HISTORIES OF PRYOR FAMILIES IN MISSOURI
Neely Pryor of Texas Co., MO
Line of McKindrick "Mack" R. Pryor
Neely Pryor of Texas Co., MO
contributed by Melody Pryor
George T. Pryor, Jr. wrote in the Texas County, MO Heritage Vol II, 1989, Published by the Texas County Genealogical Society:
We are the descendants of John Pryor, who was a descendant of Robert Pryor of Virginia, 1669. John Pryor married Margaret Gaines in 1718. Neely Pryor was the great-great grandson of John Pryor and Margaret Gaines Pryor. Neely was the son of William and Sarah Williams Pryor who settled in Greene County in the fall of 1840, coming from Roane County, TN.
Neely Pryor (b.1810-d.Aug.14, 1884) and wife Margaret Thomas Pryor (b.1809 - d.1860) moved their family to Missouri in 1840 settling in Pulaski County, then to Laclede, Webster and Texas Counties in 1860 at Dykes. [For better clarity, that should read "by 1860 Neely was living in the Dykes community of Texas County, MO]
After the death of Margaret, Neely married Elizabeth R. Wakefield in 1864.
Neely was a blacksmith by trade and had a blacksmith shop at Dykes. He donated 2 acres of land for a church and cemetery in Dykes.
Neely died Aug. 14, 1884 and is buried in the Dykes Cemetery along with his first wife, Margaret, and his mother Sarah.
Neely and Margaret's children:
Ealsey J. (1830) married John D. McCain
Benjamin N. (1833) married Hannah Smith
Philip A. (1835) married Elizabeth Helon McCain, sister to John D. McCain. Philip A. entered the Civil War. He survived the war but died in Arkansas on his way home.
Dialtha A. (1840) married Julias Koch
Gilbert C. (1844) married Sarah Roberts
Margaret C. (1847) married Jesse S. Turner
Line of McKindrick "Mack" R. Pryor
Submitted by Glen Alan Pryor
My father was Glen Albert Pryor b. 30 Oct 1916 in Pontotoc, Mason, TX: his father was Joseph Albert Pryor b. 21 Oct 1878 in MO: his father was M.R. Pryor b. 16 Mar 1848 in Mo.
In the 1910 Mason Co. census M.R. was living with his son John M. Pryor b. 21 Oct 1878 in MO(my grandfathers twin).
I have the family living in Brown Co. Texas on the
1900 census where Mack R. Pryor is living with his 3rd wife Martha, twin sons John M. and Joseph A. b. Oct 1878, Mack R Jr b. Feb 1882 Indian Territory, Josephine b. May 1886 Indian Territory, Fannie b. Oct 1891 Indian Territory, Peter b. May 1895 Indian Territory and Bertha b. Oct 1896 Indian Territory.
From the family bible my aunt has I know that M.R. Pryor's 2nd wife was Margaret Ann Hauck and they had these children, Mary Rosetta b. 20 Oct 1877 MO, the twin boys b. 21 Oct 1878 MO, Green Hill b 26 Jul 1880 MO, McKenzie Rodgers Jr 14 Feb 1884 Indian Territory, George Washington b. 26 Feb 1884 Indian Territory, Ida Josephine b. 14 May 1886 Indian Territory. Margaret Ann was killed in the Indian Territory when a tree blew down on her during a storm in about 1887. There was also a son William Etycl b. 09 Nov 1872 from M.R. Pryor's 1st marriage.
On the 1880 Census Mc Kindree R Pryor is listed as living with his wife Margaret A. b. 1853, son William E. b. 1873, daughter Mary R. b1878, twin boys Joseph A. and John M b. 1879 and a nephew Mack R. b.1870. (The son of William H. Pryor and wife Mary E.> son of William Harrison (Buck) Pryor and Nancy Griffith)
In the 1870 Census for Douglas Co McKindree R. is listed as McKindrick R. and is living with his father William and wife Mary E. Shipley. In the 1860 Census for Taney Co MO he is listed as McKinder R and living with William Pryor and Mary Shipley. The 1850 Census has him listed as McKendric R. and living with his father William and mother Nancy Griffith.
In all the census' the birth year is 1848.
M.R. Pryor died in 1915 in Mason Co., Texas and per his wish was buried in an unmarked grave in the Gooch Cemetery in Mason. His son John d. 02 Dec 1955 and is also buried in the Gooch Cemetery. My grandfather Joseph A. Pryor d 01 Jul 1959 and is buried in Marble Falls, Texas. |
