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John Henry Procunier 1877-1958

A Thumbnail Biography by David C. Procuniar

Copyright 1997-1998-1999-2000-2001

John Henry Procunier; son of William Daniel Procunier (1851-1884) & Rachel Ann Chapman (1855-circa 1900); John Henry was born on 24 Jan 1877 in Woodbury County, Iowa; died on 30 Aug 1958 in Rapid City, South Dakota. John married Mary Barbara Talley (1880-1941) on 05 Jul 1917 in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Note: Mary Barbara Talley married 1st Hartley Saxton circa 1899; I was given information that Mary & Hartley had either 10 children prior to Mary Barbara Talley marrying John Henry Procunier. (Six of the ten Saxton children died at an early age)

It has been reported that John H Procunier & Mary Barbara Talley had four children of their own. John & Mary were married in 1917 with John Henry being 40 & Mary 37 years of age at the time of their marriage. Mary was married circa 1899 to Hartley Saxton and together they had ten (10) children with six dying at an early age.

Year of child's birth:John Henry's ageMary Barbara's age

Leah 1918

Marion 1919

John H 1921

Lawrence 1923

Barbara died in December of 1941 age 61 years 2 months. At her death in 1941 her four children's ages (by John Henry Procunier) were:

Leah Procunier 23

Marion Procunier 22

John H Procunier 20

Lawrence Procunier 18

John Henry Procunier outlived Barbara by about 17 years & never remarried, John died in 1958 at the age of 81; buried in the Mount View Cemetery.

Main Source:

Family history submitted by Elaine Allen Allen 1992

New Updated information submitted in Oct 2006 by Catherine Barker Lekas (updated death date of John Henry from 1941 to 1958). More updates coming soon from Catherine Barker Lekas

Also email genseeker@charter.net (April 2002) from Mrs. Nevada (Smith) Bosle

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