Elizabeth (Ringo) Pruett
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Elizabeth (Ringo) Pruett (1829 - 1865)

Elizabeth Pruett formerly Ringo
Born in Howard County, Missouri, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 14 Dec 1843 in Ray County, Missouri, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 36 in Marion, Oregon, USAmap
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Biography

Elizabeth (Ringo) Pruett was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

Elizabeth Ringo was born in Missouri in 1822. She married Jehu Pruett in 1843 and they had six children. Elizabeth and Jehu were Oregon Pioneers who migrated by wagon train to the Oregon Territory in 1847.[1][2]

Early Life

Elizabeth Ringo was born on January 22, 1829 in Ray County, Missouri to Robert Ringo and Sarah Hodge.[2][3][4][5]

Family tradition indicates Elizabeth's grandfather Samuel Ringo moved from Kentucky to Ray County, Missouri before his death, which may have been about 1827, at the age of approximately 66 years. This seems to be confirmed by the sale of property in May and July of land back in Montgomery County, Kentucky by her father Robert, in conjunction with her grand uncles, Major Ringo and Joseph Ringo.[6]

Ringo Homestead in Ray County, Missouri.

On March 3, 1820, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, Robert Ringo, and his wife "Sally", sold land for $400 to Elizabeth Hodge, wife of John Hodge, Deceased. This consisted of 100 acres on "Hingston Creek." According to Ringo family researcher David Ringo, Sarah and Robert came to Missouri with Robert's father and they settled in Howard County, Missouri, in 1821, and lived there until 1837.[7][6]

Her parents Sarah and Robert migrated to Ray County in about 1837 when Elizabeth was about eight years old.[6] Her father purchased 80 acres of land near Richmond in Ray County in 1838 and it was here that Elizabeth lived with her family.[8] The journal of her son James Pruett stated that his mother Elizabeth Ringo was born in Howard County and that the family moved to Ray County when she was about seven years old.[4][5] In 1830 her father Robert was living in Howard County, Missouri and had a female under the age of five listed in his census record.[9] Elizabeth was included as a female aged 10 to 14 years in the 1840 census where her father Robert was counted as head of household in Richmond township, Ray County, Missouri.[10]

Elizabeth's son James wrote a journal in 1918 that included the following passage about his mother[4]:

"Elizabeth Ringo Pruett, my dear Mother, was born in Howard Co., MO., January 22, 1829, and lived there until she was seven years old when the family moved to Ray Co., settling on a farm a few miles from Richmond where she grew to womanhood and where she was married to my father remaining in the neighborhood until the start to Oregon was made in April 1847. She was then 18 years old and the mother of two children. The journey was a hard one but it was finished in October and the prospect of a home of their own was a great joy to them. The move to Oregon seems to have been made mainly for the purpose of securing a home that they could call their own which seemed difficult or well neigh impossible in Missouri. And although it was a humble home it was a happy one, and, I am sure, that our parents often rejoiced that the change was made. And when in 1851 Grandmother Ringo and Uncles Hamilton and Harvey (Ringo) and Uncle Daniel Smith and family all arrived and settled in the same neighborhood on French Prarie, I am sure that their cup of joy was full."

Elizabeth was named in her father Robert Ringo's will which was probated December 13, 1840 in Ray County, Missouri. Elizabeth had brothers and sisters named Emily, Mary Jane, Hamilton Hodge and William Harvey.[3]

Family & Migrations

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Elizabeth (Ringo) Pruett migrated from Missouri to Oregon.
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Elizabeth Ringo married Jehu Higgins Pruett on December 14, 1843 in Ray County, Missouri.[2][11][5][12]

"And from the same old homestead he later went courting over to the Ringos' farm four or five miles away and where on December 14, 1843, he and Elizabeth Ringo were joined in holy wedlock by Rev. Alvin Peter Williams, a Baptist minister, who baptized them both and they became members of the same Baptist church of which they remained steadfast and true to the end of their lives."[4]

"After their marriage they lived one year at Grandmother Pruett's home And then after a little more than two years with Grandmother Ringo they deemed it time for them to be getting out of the parent nest and in April 1847- the start for Oregon was made."[4]

Elizabeth and John had the following children:

  1. William Hamilton born 07 Dec 1844 in Camden, Ray Co., MO.[13][14]
  2. John Alvin born 16 Dec 1846 in Camden, Ray Co., MO.[15][14]
  3. James Madison born 24 Jun 1849 in Silverton, Marion Co., Oregon Territory.[16][14]
  4. Mary Louisa born 6 Oct 1851 in Marion Co., Oregon Territory[17]
  5. Martha Susan 4 Jan 1855 in Marion Co., Oregon Territory[18]
  6. Minnie A born Jan 1857 in Marion Co., Oregon Territory[19]

"Joining forces with Uncle John T. Smith and family, an team and wagons for both families was fitted up and all their belongings, including 3 children, the journey was begun and they landed on the Abiqua River, near the present town of Silverton, in Marion County, Oregon, about the last of October 1847."[4][14]

