Information provided by Richard Williams.
His father was Joseph Pritchet, possibly from Franklin City, TN
He married Marena Ann Yates (she died Jan 1846)
They had a daughter, Margaret A Pritchett Mayhue (she married Wesley Mayhue)
Isaac remarried to Mary (Polly) Blair in 1856 in Gallatin County (William Bruce performed the ceremony)
Mary Blair was previously married to John Davis who died in 1856
Mary and Isaac's children were:
Mary C. Pritchett who married Samuel Bellah
China Elizabeth Pritchett who married William Sharp
Lucinda L. Pritchett who married Hezekiah Williams
Susan V. Pritchett who married Benjamin Franklin Bruce
William Isaac Pritchett who married Mary Ellin McCormick
Sarah May Pritchett who married Robert Tarrant
Louisa Pritchett who married W.D. Forrester
Luella S. Pritchett
There appears to have been an additional child whose information has not been confirmed as of Feb 2005:
MacDonald Williams was raised by adoptive parents Joseph and Melissa Williams, who were born in Illinois. According to MacDonald's grandson James Harry Williams, MacDonald was an illegitimate child of Isaac Pritchett. Dick Williams believes that Joseph Williams (MacDonald's adoptive father) was actually MacDonald's grandfather. There are suspicions that Melissa was Joseph's daughter and may have been MacDonald's biological mother.
Isaac Pritchett was a farmer. He enlisted in the Union Army on 16 Aug 1862 and served in Company H of the 120th Illinois Infantry. He saw action at Guntown, MS on 10 June 1864 where he was stricken with sunstroke. He was discharged at Memphis, TN on 10 September 1865.
According to Isaac's pension records at 67 years of age, his height was 6'1", complexion was light, hair was light, gray eyes.
He lived in Omaha, Illinois in 1888.
He died 7 March 1906 in Gallatin County, IL, while living with his daughter China and son-in-law William Sharp.
He was buried at Adkin Cemetery in Gallatin County (also known as Bethlehem).
According to the cemetery book there appears to be a B W Williams buried next to him..
There is a B W Williams listed in the rosters for the 29th Illinois Infantry, Company C. They are very likely the same person.
Isaac Pritchett obituary in Shawneetown newspaper:
Old Uncle Ike Prichett of the Adkin neighborhood died Wednesday at the home of William Sharp, aged 85 years. Mr. Prichett was the oldest man in this country and well known throughout the county. He has always resided in Gallatin county. He leaves several children but his wife had passed away several years ago. Funeral services were postponed until Mar 30th. Interment at Adkin cemetery Thursday
His father was Joseph Pritchet, possibly from Franklin City, TN
He married Marena Ann Yates (she died Jan 1846)
They had a daughter, Margaret A Pritchett Mayhue (she married Wesley Mayhue)
Isaac remarried to Mary (Polly) Blair in 1856 in Gallatin County (William Bruce performed the ceremony)
Mary Blair was previously married to John Davis who died in 1856
Mary and Isaac's children were:
Mary C. Pritchett who married Samuel Bellah
China Elizabeth Pritchett who married William Sharp
Lucinda L. Pritchett who married Hezekiah Williams
Susan V. Pritchett who married Benjamin Franklin Bruce
William Isaac Pritchett who married Mary Ellin McCormick
Sarah May Pritchett who married Robert Tarrant
Louisa Pritchett who married W.D. Forrester
Luella S. Pritchett
There appears to have been an additional child whose information has not been confirmed as of Feb 2005:
MacDonald Williams was raised by adoptive parents Joseph and Melissa Williams, who were born in Illinois. According to MacDonald's grandson James Harry Williams, MacDonald was an illegitimate child of Isaac Pritchett. Dick Williams believes that Joseph Williams (MacDonald's adoptive father) was actually MacDonald's grandfather. There are suspicions that Melissa was Joseph's daughter and may have been MacDonald's biological mother.
Isaac Pritchett was a farmer. He enlisted in the Union Army on 16 Aug 1862 and served in Company H of the 120th Illinois Infantry. He saw action at Guntown, MS on 10 June 1864 where he was stricken with sunstroke. He was discharged at Memphis, TN on 10 September 1865.
According to Isaac's pension records at 67 years of age, his height was 6'1", complexion was light, hair was light, gray eyes.
He lived in Omaha, Illinois in 1888.
He died 7 March 1906 in Gallatin County, IL, while living with his daughter China and son-in-law William Sharp.
He was buried at Adkin Cemetery in Gallatin County (also known as Bethlehem).
According to the cemetery book there appears to be a B W Williams buried next to him..
There is a B W Williams listed in the rosters for the 29th Illinois Infantry, Company C. They are very likely the same person.
Isaac Pritchett obituary in Shawneetown newspaper:
Old Uncle Ike Prichett of the Adkin neighborhood died Wednesday at the home of William Sharp, aged 85 years. Mr. Prichett was the oldest man in this country and well known throughout the county. He has always resided in Gallatin county. He leaves several children but his wife had passed away several years ago. Funeral services were postponed until Mar 30th. Interment at Adkin cemetery Thursday
Information provided by Richard Williams.
