Bio of Pryor, Leonard (b.1811) Wabasha Co., MN
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Pryor, Leonard, Zumbro, is a son of Heman (sic) and Submit Pryor, who
removed from their native Massachusetts to Underhill, Chittenden county,
Vermont, and settled on a farm. Here was born (April 22, 1811) and reared
the subject of this sketch, receiving the benefit of the common schools.
His has always been a life of hard labor and much of its fruits have been
wrested from him by misfortune or unfair dealing. After reaching the age
of sixty, he was compelled to pay a large sum through having endorsed a
friend's paper; but he did not murmur, and is still cheerful and serene.
September 8, 1831, he married Catharine R. Allen, born in Woodstock,
January 13, 1810. Mrs. Pryor's parents, Cyrus and Sarah Allen, were also
of Vermont birth. Mr. Pryor became a resident of Zumbro in the spring of
1858. After three years' residence here, he spent seven years at Farm
Hill. He now has forty acres on section 18, where he lives. His religious
faith is more nearly represented by the Quakers, and Mrs. Pryor is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their children were born and
reside as follows: Clara, July 31, 1883 (Mrs. Elias A. Lyman), Moorhead,
Minnesota; Allen C., June 20, 1836, Round Prairie, this state; Norman J.,
January 3, 1839, this town; George H., August 28, 1841, Redwood, this
state; Benjamin L., February 11, 1843, this town; Ellen C., May 19, 1851
(Mrs. W. W. Anderson), this town; Sidney R., May 8, 1854. The latter
married Ellen May Phelps, May 18, 1880 and resides with parents.