Rebecca PRIDGEON ( - )
1 Rebecca PRIDGEON1 ( - ) [6620]. Div.
2 Dean Malcolm PRIDGEON2,3,4,5,6 (1921-2012) [2917]. Born 22 Jun 1921, Montgomery, MI.5,7 Marr Olive Mary MCCONEGHY 24 Nov 1939.1,7 Marr Gloria Fenstermaker BERLIEN 1 Jul 1995.1,7 Died 25 Aug 2012, Coldwater, MI.7 Buried California Cemetery, Branch Co.7
From the Holland Evening Sentinal.
January 17, 1969 - "GRAND HAVEN - The Grand Haven Jaycees are continuing plans for the program to be held March 1 in Grand Haven when the State's Outstanding Young Farmer will be named. State Chairman Roger Bramer announced that the following have named judges: Larry P. Wisniewski of East Lansing, who is assistant vice president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank; Dayton Mitlock, Lansing, editor of the Michigan Farmer Magazine, and Dean M. Pridgeon a hog and grain farmer from Montgomery who was state of Michigan Jaycee Outstanding Young Farmer in 1956-57."
From Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
"Dean Pridgeon, Montgomery. Distinguished Service Awards - Agricultural and Natural Resources Week, 1970. A recognized agricultural leader, he was named Michigan's Outstanding Farmer in 1956. As vice-president of the Michigan Farm Bureau and a membeer of several other farm organizations, he has unselfishly served Michigan agriculture in many wasy, giving freely of his personal time and efforts."
From the Sturgis Journal, Saturday, January 3, l981, page 7.
"TOP HONOR FOR PRIDGEON'" Dean Pridgeon, Michigan Department of Agriculture director, was presented the Michigan Farm Bureau's highest honor during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet. ...Pridgeon is a member of a farm partnership near Montgomery in Branch County with his father, Glen, and two sons, Michael and Bill. The sixth generation farming operation now markets 8,000 hogs a year....He has been Michigan Department of Agriculture director since December l978.".
4 Glen Dean PRIDGEON2,5,8,9 (1892-1989) [823]. Born 11 Dec 1892.8,9 Died 26 Jul 1989, Coldwater, Branch County, MI.8 Buried California Township Cemetery.10
From the Holland Evening Sentinal.
June 10, 1964 - "Annual Farm Tour Set This Year - EAST LANSING - Effective farm management to meet two types of emergencies will be seen this summer as part of the annual state farm management tour. The tour was started in 1949 by the Michigan Cooperative Extension Service. That year it was a two day trip that showed farmers the activities of their counterparts in Lenawee, Hillsdale and Branch Counties. This year, on Aug. 5, the tour group will return to Branch County to visit two farms during the day. One emergency, the shifting demand from farm products - made a major change on the Pridgeon Farm in the southeastern corner of the county. In 1949 when the tour visited the same farm it was operated in dairy by Glen Pridgeon. Now his son, Dean, operates it as an entirely pork production farm.
8 John PRIDGEON , Jr.11 (1872-1957) [818]. Born 26 Jun 1872, California Township, Branch County, MI. Marr Mollie KIMMEL 31 Jan 1891. Marr Benetty M. SELBY 1928.12 Died 25 Apr 1957.13 Buried California Township Cemetery.10
From the Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN
February 11, 1915 - "John Pridgeon and Wilson Paul were Angola visitors one day last week."
January 15, 1917 - "Mrs. W. E. Ford entertained at 6 o'clock dinner Dr. and Mrs. McTaggart, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. McNaughton and son Howard, C. Reynolds, Miss Maud Kimmel and Mr. and Mrs. John Pridgeon."
January 15, 1917 - "A social was held at the home of John Pridgeon Friday evening. The proceeds went to the Young Men's Athletic Club at California, Mich."
April 24, 1917 - "Mr. and Mrs. John Pridgeon visited at Jake Pridgeon's at Reading, Mich.".
9 Mollie KIMMEL11 (1873-1926) [822]. Born 2 Jan 1873, Defiance County, OH. Died 4 Jan 1926.13 Buried California Township Cemetery.10
From the Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN
December 17, 1915 - "Mrs. Mollie Pridgeon and Maud Kimmel of near Montgomery, spent Saturday with Mrs. Carl Ford."
February 16, 1916 - "Mrs. Mollie Pridgeon was a guest of Mrs. W. E. Ford on last Friday."
March 26, 1916 - "Mrs. Mollie Pridgeon of West Montgomery was a Ray visitor Saturday."
March 28, 1917 - "Mrs. John Pridgeon and daughter, Juanita, Mrs. Joe Kimmel and daughter Lola, were guests of Miss maude Kimmel last Saturday.".
5 Lorene Harriett MITCHELL2,5,8,14 (1898-1996) [2915]. Born 23 Apr 1898.8 Died 13 Apr 1996, Coldwater, Branch County, MI.8 Buried 17 Apr 1996, California Cemetery, Branch County, MI.10,15
3 Olive Mary MCCONEGHY1 (1921-1991) [6619]. Born 23 Jul 1921.16 Died 14 Dec 1991, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI.1,16,17 Buried California Cemetery, Montgomery, MI.18
Sources
| 1 | "Information provided by Barbara Pridgeon Miller". |
| 2 | "Information provided by Joyce McClain". |
| 3 | "Sturgis Journal, Saturday, January 3, 1981, Page 7". |
| 4 | "Obituary of John Warren Pridgeon from the Observer-Dispatch (Utica NY), March 19, 2004". |
| 5 | "1930 MI, Branch, California census". |
| 6 | "U.S. Public Records Index". |
| 7 | "Obituary of Dean Malcolm Pridgeon in The Daily Reporter, Coldwater, MI, August 27, 2012". |
| 8 | "Michigan Department of Vital Health Records, Michigan Death Index, Lansing, MI 1971". |
| 9 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 10 | "California Corners Cemetery Records". |
| 11 | "Newspaper articles in the Fort Wayne News.". |
| 12 | "History of Branch County, 1979 - ". |
| 13 | "Branch County death records". |
| 14 | "Obituary Daily Times web site". |
| 15 | "Obituary of Lorene Harriet Pridgeon in The News-Sentinel, April 15, 1996.". |
| 16 | "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996". |
| 17 | "Obituary of Mary [Olive Mary] Pridgeon in theNews-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, December 16, 1991 ". |
| 18 | "Obituary of Mary [Olive Mary] Pridgeon in theNews-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, December 16, 1991". |
