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1 Ruth Ann PRIDGEON1 (1948- ) [970]. Born 4 Dec 1948, Lansing, MI.1,2 Marr John Charles STANTON 22 Feb 1986, Antioch, Hoke County, NC.
From The Herald Press of St. Joseph, MI
February 3, 1960 - "St. Joseph Catholic school listed 129 students on its honor roll this term. The honor students are: Grade 5 - Ruth Ann Pridgeon . . . Grade 3 - Ronald Pridgeon.".
2 Arden Dale PRIDGEON1 (1924- ) [618]. Born 5 Apr 1924, Sherman Twp., Isabella County, MI.1 Marr Vada Ann APPELGREEN 13 Sep 1947, St. Philomena Catholic Church, Beal City, MI.
From The Herald Press of St. Joseph, MI
1952-07-26 - "Real Estate Transfers - Laurence Badgeley and wife to Arden D. Pridgeon and wife - Lot 14, Lakeview Park, city of St. Joseph"
January 21, 1954 - "[Hospital] Discharges . . . Arden Pridgeon, 2616 Botham ct."
June 26, 1954 - "The first scrap book entry ever made by the St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Junior Chamber of Commerce in a national Jaycee contest won the local organization first place among Jaycee groups in cities of the 25,000 to 100,000 population category. The winning entry was compiled by Arden Pridgeon, chairman of the local group's awards and scrap book projects."
April 1955 - "Arden Pridgeon Named President of Jaycees. Arden Pridgeon, sales manager for the Benton Harbor Malleable Industries, was elected president of the St. Joseph-Benton Harbor Junior Chamber of Commerce at the organization's annual business meeting in St. Joseph last evening."
April 10, 1964 - "Pridgeon spent three years in the army, rising to staff sergeant and seeing action under McArthur on Leyte and Okinawa as a member of the 96th Infantry Division. "
June 22, 1959 - "Larry Shearer, state Jaycee vice president, was given the Key-Man award Saturday night when the St. Joseph-Benton harbor Junior Chamber of Commerce, meeting at the Bridgman country club, installed officers. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Pridgeon and Mr. and Mrs. neil Berndt had charge of entertainment, which consisted of games and dancing."
1964-01-04 - "The MSU Center for Continuing Education will begin its Winter term Monday. . . The following courses will be offered this term in Benton Harbor: . . . MGT 401 (3) Planning and Control of Production, Wed 7-10 p.m. Benton Harbor High room 115, instructor - Mr. Pridgeon."
1964-02-17 - "National Engineers' Week sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers, in cooperation with many other engineering and industrial groups, will be observed all this week. Organized in 1954, the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph Chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers will also recognize its 10th anniversary. Participating in the observance will be past president of the Chapter, Arden D. Pridgeon, P.E., (1960-61)."
1964-04-10 - "It was Oct. 20, 1944, and American forces were invading the island of Leyte in the Philippines. A young soldier, rifle at port arms, paused a brief instant on the battle-torn beach. He picked up a piece of paper, glanced at it, stuffed it in his pocket and hurried on. One of thousands dropped on the islands from a plane, the paper was a proclamation to the people of the Philippines. It came from General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, office of the Commander-In-Chief. "I have returned," the proclamation read. "By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil - soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples." The 20-year-old infantryman was Arden Pridgeon. Now 40, he lives with his wife and four children at 1313 Grant st., St. Joseph. General Douglas MacArthur's recent death recalled the day on Leyte beach and caused Pridgeon to dig through the mementos owned by every man who has been to war."
1964-07-31 - "Top Swine, Dairy Units On Display For State Tour - Southwestern Michigan farmers will have a chance to visit a top-notch swine farm and an excellent dairy farm in Branch county during the annual state farm management tour next Wednesday. The tour starts at 9:30 a.m. with swine operations on the Dean Pridgeon farm near Montgomery, includes a luncheon at the Quincey high school, and ends in the afternoon with a visit to the Leo Sanderson dairy farm near Quincy. The Pridgeon farm, on Phillip road about six miles west of Montgomery, produces 2,000 pigs yearly. Pridgeon formerly handled 59 dairy cows, but switched to pigs because cows required too much hired labor."
1965-05-12 - "Some 36 members of the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers went on a field trip to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., Gary, Ind., recently. Society members who participated in the tour were: Benton Harbor Malleable: Arden Pridgeon."
