Histories

From William G Cutler's

"History Of Kansas, Harvey County"

First published in 1883


JOHN N. PROUTY, farmer, Section 2, P. O. Newton, owns 160 acres, 100 in cultivation, enclosed with hedge and wire, dwelling 14 x 24 with L 12 x 12, one and a half stories; barn 16 x24, with corn crib and driveway 16 x 24. Also a tenant building of four rooms and small orchard, and two groves of cultivated timber. Came to Kansas in August, 1871, and located on Section 4, in this township and has improved a number of places in Macon and Emma Townships and bought this place and located here in the fall of 1882. Was born in Illinois, February 21, 1844, and made it his home until coming to Kansas, with the exception of two years spent in Iowa. Enlisted in January 2, 1864, in Company G, Twenty-seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and served in Tennessee, in the Atlanta campaign, participating in the engagements of Rocky Face, Altoona and Resaca, and was desperately wounded on the skirmish line near Calhoun, Georgia, being shot in the left side between the sixth and seventh ribs and he still carries the ball, supposed to be embedded in the lung and was never able for service again, and was mustered out in August, 1865. Was married January 27, 1865, to Miss Sarah E. Noble. They have two children -- Ettie May and Gracie V.