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Lucy Atwood <I>Pruitt</I> Heflin

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Lucy Atwood Pruitt Heflin

Birth
Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
Death
16 May 1930 (aged 82)
Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Lucy was to have been b. in Breckenridge, KY, the dau./o Willis and Jane MORDACH Pruitt (var. sp.) on 15 Oct 1847.
Her par.s were recorded as being wed in Vandenburg Co., IN in 1831.

Willis took his family from KY to IN to MO, then Kelly Twp, Warren Co., IL. I could not find a BLM Land Patent for him but he must have rec'd one in Warren Co., IL prior to the 1850 Federal Census was taken.

Lucy met and wed Simeon Grant Heflin on 7 Dec 1865, prob. in her home, in Kelley Twp, Warren Co., IL. He had enlisted in the Civil War about then.

They were in the Harlan City Area before the 1870 Federal Census was taken. Simeon had just applied for a C.W. Pension as he was wounded in the C.W.

They first lived in Jackson Twp and later in Center Twp, just a short distance from Harlan City. They had 5 children: Vinnie, Orville, Alta, Daisy & Luke.

Simeon d. in 1910 and Lucy applied for a C.W. Widow's Pension on 2 May 1910.

Lucy remained in the Harlan City vic. the remainder of her life.

She was interred near her husband, Simeon, in the HARLAN CEMETERY.
Lucy was to have been b. in Breckenridge, KY, the dau./o Willis and Jane MORDACH Pruitt (var. sp.) on 15 Oct 1847.
Her par.s were recorded as being wed in Vandenburg Co., IN in 1831.

Willis took his family from KY to IN to MO, then Kelly Twp, Warren Co., IL. I could not find a BLM Land Patent for him but he must have rec'd one in Warren Co., IL prior to the 1850 Federal Census was taken.

Lucy met and wed Simeon Grant Heflin on 7 Dec 1865, prob. in her home, in Kelley Twp, Warren Co., IL. He had enlisted in the Civil War about then.

They were in the Harlan City Area before the 1870 Federal Census was taken. Simeon had just applied for a C.W. Pension as he was wounded in the C.W.

They first lived in Jackson Twp and later in Center Twp, just a short distance from Harlan City. They had 5 children: Vinnie, Orville, Alta, Daisy & Luke.

Simeon d. in 1910 and Lucy applied for a C.W. Widow's Pension on 2 May 1910.

Lucy remained in the Harlan City vic. the remainder of her life.

She was interred near her husband, Simeon, in the HARLAN CEMETERY.


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