John Prowse (1822 - 1870)

Born 3 Dec 1822 in Jackson or Ross Co, Ohio [uncertain]

Husband of Hester Ann (Keller) Prowse — married 18 Dec 1845 in Ross Co, Ohio

Descendants

Died 17 May 1870 at age 47 in Fairview Twp, Henry Co, Missouri

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Ran Prouse [send private message]

Biography

http://genforum.genealogy.com/prowse/messages/180.html Had 2 sons and 7 daughters. They went from Chillicothe, Ohio to Paris Illinois in 1850 and then to Deepwater Missouri in 1866.

http://www.ukgenealogyarchives.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageserve.cgi Prouse Line Observations

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8008445/person/-959855890

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20517660/person/1061082996/media/1ed2ed9a-fbef-48db-9a17-26bae578ae69?pg=32768&pgpl=pid vbatschelett123 added this on 9 Mar 2010

Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo

The note under picture states some particulars. As a young child I was in this home many, many times. In the beginning years the family had a summer kitchen in the building to the right at the end of the covered walkway. You can see a portion of the roofline. Eventually this just became a screened in porch and Charles Campbell Cromer (John and Hester's grandson) spent his last years sitting in the porch swing on this cool spot during the warm months. He always had room for grandchildren. The root cellar was just out of camera view to the right and was built better than some houses of today. Bricked all around inside and never a drop of water. There were concrete porches on North, South and West (it is the west view shown). Above the west porch was the second floor storage room and I still remember the civil war clothing there...gone someplace unknown now. I would venture to say that in the beginning this was a bedroom probably for the girls as there were more of them. You walked up the stairs from the ground floor to a central open room and on either side were rooms with doors. When John Prouse died in 1870 after just building this home and catching pneumonia and dying from it, it left his wife Hester with 9 children to raise. The family increased shortly as nephews came in from Illinois to help with the farm. There were four large rooms downstairs: A parlor, a bedroom, a living room and a dining room. A small kitchen was added probably in the 20's when the summer kitchen was not used anymore. I was always told that the house was built of native walnut. I don't know about that, as the dominate trees close to the house were oaks. The home was burned by the Corps of Engineers (in the 1970's) after the government purchased land around there because of Truman Dam coming in. All the barns and outbuildings were burned also. The home and grounds were very practical as it was necessary for survival. There was a huge garden spot just to the south (to the right in the photo). To the east (the back in the photo) was a large orchard. I recall two rows of apple trees, a pear tree, walnut trees and probably more but I remember them. There was a brooder house and two large chicken houses. There were two barns and assorted outbuildings. There were two wells and pumps...one just outside the summer kitchen and one to the north of the house. Everything with a purpose and design. The giant oak tree in the front yard just out of the photo was still there even after everything elce was gone. Three families and countless other families began in this house and it only was allowed to exist from 1870 to about 1973, but housed some fine people during that timeframe.

Photo of John and Hester SiNGER/CROMER/BATSCHELETT/MILLER and Related Families on 19 Mar 2010 Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo

I grouped these photos together because on three of them the carpeting is the same. The fourth, the photo of the couple with the little girl appears to have the same background (look at the bottom of the backdrop), but I cannot make out any carpet detail. The other three all have the same flooring under magnification. They all came from Mary Jane Prouse's photo album. I copied whatever was written on the back of the photos. The young man's photo had Chillicothe, Ohio and his name is Joseph Prowse. The problem is that the photo of who I believe to be a young Mary Jane Prouse which said Paris, Illinois appears to have the same flooring as the one of Joseph, saying Chillicothe, Ohio. For sure, All photos were taken in either Chillicothe, Ohio or Paris, Illinois and are Prouse family members. My beliefs are that if this photo was taken circa 1865 (The Prouses came to Missouri in 1867), then the first photo is Mary Jane Prouse, the second is probably Elizabeth Prouse born 1806 and wife of Daniel Prouse (who died in 1860); the third is John and Hester Prouse with daughter Barbara on Hester's lap and the fourth was identified as Joseph Prouse. Joseph would be a cousin and probably important to Mary Jane as they were of the same age range.

