Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 127.

E. PRUYN, United States Commissioner at Ellensburg, is one of the best known 
members of the bar in that section of the state.  Mr. Pruyn was a soldier in 
the Civil War.  He was born in New York in 1844.  His early schooling was 
obtained in the public schools and under private tutor and also as a student 
in Iowa College from which he received the degree of A. B. Mr. Pruyn is also 
an alumnus (1867) of the Law Department of the State University of Iowa.  He 
was appointed United States Commissioner in 1914, which office he now holds.  
Mr. Pruyn all his life has been a student; in fact I seriously doubt if there 
is a better read man in Washington.  It is said of Mr. Pruyn that in handling 
matters for clients he exhausts every possible resource before entering court.  
A number of times he has had cases where no precedent prevailed, and it was 
then that he practically pioneered through the courts.  Mr. Pruyn belongs to 
the school of lawyers who prefer keeping their clients out of costly 
litigation when the matter is of such a nature that they can be satisfactorily 
adjusted out of court.  However, when matters necessitate litigation he never 
hesitates and his court and trial work is at all times thorough and equally 
convincing.  Mr. Pruyn was married in 1879 to Mrs. Nellie Brooks, who passed 
away in 1914.  He is a member of the County and State bar associations.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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