J. H. Pruett Land Claim.

"Here they both located claims and erected houses. Father and Mother remained on their claim for three years and then sold out and went to Salem where they lived one year and from there to the old Donation claim on French Prairie where they settled in the fall of 1851. and where the home was established and continued until after Mother's death, which occurred March 5th, 1865, after an illness of several weeks with typhoid fever."[4]

The Baptist Annals of Oregon states that Jehu and Elizabeth were among the founders of the First Baptist Church of French Prairie in 1850. Brother Nathan Smith. and his son, John T. Smith, Brethren J. H. Pruett, Hamilton and Harvey Ringo, and their families, were all active, wide awake members, and have always been the main pillars in the support of the church. They came in 1847, and settled near together. The older ones are all dead, but their children, though somewhat scattered, are honored citizens, and loyal Baptists..[20] (Note: John T. Smith was the husband of his wife's sister Mary Jane Ringo. Hamilton and Harvey Ringo were his brother-in-laws)

John and Elizabeth received a donation land claim. No. 1825 PRUETT, John H., Marion Co; b 1820, Charlin? Co, Mo; Arr. Ore. prior 1 Dec 1851; SC 6 Oct 1851; m Elizabeth 14 Dec 1843, Ray Co, Mo. Aff: John T. Smith, Daniell Smith.[21]

Details of Land Patents for John and Elizabeth issued 5/1/1866.[22]

State Meridian Twp - Rng Section Aliquots Survey # Type County
OR Willamette Mer. 006.0S - 002.0W 002 57 DLC Marion
OR Willamette Mer. 006.0S - 002.0W 011 NW 57 DLC Marion

"The year of 1847 saw the coming to Oregon of a large number of Baptists who had much to do with the strengthening of the organization in the Oregon Country. Among those who came that year were Rev. William Porter, Rev. Richard Miller, Deacon James M. Fulkerson, Deacon James S. Holman, Deacon Joseph ilunsaker, Deacon J. H. Pruett, and Robert C. Kinney."[23]

Residence & Timeline

1829 - Howard County, Missouri: Born on January 22[2][4][5]
1837 - Richmond, Ray County, Missouri: residence.[6]
1840 - Richmond, Ray County, Missouri: death of father Robert Ringo[3]
1843 - Camden, Ray, Missouri: married Jehu Pruett on December 14[2][11][12][4]
1844 - Camden, Ray, Missouri: birth of son William Hamilton December 7[13][4]
1846 - Camden, Ray, Missouri: birth of son John Alvin on December 16[15][4]
1847 - Camden, Ray, Missouri: departed Missouri for Oregon in April[4][1]
1847 - Silverton, Marion County, Oregon: arrived in Oregon the last of October 1847.[4][1]
1850 - Marion county, Marion, Oregon Territory: residence in U.S. census[14]
1850 - French Prairie, Marion County, Oregon: birth of son James Madison on June 24[16][4]
1851 - French Prairie, Marion County, Oregon: birth of daughter Mary Louisa on October 6[17][4]
1855 - French Prairie, Marion County, Oregon: birth of daughter Martha Susan on January 4[18][4]
1857 - French Prairie, Marion County, Oregon: birth of daughter Minerva Adaline on January 14[19][4]
1860 - Labish Precinct, Marion, Oregon: residence in U.S. census[12]
1863 - Breckenridge, Missouri: death of mother-in-law Hannah Higgins Pruett on August 21[5][4]
1865 - French Prairie, Marion County, Oregon: death on March 5[5][4]
1865 - McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon: residence in October of 1865[4][5]
1866 - McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon: death of husband Jehu Pruett on July 24[4]

Death & Legacy

Elizabeth Ringo Pruett died on March 5, 1865 in Marion County, Oregon and is buried in Pioneer Memorial Park Cemetery.[2] Her son James was fifteen years old when Elizabeth died and he wrote this passage about her death in his journal:

"That her life was so brief, and she went away at a time when we needed her and all felt that we could not go on without her, may possibly find its answer in these words of the Master: "What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt know hereafter". Just before she closed her eyes upon this world, father asked her if she believed there was a mansion in heaven for her, and she answered, "I have believed that a long time", and expressed regret at leaving her children. Father, in his great agony of heart cried out, "What shall we do, what shall we do?" And then as if strength from a divine source had come to him he said "Jesus take her and do for us". And a few minutes later she was not for God had taken her."[4]

Elizabeth's children all reached maturity and lived full and prosperous lives. Her son William was a prominent minister, her sons John and James were physicians, and her daughters Mary, Martha and Minierva graduated from college and were teachers before marrying and raising families.

