Ossie Lafayette Pruitt (1890 - 1922)

Born 21 Mar 1890 in Tompkinsville, Choctaw, Alabama, United States

Died 8 Mar 1922 at age 31 in Cheswick, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

From Death Certificate: File No. 25194 Citizens General Hospital - Westmoreland, PA "Shock due to fracture of right femur and all muscles and lower thigh. Accident occurred as No 3 boiler of the Duquesne Power Co at Cheswick, PA. Boiler explosion.

James Harkins - Coroner A.A. Hemer Deputy (Coroner?) March 9, 1922 Greensburg, PA

Buried in Montgomery, Alabama on March 12, 1922

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900", database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98S-4T6 : Wed Mar 06 07:49:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Martin O Pruitt and Ada E Pruitt, 1900.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PD-JHL : 25 December 2021), Ossie L Pruitt, 1917-1918.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3P8-8B2M : Sat Mar 09 01:09:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Ossie Lafayette Pruitt, 14 December 1918.
• "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNK2-39N : Sat Mar 09 14:41:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Ossie L Pruitt and Martin O Pruitt, 25 Jan 1919.
• "United States Census, 1920", database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX9W-168 : Fri Dec 08 01:17:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Ossie Pruitt and Irene Pruitt, 1920.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7S-5VG1 : 10 February 2023), Ossie L Pruitt in entry for Helen Pruitt Strong.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65845786/ossie_lafayette-pruitt: accessed March 9, 2024), memorial page for Ossie Lafayette Pruitt (22 Mar 1890–8 Mar 1922), Find A Grave: Memorial #65845786, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).