"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQN-15M : 12 April 2016), Mary Prouty in household of Vasney Prouty, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing family 34, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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