Information from Joyce McClain, 6/4/01
"Arden taught at Western and graduated from Michigan State. He was a professor of metallurgy. The article states that two of his students won National awards.".
4 Samuel Melvin PRIDGEON , Jr.3 (1882-1953) [576]. Born 6 Jun 1882, MI.3,4 Marr Fanny Eliza DAVIS 20 Feb 1905, Sherman Township, MI.3 Marr Myrtle Belle THOMPSON 23 Mar 1921. Died 19 Feb 1953, Sherman Twp., Isabella Co., MI.4 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.3,4
Samuel Melvin and Fannie lived on the west side (Mecosta Co.) of the Isabella / Mecosta County Line - Samuel and Kitty lived across the road - a little to the south - in Isabella Co. Hence, the closeness of the two families. After Fannie died, Samuel M. and children moved into the home of his parents in Isabella Co.
Samuel Pridgeon Sr., wife Catherine, Mrs Fannie (Davis) Pridgeon, her son Iden Pridgeon and Audre Pridgeon, dau of Stan & Tessie Pridgeon are all buried in lot 3, Forest Hill Cem. Only Sam Sr. and Catherine have headstones.
8 Samuel PRIDGEON4 (1837-1919) [564]. Born 4 Apr 1837, Detroit, Wayne County, MI.4,5 Marr Carolyn L. HAIGHT 3 Dec 1858, Algansee, Branch County, MI.6 Div 4 May 1881, Isabella Co. MI.3 Div. Marr Catherine M. LAWRENCE 12 Jun 1881, Sherman Township, Isabela County, MI.7 Died 29 Jan 1919, Sherman Twp., Isabella County, MI.4 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.4
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."
9 Catherine M. LAWRENCE3 (1848-1922) [3232]. Born 22 Sep 1848, Kalamazoo, MI.4,8 Marr Andrew DIVINE Jul 1869.3 Died 9 Jul 1922, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.4,8 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.4
5 Myrtle Belle THOMPSON3 (1889-1969) [616]. Born 29 Nov 1889.2,3,4 Died 12 Nov 1969.3 Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Weidman, Isabella County, MI.4
3 Vada Ann APPELGREEN1,3 (1926- ) [969]. Born 1 Jun 1926.2
From The Herald Press of St. Joseph, MI
1951-03-10 - "Parents of Son - Mr. and Mrs. Arden Pridgeon, 319 Lake ct., announce the birth of an eight pound, eight ounce son at 12:10 a.m. today."
September 17, 1953 - "New officers were elected, secret pal names were drawn, and by-laws were set up by the Chatterettes Extension club at its opening fall meeting Wednesday night. The new officers are: Mrs. Franklin DeLeeuw, chairman; Mrs. howard yerrington, secretary, Mrs. Arden Pridgeon, treasurer; and mrs. james ure, reporter."
January 31, 1959 - "Admissions. Patients admitted to the St. Joseph memorial hospital during the past 24 hours were: St. Joseph - Mrs. Arden Pridgeon, 2616 Botham ct."
February 13, 1959 - "Discharges. Mrs. Arden Pridgeon, 2616 Botham ct."
July 9, 1959 - "The annual ice cream social sponsored by the Marian Guild of St. Joseph Catholic church will be held Sunday, July 19 . . . Mrs. John Milke has charge of posters, Mrs. Arden Pridgeon, tables."
1964-02-20 - "At a Brownie's meeting recently 25 girls from St. Joseph Catholic troop 42 took a trip to the post office. Troop leaders are Mrs. William Mihalik and Mrs. Arden Pridgeon."
1965-03-22 - "Discharges. St. Joseph . . . Mrs. Arden Pridgeon and boy, 1313 Grant.".
| 1 | "Information provided by Joyce McClain". |
| 2 | "Information provided by Vada Pridgeon". |
| 3 | "Information provided by Paula Hines Archer Gullion". |
| 4 | "Tombstone inscriptions, Forest Hill Cemetery, Sherman Twp., Isabella Co., MI". |
| 5 | "1870 Branch County census". |
| 6 | "Ancestry.com Database of Michigan Marriages, 1851-75". |
| 7 | "Paula Gullion - copy of marriage certificate". |
| 8 | "Births, Deaths, Marriage Licences, and Marriages reported in "The Isabella County Enterprise 1875 - 1900, compiled by Eunice E. May, Barbara Lesser". |