In a message dated 10/21/99 11:21:26 PM Central Daylight Time, juliab@flash.net writes: << Please tell me about your Pruitt line. My gg-grandmother was Sarah Susan Pruitt married to Alfred Cargill and they lived in Alexander. Her father was William V. Pruitt. Julia >> Thomas William PRUITT (1825-1912) was born in Oldham County, KY but was in KS at the time of the Civil War and served as bugler/musician in the Union army. He married Lavinia POTTS about 1859 probably in Bourbon Co., KS----divorced her in 1865. They were parents of two: Andrew and William (b. 1862) who was living in Johnson Co., TX in 1880. He is one that I don' t have a clear trail afterwards. T.W. PRUITT married 2nd to Margaret Elra "Maggie"NEWTON (1850-1938). She was brother to William Ray Newton, the father of 14, who lived at McGirk. Traditionally he gave his children three first names all of the same letter of the alphabet----thus N.N.N. Newton, O.O.O., J.J.J., E.E.E., I.I.I.---even the daughters Z.Z.Z. as in Zoie Zephry Zenoba "Zia" Newton, who married William Crawford. Thomas William Pruitt had nine children by the second wife: Thomas Franklin, Cashus F., Benjamin Newton, Lovie L., Louisa Elizabeth "Betty", John Isaac, Addie Bell, Maggie Elra, and Beulah Mae. Addie Bell Pruitt, married first John Elias McCarty, later divorced and married Elon Holley. Travis Holley of Hico is a son of 2nd marriage. Maggie Elra married John Davis and is GGM of my DIL. If your William was born in KS, then he is likely a son of Thomas William Pruitt. T.W. Pruitt's Union army pension application of 1898 lists nine children living but omits the 2 children by his first wife. Andrew, the oldest, is known to have been living in Frio County at the time. His wife, Alice Newton, was the younger sister of his step-mother, Maggie Newton. If you desire more, NEWTON or PRUITT info, let me know and we can exchange off list. Bill McCarty Odessa,Texas http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html