His father was Joseph Pritchet, possibly from Franklin City, TN
He married Marena Ann Yates (she died Jan 1846)
They had a daughter, Margaret A Pritchett Mayhue (she married Wesley Mayhue)
Isaac remarried to Mary (Polly) Blair in 1856 in Gallatin County (William Bruce performed the ceremony)
Mary Blair was previously married to John Davis who died in 1856
Mary and Isaac's children were:
Mary C. Pritchett who married Samuel Bellah
China Elizabeth Pritchett who married William Sharp
Lucinda L. Pritchett who married Hezekiah Williams
Susan V. Pritchett who married Benjamin Franklin Bruce
William Isaac Pritchett who married Mary Ellin McCormick
Sarah May Pritchett who married Robert Tarrant
Louisa Pritchett who married W.D. Forrester
Luella S. Pritchett
There appears to have been an additional child whose information has not been confirmed as of Feb 2005:
MacDonald Williams was raised by adoptive parents Joseph and Melissa Williams, who were born in Illinois. According to MacDonald's grandson James Harry Williams, MacDonald was an illegitimate child of Isaac Pritchett. Dick Williams believes that Joseph Williams (MacDonald's adoptive father) was actually MacDonald's grandfather. There are suspicions that Melissa was Joseph's daughter and may have been MacDonald's biological mother.
Isaac Pritchett was a farmer. He enlisted in the Union Army on 16 Aug 1862 and served in Company H of the 120th Illinois Infantry. He saw action at Guntown, MS on 10 June 1864 where he was stricken with sunstroke. He was discharged at Memphis, TN on 10 September 1865.
According to Isaac's pension records at 67 years of age, his height was 6'1", complexion was light, hair was light, gray eyes.
He lived in Omaha, Illinois in 1888.
He died 7 March 1906 in Gallatin County, IL, while living with his daughter China and son-in-law William Sharp.
He was buried at Adkin Cemetery in Gallatin County (also known as Bethlehem).
According to the cemetery book there appears to be a B W Williams buried next to him..
There is a B W Williams listed in the rosters for the 29th Illinois Infantry, Company C. They are very likely the same person.
Isaac Pritchett obituary in Shawneetown newspaper:
Old Uncle Ike Prichett of the Adkin neighborhood died Wednesday at the home of William Sharp, aged 85 years. Mr. Prichett was the oldest man in this country and well known throughout the county. He has always resided in Gallatin county. He leaves several children but his wife had passed away several years ago. Funeral services were postponed until Mar 30th. Interment at Adkin cemetery Thursday
His father was Joseph Pritchet, possibly from Franklin City, TN
He married Marena Ann Yates (she died Jan 1846)
They had a daughter, Margaret A Pritchett Mayhue (she married Wesley Mayhue)
Isaac remarried to Mary (Polly) Blair in 1856 in Gallatin County (William Bruce performed the ceremony)
Mary Blair was previously married to John Davis who died in 1856
Mary and Isaac's children were:
Mary C. Pritchett who married Samuel Bellah
China Elizabeth Pritchett who married William Sharp
Lucinda L. Pritchett who married Hezekiah Williams
Susan V. Pritchett who married Benjamin Franklin Bruce
William Isaac Pritchett who married Mary Ellin McCormick
Sarah May Pritchett who married Robert Tarrant
Louisa Pritchett who married W.D. Forrester
Luella S. Pritchett
There appears to have been an additional child whose information has not been confirmed as of Feb 2005:
MacDonald Williams was raised by adoptive parents Joseph and Melissa Williams, who were born in Illinois. According to MacDonald's grandson James Harry Williams, MacDonald was an illegitimate child of Isaac Pritchett. Dick Williams believes that Joseph Williams (MacDonald's adoptive father) was actually MacDonald's grandfather. There are suspicions that Melissa was Joseph's daughter and may have been MacDonald's biological mother.
Isaac Pritchett was a farmer. He enlisted in the Union Army on 16 Aug 1862 and served in Company H of the 120th Illinois Infantry. He saw action at Guntown, MS on 10 June 1864 where he was stricken with sunstroke. He was discharged at Memphis, TN on 10 September 1865.
According to Isaac's pension records at 67 years of age, his height was 6'1", complexion was light, hair was light, gray eyes.
He lived in Omaha, Illinois in 1888.
He died 7 March 1906 in Gallatin County, IL, while living with his daughter China and son-in-law William Sharp.
He was buried at Adkin Cemetery in Gallatin County (also known as Bethlehem).
According to the cemetery book there appears to be a B W Williams buried next to him..
There is a B W Williams listed in the rosters for the 29th Illinois Infantry, Company C. They are very likely the same person.
Isaac Pritchett obituary in Shawneetown newspaper:
Old Uncle Ike Prichett of the Adkin neighborhood died Wednesday at the home of William Sharp, aged 85 years. Mr. Prichett was the oldest man in this country and well known throughout the county. He has always resided in Gallatin county. He leaves several children but his wife had passed away several years ago. Funeral services were postponed until Mar 30th. Interment at Adkin cemetery Thursday
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