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Pruitt, Bright/Brite

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Last Name Pruitt
First Name Bright/Brite
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Death Date 2/13/1836
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Cemetery Pruitt Family Burial Ground, Gregg Twp., Morgan Co.
Family Information
Spouse 1) Annister/Anne _____; 2) Elizabeth "Betsy" Seabolt
Survived By Wife, Betsy.
Other Age 65 years, 8 months, and 4 days. Born June 9, 1777 in Greenville Co., S.C.; son of Michael and Elizabeth Bright Pruitt. Father of 13 children; all of them were redheads. Married first wife c1790 in N.C.; they had 10 children together: Eli Sr., James Sr., Phoebe "Pleraby", Elizabeth, Matilda, Mahala, Michael, Nancy, William, and Hannah. Wife died in May 1815; death caused by a fall from a horse. Married second wife on Sept. 5, 1815 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky. They had 3 children: Katherine "Kitty", Margaret White, and Anna Crow Pruitt.
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