, then plowed and planted it, and in course of time rich harvests rewarded his efforts. He and his family bore all the hardships and privations of frontier life and in those early days lived in true pioneer style. As time passed, however, the once raw tract was transformed into rich and fertile fields, and Mr. Pruet is now the owner of a good farm, which yields to him a golden tribute.
Our subject is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, he has served as Supervisor of South Muddy Township for eleven years and was Collector for one year, discharging his duties with a promptness and fidelity that won him the commendation of all concerned. He manifested his loyalty to the Government during the late war by enlisting November 20, 1861, in Company F, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry. He was mustered in at Camp Butler. Ft. Donelson was the first and last engagement in which he participated, for he was taken sick immediately after the battle and was discharged on account of disability. Mr. Pruet holds membership with the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a faithful member of the Baptist Church, with which he has been connected since fourteen years of age. He is a public-spirited and progressive citizen and does all in his power to advance the best interests of the community. He helped to organize his township into school districts and has been identified with the growth and development of Jasper County during his long residence of forty years within its borders. He is an honored pioneer and well deserves representation in this volume.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties Illinois, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Governors of the State, and the Presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), p. 408
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