Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pruden, Stephen H., 1947 

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STEPHEN HENRY PRUDEN 

   Stephen Henry Pruden died at his home near Carrsville on Sunday night, 
November 23, after an illness of many months.  He was 60 years of age.

   Mr. Pruden, a prominent farmer of the Carrsville community, was the 
husband of Mrs. Jessie Wolfenden Pruden and son of the late Henry Pruden 
and Elizabeth Whitfield Pruden of Isle of Wight County.  Besides his wife 
he is survived by half-brother, Johnny Bracey of Carrsville, and one niece. 
He was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock at the 
graveside in Beaver Dam cemetery, Rev. Jean A. Vache of Franklin officiating. 
The pallbearers were Herbert Saunders, Sidney Eason, R.L. Myers, J.F. Duke, 
Jr., Ray Duke, Wilson Butler, J.E. Rose, Sr. and H.P. Brett.


Stephen Henry PRUDEN, farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 23 Nov 1947, at home, near Carrsville, age 60, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery (unmarked*), near Franklin, 
   25 Nov 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 28, 1947, p. 16 

*Added to the Beaver Dam list (BD-63), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 15, 1965, p. 13) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p635j3ob.txt 

The birthdate of Confederate veteran Henry H. PRUDEN (10 Mar 1827 - 
   12 Jun 1907), also buried at Beaver Dam, does not agree with data on 
   Stephen's father. 

Widower Henry Pruden (b. ca. 1835, Iow.Co.) m. Eliza J. [Whitfield; wid/o 
   John E.) Bracey (b. ca. 1850, Iow.Co., dt/o Robert Whitfield), 9 Dec 1885, 
   in Nansemond Co.  (FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages") 

The 1900 Census (Windsor Dist. {#17}, IoW.Co.) gives Henry, b. Jun 1832; 
   Elizabeth J., Sep 1826; Stephen, Jan '87; & John R. Bracy, Jul '72. 

Neither Henry not Elizabeth received a Confederate pension. 

Henry Pruden (b. ca 1832, Nan.Co., sn/o John W. & Elizabeth Henry Pruden) 
   1m. 21 Sep 1858 Sarah Watkins (dt/o Amos & Margaret Watkins).  Widowed, 
   he 2m. Polly Johnson (dt/o Wiley). 

Stephen's half-brother Johnny R. BRACEY is also buried at Beaver Dam (BD-7). 
   So is their mother {also unmarked; added to BD-63}, according to her 
   D.Cert. (1938 #9429 {Windsor #3}). 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p635s1ob.txt