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Submitted: 4/6/18 • Approved: 10/15/19 • Last Updated: 10/18/19 • R161673-G161672-S3
Ophelia Pamelia "Kate" (Davis) Pruny Bennett
1849 - 1930
After her husband, Merrill Benton's, death in 1909, "Kate" moved back to Jack County where she could be close to her son Robert M. Prunty Jr.
Robert's family were possibly picking cotton at her farm when their home burned down in 1923.
Information from "The History of Jack County" by Th Jack County Genealogical Society.
The following information is about Ophelia's father, Ambrose:
Chapter 11 "Spring 1862 in Northwest Missouri" pages 86-7 in "Guerrilla Warfare Civil War Missouri, vol 1, 1862":
There was some violence in Clinton County that began near Plattsburg the morning of May 14 when some guerrillas, from ambush, shot a private of the 6th Calvary .. through the back as he rode by, killing him. The assailants then robbed the dead ... trooper's sole companion and escaped. 1st Lt William Newby and a patrol ...the same regiment were probably looking for retribution for this bushwhacking the... night of May 19 when they arrested returned Rebel soldier Asa Davis near Cameron... northwest Clinton County. It seems Davis admitted to the short-tempered patrol that he had been hiding in the brush and knew of some guerrilla activities and they so... killed him, allegedly while he was attempting to escape. The following day, the dead southerner's father, Ambrose Davis of near Plattsburg, happened upon 1st Lt Newby's patrol, He too, spoke too freely for his own good, and he too died suspiciously. The patrol did eventually return to garrison with 10 living prisoners who must have been more careful with their speech.
Parents:
Ambrose B Davis
1802–1862
Jaly E Davis
1812–1868
Spouses:
Robert Marion Prunty
1840–1877
Merrill Pressley Benton
1829–1909
Children:
Malcolm Prunty
1871–1874
Myrtle Prunty Gordon
1871–1951
Robert Marion Prunty
1877–1948
Merrill P. "Big Bill" Benton
1880–1950
Contributed on 4/6/18 by r19g49r
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