Halladay P. Pratt
1848 - 1902 (53 years)Set As Default Person
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Name Halladay P. Pratt [1] Birth 4 Jul 1848 ,Leeds,Ontario,Canada [1] Gender Male Occupation Between 1869 and 1900 - Friegter, Trader/,,NB,USA
Occupation Between 1900 and 1902 - Police Officer/Nebraska City,Otoe Co.,NB
Death 10 Feb 1902 Nebraska City,Otoe,Nebraska,United States [1] Cause: Blood poisening Burial 12 Feb 1902 Nebraska City,Otoe,Nebraska,United States [2] Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Notes - "H. B. Pratt ...lived in Canada until 1869, he went directly to Nebraska. He engaged work with one of the companies that freighted and traded with the indians. He who knew him admired his splended physical courage and those manly qualities, which made the men of whom he was a type, the forerunners of civilization. He has been connected with the police department of Nebraska City a number of times and at the time of his death was just completing his second year on the force. As an officer he was fearless, just and uncomprimising in his loyalty to what he consided his duty.His lack of anything resembling fear made him the terror of the lawless and guilded the respect of all law-abiding citizens."except from newspaper (Obituary)
He was also noted to be a big, jolly gentleman, The cause of death was blood poising, caused from an object thrown by a young man in a crowd he was trying to arrest. For years he also farmed near Palmyra were he met and married Lydia Fifer. He had three sons and two daughters. He was laid to rest in Wynka Cemetary. Woodsmen of the World was in charge of the internment, His pall-beares were all Policemen or ex-policemen, by his request.
Person ID I887 Rgstrong Family genes. | Descendants of Samuel Halladay, 1680-1741, Descendants of Ebenezer Pratt, I7152 and Noah Halladay, I8837, Descendants of Ebenezer Pratt, 1763-1805 Last Modified 9 Mar 2014
Father John Arden Pratt, I, b. 16 Dec 1820, ,Leeds,Ontario,Canada d. 5 May 1904, Ashton,Osceola,Michigan,United States (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Ruby Halladay, b. 5 May 1824, ,Leeds,Ontario,Canada d. 14 Nov 1896, Ashton,Osceola,Michigan,United States (Age 72 years) Relationship natural Marriage 11 Mar 1844 Delta,Leeds,Ontario,Canada Family ID F2121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydie Elizabeth Fifer, b. 30 Jul 1861, ,Wells,Indiana,United States d. 29 Mar 1913, Nebraska City,Otoe,Nebraska,United States (Age 51 years) Marriage 4 Nov 1880 Nebraska City,Otoe,Nebraska,United States [2] Children 1. Elmer Pratt, b. 24 May 1882, ,,Nebraska,United States d. 11 Jun 1937 (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Jay B. Pratt, b. Jul 1883, ,,Nebraska,United States d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 3. Ethel Pratt, b. Aug 1886, ,,Nebraska,United States d. 1917 (Age 30 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. Claud Pratt, b. Jul 1889, ,,Nebraska,United States d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 5. Ruby Pearl Pratt, b. 18 Jun 1890, ,,Nebraska,United States d. 14 Nov 1980, Peru,Nemaha,Nebraska,United States (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F515 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Mar 2014
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Sources - [S991] Sharon Patton, "Descendants of Ebenezer Pratt"; genealogy descendant report to Russell Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 25 Oct 2008; rich text format document held by Sharon Patton, Lansing, MI., 21 Feb 2014, p. 12, 42, C:\Roots\History|Pratt|Ebenezer Pratt -Russell.rtf. (Reliability: 3).
Children of EBENEZER PRATT and AGNES SMYTHE are:
31 i. EBENEZER5 PRATT, born Abt. 1832.
32 ii. MARY L. PRATT, born September 17, 1842 in Ontario, Canada; died January 01, 1906 in Kitley, Leeds, Ontario, Canada.
Notes for MARY L. PRATT:
PRATT, MARY
June 1985 News & Views
From Dates from the Past:
KITLEY--Mary Pratt who died Jan. 1, 1906 AE 62 is buried in the abandoned Montgomery Cemetery, Kitley Twp.
(Montgomery farm, west of Franksville)
"One stone for Joseph Montgomery, another for his wife , Margaret, 3rd for Mary Pratt, died Jan.1, 1906, Age 62 years" from REED BIBLE per Mrs. Johnston
Etta Montgomery reports the following people buried in the Montgomery Cemetery:
George Pratt-McLaren- Morrow
More About MARY L. PRATT:
Burial: Montgomery Cemetery, Kitley, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
Census: 1881, Kitley, Leeds, and Grenville North, Ontario, Canada: Ebenezer 64, Birthplace Ontario, E. Methodist; Nancy 71, born Ontario, E. Methodist; Mary 38, b. Ontario, E. Methodist; George 35, b. Ontario, Baptist; Charles 7, b. Ontario
Marriage Facts (Facts Pg): Never Married
+ 33 iii. SQUIRE PRATT, born February 24, 1844 in Kitley, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada.
34 iv. GEORGE L. PRATT, born July 25, 1845 in Kitley Twp., Leeds Co.,Ontario, Canada; died January 13, 1929 in Frankville,Ontario, Canada (Source: Leeds Co. Death Records, Ontario, Canada, page 71, #021149.). - [S991] Sharon Patton, "Descendants of Ebenezer Pratt"; genealogy descendant report to Russell Strong, [STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Peoria, AZ, 25 Oct 2008; rich text format document held by Sharon Patton, Lansing, MI., 9 Mar 2014, p. 42, C:\Roots\History|Pratt|Ebenezer Pratt -Russell.rtf. (Reliability: 3).
Generation No. 4
52. HALLADAY P.5 PRATT (JOHN ARDEN4, GEORGE3, EBENEZER2, UNKNOWN1) was born July 04, 1848 in Elgin, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, and died February 10, 1902 in Nebraska City,Otoe Co., Nebraska. He married LYDIE FIFER November 04, 1880 in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
More About HALLADAY P. PRATT:
Burial: February 12, 1902, Nebraska City,Otoe Co., Nebraska
Children of HALLADAY PRATT and LYDIE FIFER are:
171 i. N. K.6 PRATT.
172 ii. JAY B. PRATT.
173 iii. ETHEL PRATT.
174 iv. CLAUD PRATT.
175 v. RUBY PEARL PRATT.