See also

Lucy KENT (c. 1921- )

1 Lucy KENT1 (c. 1921- ) [14009]. Born c. 1921, MI.1

2 Darcy Earnest KENT1,2,3,4 (1888-1935) [1285]. Born 5 Nov 1888, Sherman Twp., MI.2,3,4 Marr Elsie Lavina DENSLOW 15 Oct 1908.2 Died 18 Aug 1935, Grandville, MI.2,4 Buried Grandville, Cemetery, Grandville, MI.4

4 Fred Lanzo KENT5 (1859-1933) [683]. Born 19 Nov 1859, Whitney, Ontario CO., MI.5 Marr Susan Belle PRIDGEON 5 Feb 1882, Sherman Twp.6 Died 22 Feb 1933, Sherman Twp., MI.5 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery.2

8 John KENT5 ( - ) [4316].

9 Hannah TAMER5 ( - ) [4315].

5 Susan Belle PRIDGEON5,7 (1864-1896) [574]. Born 24 Aug 1864, Branch County, MI.2,7 Died 11 Jun 1896, Horr, Sherman Township, Isabella County, MI.6 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Sherman Township.2

10 Samuel PRIDGEON8 (1837-1919) [564]. Born 4 Apr 1837, Detroit, Wayne County, MI.7,8 Marr Carolyn L. HAIGHT 3 Dec 1858, Algansee, Branch County, MI.9 Div 4 May 1881, Isabella Co. MI.2 Div. Marr Catherine M. LAWRENCE 12 Jun 1881, Sherman Township, Isabela County, MI.10 Died 29 Jan 1919, Sherman Twp., Isabella County, MI.8 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.8

Entry in Volume 14, p. 94 of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865.

Pridgeon, Samuel Drafted for one year from California, Branch County, age 27. Mustered Sept. 27, 1864. Assigned to company I, Fourteenth Infantry. Mustered out at Louisville, KY., July 18, 1865. Samuel was 81 Y 9M 25D when he died. He lived in Branch Co., MI until 1878. Moved to Hillsdale Co. MI then to Sec. 19, Sherman Twp., Isabella Co., MI., then to Weidman, MI

From "Eleventh Census of the United States - 1890 - Enumerated in June, 1890, by Fred L. Kent. (Fred L. Kent was the son in law of Samuel Pridgeon) - Persons who served in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States during the war of the rebellion and who are survivors.

"Samuel Pridgeon Private I 14th Michigan Infantry August 9, 1861 Sept. 18, 1865 "

From HISTORY OF SHERMAN TOWNSHIP by Fred L. Kent (about 1914).

Of those who came in 1871 Mrs. Margaret M. Tinker, Wm. Tinker (son of John B. Tinker), Mrs. Retta Tinker (widow of Amos J. Tinker), Endora Loree (daughter of James H. Tinker) are all that remain. Of those who came in 1872, Andrew L. Lawrence is the only survivor.
From 1870 to 1875 but few came, and many moved away. Then the tide changed, and in the next five years many new settlers moved into the township; among the number Thomas Doyle, Winfield Bly, William , Jesse and John Thompson, Richard ALderman, John Burd, Walter Lyon, George Waight, Samuel Pridgeon, John Beutler Sr., John Hine, J. H. and E. B. Denslow Sr., Joseph and Stephen Losey, F. D. Woodard, David and Charls Carr, David P. Mecum Ms. F. Sherman, Will Sheldon, H. M. Goodenough, Stephen Morey, H. D. Smith, John H. Putman, Philander Brand, George Engles, Dan Loomis, Millard Pennington, Asa A. Smith, John Gatehouse, Wm. Miller, E. D. Adams, Samuel Kirvan, Wm. K. Gibbs, Frank Harrison, Martin Elliott, Andrew C. Divine, Silas Wright, Frank Rodgers Sr., Chas. Gardner, R. H. Garner, A. W. Konkle, David Pruthero, L. J. Beebe, Wm. Cox and Wm. Brooks.

As related by Joyce McClain:

"Samuel Pridgeon didn't move to Weidman, MI...he always lived on his farm on the county line...Isabella side.....Mecosta Co. across the road. His grandson, Stanley Pridgeon, (and father of Carolyn Ruth Pridgeon) told me the story about how Samuel always wanted to die "with his boots on". He ate his supper...went in to lie down on the bed to rest and when he didn't get up, they discovered he was dead...so he did die with his boots on. Samuel died at his farm home on the Isabella/Mecosta Cos. line.

This past September a group of Pridgeons (from North Carolina and Michigan) met at a home west of Weidman and we made a tour of the area looking at places where the Pridgeons lived. The old Samuel Pridgeon (#32) home is still standing but has had the upper floor taken off...the barn is gone...but we stopped and talked to the lady who lives there and she said yes, her home was the former home of Samuel and Catherine "Kitty" Pridgeon."

11 Carolyn L. HAIGHT11 (1838-1915) [568]. Born 7 Apr 1838, Sodus, NY.7 Marr Edward TRILL 1883. Marr Ellerton W. SMITH 1906. Div 8 Feb 1908. Div. Marr Herman LEWIS 9 Jun 1911.2 Died 12 Jun 1915, Traverse City, MI. Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.

Birth year would be 1839 as she was reported to be 19 at the time of her marriage in 1858. Alternate spelling of Caroline in Ancestry.com database of Michigan Marriages, 1851-75.

3 Elsie Lavina DENSLOW1,2,4,12 (1890-1966) [3227]. Born 3 Sep 1890, Sherman City, MI.1,4,12 Died 3 Oct 1966, Wyoming, MI.4 Buried Grandville, Cemetery, Grandville, MI.4

Sources

1"1930 MI, Kent, Grand Rapids census".
2"Information provided by Paula Hines Archer Gullion".
3"WWI Selective Service registration card".
4"Find A Grave Website".
5"Information provided by Jackie J. Gittins".
6"Births, Deaths, Marriage Licences, and Marriages reported in "The Isabella County Enterprise 1875 - 1900, compiled by Eunice E. May, Barbara Lesser".
7"1870 Branch County census".
8"Tombstone inscriptions, Forest Hill Cemetery, Sherman Twp., Isabella Co., MI".
9"Ancestry.com Database of Michigan Marriages, 1851-75".
10"Paula Gullion - copy of marriage certificate".
11"Early Marriage Records of Branch County 1833-1875".
12"1940 MI, Isabella, Sherman census".