Francis Trimmer Proudfit and Mary Elizabeth Putnam

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Husband Francis Trimmer Proudfit ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1844 - Franklin Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
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         Father: Andrew Proudfit (1795-1875) 2 3
         Mother: Isabella Smith (1803-1865) 1

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       Marriage: 13 May 1875 4

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Putnam ⁴

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           Born: 8 Feb 1848 - Franklin Twp, Erie Co, PA 4
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         Father: Leander Putnam (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Aliff Eliza Fellows (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Andrew Bruce Proudfit ⁴

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           Born: 3 Aug 1888 - Edinboro, Erie Co, PA 4
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2 M William Burns Proudfit ⁴

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           Born: 3 Aug 1888 - Edinboro, Erie Co, PA 4
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           Died: 13 Jun 1908 4
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3 M Francis Trimmer Proudfit ⁴

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           Born: 3 May 1890 - Edinboro, Erie Co, PA 4
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General Notes: Husband - Francis Trimmer Proudfit

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Civil War: he enlisted in Co. B, 145th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was mustered into service Aug. 26, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Ream Station, Weldon, R. R., Aug. 25, 1864. Was confined in Libby Prison, Belle Isle and Salisbury, Georgia, successively spending altogether over six months in southern prisons. Was discharged with his company May 31, 1865.

From 1875 to 1902, with a brief interruption in 1885, he conducted a grocery business in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.

1 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 35.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 887.

3 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 17, 35.

4 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 48.