There is a story on him. Oscar M. Ruby their search engine. His should be the bottom one listed. Milo Pruden is listed LeeFort Madison 1870 census as being a pilot steamboat. 1877 he just vanishes.
Children are with new marriage.
I cannot find grave anywhere. Yes parents, but not him. Wondering if he might have died in a steamboat explosion. 1870 Federal Census Lee County, Ft. Pilot on Steamboat.