Source

http://genforum.genealogy.com/prowse/messages/180.html Had 2 sons and 7 daughters. They went from Chillicothe, Ohio to Paris Illinois in 1850 and then to Deepwater Missouri in 1866.

http://www.ukgenealogyarchives.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageserve.cgi Prouse Line Observations

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8008445/person/-959855890

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20517660/person/1061082996/media/1ed2ed9a-fbef-48db-9a17-26bae578ae69?pg=32768&pgpl=pid vbatschelett123 added this on 9 Mar 2010

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

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User ID: DA55D3C81D3345F7A71107168A1BD2F99B98

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer

Note

Note: #N49

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Sources

1. ↑ Prouse-171 was created by Randall Prouse through the import of New Hampshire Prouses.ged on Oct 31, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

Notes

Note N49

http://genforum.genealogy.com/prowse/messages/180.html

Had 2 sons and 7 daughters. They went from Chillicothe, Ohio to Paris Illinois in 1850 and then to Deepwater Missouri in 1866.

http://www.ukgenealogyarchives.org.uk/cgi-bin/imageserve.cgi

Prouse Line Observations

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8008445/person/-959855890

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20517660/person/1061082996/media/1ed2ed9a-fbef-48db-9a17-26bae578ae69?pg=32768&pgpl=pid

vbatschelett123 added this on 9 Mar 2010

Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo

The note under picture states some particulars. As a young child I was in this home many, many times. In the beginning years the family had a summer kitchen in the building to the right at the end of the covered walkway. You can see a portion of the roofline. Eventually this just became a screened in porch and Charles Campbell Cromer (John and Hester's grandson) spent his last years sitting in the porch swing on this cool spot during the warm months. He always had room for grandchildren. The root cellar was just out of camera view to the right and was built better than some houses of today. Bricked all around inside and never a drop of water. There were concrete porches on North, South and West (it is the west view shown). Above the west porch was the second floor storage room and I still remember the civil war clothing there...gone someplace unknown now. I would venture to say that in the beginning this was a bedroom probably for the girls as there were more of them. You walked up the stairs from the ground floor to a central open room and on either side were rooms with doors. When John Prouse died in 1870 after just building this home and catching pneumonia and dying from it, it left his wife Hester with 9 children to raise. The family increased shortly as nephews came in from Illinois to help with the farm. There were four large rooms downstairs: A parlor, a bedroom, a living room and a dining room. A small kitchen was added probably in the 20's when the summer kitchen was not used anymore. I was always told that the house was built of native walnut. I don't know about that, as the dominate trees close to the house were oaks. The home was burned by the Corps of Engineers (in the 1970's) after the government purchased land around there because of Truman Dam coming in. All the barns and outbuildings were burned also. The home and grounds were very practical as it was necessary for survival. There was a huge garden spot just to the south (to the right in the photo). To the east (the back in the photo) was a large orchard. I recall two rows of apple trees, a pear tree, walnut trees and probably more but I remember them. There was a brooder house and two large chicken houses. There were two barns and assorted outbuildings. There were two wells and pumps...one just outside the summer kitchen and one to the north of the house. Everything with a purpose and design. The giant oak tree in the front yard just out of the photo was still there even after everything elce was gone. Three families and countless other families began in this house and it only was allowed to exist from 1870 to about 1973, but housed some fine people during that timeframe.

Photo of John and Hester

SiNGER/CROMER/BATSCHELETT/MILLER and Related Families on 19 Mar 2010

Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo

I grouped these photos together because on three of them the carpeting is the same. The fourth, the photo of the couple with the little girl appears to have the same background (look at the bottom of the backdrop), but I cannot make out any carpet detail. The other three all have the same flooring under magnification. They all came from Mary Jane Prouse's photo album. I copied whatever was written on the back of the photos. The young man's photo had Chillicothe, Ohio and his name is Joseph Prowse. The problem is that the photo of who I believe to be a young Mary Jane Prouse which said Paris, Illinois appears to have the same flooring as the one of Joseph, saying Chillicothe, Ohio. For sure, All photos were taken in either Chillicothe, Ohio or Paris, Illinois and are Prouse family members. My beliefs are that if this photo was taken circa 1865 (The Prouses came to Missouri in 1867), then the first photo is Mary Jane Prouse, the second is probably Elizabeth Prouse born 1806 and wife of Daniel Prouse (who died in 1860); the third is John and Hester Prouse with daughter Barbara on Hester's lap and the fourth was identified as Joseph Prouse. Joseph would be a cousin and probably important to Mary Jane as they were of the same age range.