PRUYN, Abraham

PRUYN, MINOTT, MCERLAIN, MILES

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Date: 12/9/2001 at 09:28:23

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

ABRAHAM PRUYN, farmer; P.O. De Witt; born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., in 1807; his parents removed to Herkimer Co. when he was a child. Mr. Pruyn's first wife was Sophia Minott; they had six children; three are living-Minott A., who lives in New York; Francis J., lives in Tipton, Iowa; Mrs. Harriet McErlain, lives in
Dyersville, Iowa. His present wife was Arvilla Miles, native of New York; they have two children-William E. and Lillian F. Mr. Pruyn came to Clinton Co. in 1861; he lived one year in De Witt, then located on his present farm.