TN PRYORS IN MISSOURI… A June query in to the ancestry of James H. Pryor b. abt. 1826 in Tennessee. He married Rachel Jane Simpson on 27 Dec. 1846 in Gasconade Co., MO. They were on the 1850 Census in Polk Co., IA and on later census records in Ray Co., MO. The researcher supplied the information that James’s son was named James Pleasant Pryor. While further research is needed, it appears likely that James H. Pryor is the son of Pleasant Pryor who appeared on the 1830 Census in Franklin Co., MO, 1840 in Warren Co., MO, and in 1850 and 1860 in Gasconade Co. Six children were counted in Pleasant’s household in 1840, four of which are known from the 1850 Census: Cyrena (1835), William (1837), Marion (1839) and Lunsford (1842).
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NEW ON ANCESTRY.COM. Ancestry added in May “Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874.” These records are a wonderful source for tracing African American families for whom little data exits prior to the 1870 Census. I found a few Pryors (mostly in Virginia and Washington, DC) and have added their information with the corresponding 1870 Census entries on the website. May of the records state the name of the account holder’s parents, place of birth and even siblings.
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MISSOURI PRYORS… Two Pryors found in the Missouri census records have been identified from a biography in “A Memorial Record of Kansas City”, page 474. John S. Pryor was born 5 May 1832 in Crawford Co., MO. He moved to Jackson Co. in 1853. He married Matilda McMillan 6 Dec 1856. Their children were John H., James S., Lindsey W., Wallace, Charles,Abbie and Mabelle. He had one child (Rena) with his second wife, Miriam Douglas. John S. Pryor is the son of LINDSEY W. Pryor who died en route to the California Gold Rush. Lindsey Pryor married Jane Renfro on 16 Apr. 1826 in Washington Co., MO and were counted on the 1830 Census in Crawford Co., MO. Lindsey was counted on the 1840 Census in Franklin Co., MO.
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NEW PAGES… NOTABLE PRYORS are now in the HISTORIES section of the website. The first to be included is Arthur Pryor the noted trombonist. Which line is Arthur’s ancestry?… The first census that recorded Samuel and son Arthur was the 1870 Census of St. Joseph, MO. The Pryor family appeared on subsequent census records in Buchanan Co., MO, but Samuel’s lineage remains unclear. The family of Joseph W. Pryor and wife Frances Bailey of Fayette Co., VA and later Marion Co., MO were hopeful candidates for the parents of Samuel Pryor. Joseph was a physician and on the 1860 census a music teacher was living in the household. However, Joseph and Frances married after the birth of Samuel Pryor and their own son Samuel was not born until 1865. So, who were the parents of Samuel Pryor?