Her gravestone has the following inscription[24]:

Elizabeth
Wife of
Jehu H. Pruett
Born
Jan. 22, 1829
Died
March 5, 1865 Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord
[north face of monument shared with Jehu]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flora, Stephenie, and Nancy Prevost. "Emigrants To Oregon In 1847 (Listing for Surnames M - Z)." Pioneers to Oregon in 1847. Accessed October 26, 2017. http://www.oregonpioneers.com/1847_M_Z.html.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Early Oregonian Profile for Ringo, Elizabeth." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/personprofile.do?recordNumber=91399. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9LM-CKR7?cc=2399107&wc=QZ9D-3TY%3A1327295203%2C1328722802 : 22 September 2014), Ray > Bonds, letters, wills, 1821-1873, vol A > image 306 of 313; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. citing Robert Ringo Will.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 Pruett, James Madison. "Journal of James Madison Pruett, Camden County, MO, 1875." Typescript by James Ralph Pruett, ca. 1950. Copy privately held by Caryl Short Ruckert JMP Memoir, Chesapeake Beach, MD, 2017. Mr. Pruett is the son of the journal's author. Ms. Ruckert is the great granddaughter of Mr. Pruett the transcriber.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "The Pruett Book. Pruett, James B., Oakland, California, 1914, transcribed by Clinton Pruett"
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ringo, David Leer., May Ringo. King, and Robert M. Freeborn. The Ringo family history series. Alhambra, CA: Freeborn Family Organization, 1980. Book 5 (Volumes VII & VIII in 1st Printing); Line of Samuel (1D2B6), & Joseph Ringo (1D2B7), Vol. 7, pg. 3-5.
  7. United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.
    Name: Samuel Ringo
    Issue Date: 27 Mar 1822
    Place: Howard County, Missouri, USA
    Land Office: Franklin
    Meridian: 5th PM
    Township: 049N
    Range: 017W
    Section: 2
    Accession Number: MO0410__.077
    Document Number: 77
  8. United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.
    Name: Robert Ringo
    Issue Date: 7 Sep 1838
    Place: Ray County, Missouri, USA
    Land Office: Lexington
    Meridian: 5th PM
    Township: 52N
    Range: 27W
    Section: 4
    Accession Number: MO1160__.040
    Document Number: 5319
  9. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPZ-N4S : 29 July 2017), Robert [Ringo] Kings, Howard, Missouri, United States; citing 176, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 73; FHL microfilm 14,854.
  10. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT3-7T3 : 7 September 2017), Robert Ringo, Richmond Township, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing p. 315, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 229; FHL microfilm 14,857.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DQ-FVZ : 6 December 2014), John H. Prewit and Elizabeth Ringo, 16 Dec 1843; citing Ray,Missouri; FHL microfilm 959,300.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQJ-JBS : 26 July 2017), J H Pruette, 1860.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Early Oregonian Profile for Pruett, William Hamilton." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/profile.do?ancRecordNumber=16777. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHW-DGM : 12 April 2016), John Pruette, Marion county, Marion, Oregon Territory, United States; citing family 102, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Early Oregonian Profile for Pruett, John Alvin." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/profile.do?ancRecordNumber=7345. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Early Oregonian Profile for Pruett, James Madison." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/profile.do?ancRecordNumber=60927. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  17. 17.0 17.1 "Early Oregonian Profile for Pruett, Mary Louisa." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/profile.do?ancRecordNumber=16778. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  18. 18.0 18.1 "Early Oregonian Profile for Pruett, Martha Susan." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/profile.do?ancRecordNumber=16779. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  19. 19.0 19.1 "Early Oregonian Profile for Pruett, Minnie A." Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division: Early Oregonian Person Profile. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://secure.sos.state.or.us/prs/profile.do?ancRecordNumber=61016. Oregon State Archives, 800 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97310
  20. Mattoon, Charles Hiram. Baptist Annals of Oregon. McMinnville, Or.: Telephone Register Pub., 1905. pg. 240 https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=nuIqAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-nuIqAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1
  21. "Genealogical Material Found in Oregon Land Donation Claims." Oregon Genealogy Trails - Pioneers - Genealogical Material Found in Oregon Land Donation Claims. 2015. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915050639/http://www.genealogytrails.com/ore/oregon/pioneers/land_claims_23.html Citing: No. 1825 PRUETT, John H. Abstracted from Applications by Genealogical Forum of Portland, Oregon (1957). Transcribed by Tammy Clark
  22. "General Land Office Records. Land Patent for John H. and Elizabeth Pruett." CDI Details - BLM GLO Records. Accessed October 26, 2017. https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/cdi/default.aspx?doc_id=1575209&sid=s1to1e1g.upf. Authority: OR-Donation Act(Grant) [September 27, 1850] (009 Stat. 0496) BLM Serial Nr: OROCAA 003703 Metes/Bounds: No LR-2000 Doc ID: 1825 Counties: Marion
  23. Lockley, Fred. History of the Columbia River Valley: from the Dalles to the sea. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1928. pg. 595.PDF Oregon State Library
  24. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 November 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Ringo Pruett (22 Jan 1829–5 Mar 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 24827208, citing Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, Brooks, Marion County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Patty C (contributor 46926670) .




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