Individual Details

John B Pratt

(1 Apr 1822 - 26 Oct 1872)

Of Oxford, MA.
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Oxford 1790 Census lists John Pratt; as well as Elias; Jonathan; Joseph; and Joseph Jr Pratt
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Death records of Oxford
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Line 50, Oct 26, 1872 John B Pratt age 50y 6m 25d, died in Oxford, Male, married, Engineer. Born in Oxford of parents Ebenezer and Betsy Pratt, died of nervous prostration. Interred in Oxford.

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Oxford>Birth Marriage Death
John B Pratt Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source CitationDescription
Title: Births, Marriages and Death
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
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Events

Birth	1 Apr 1822	Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Census	1850	Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	1 Jul 1859	marriage intentions, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Emily Jane Putnam
Census (family)	1860	Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Emily Jane Putnam
Death	26 Oct 1872	Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Census (family)		Emily Jane Putnam
Burial		South Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Families

Spouse	Emily Jane Putnam (1830 - 1902)
Child	John E Pratt ( - 1872)

Notes

Census

1850 Oxford, Worcester, MA
1735/1840 Ephraim Edson 69 farmer $3500 MA
Bradford Edson 49 farmer MA
Betsey Edson 66 MA
Lucy A Pratt 29 MA
John B Pratt 27 farmer MA

I think these are John and Lucy's maternal grandparents

Marriage

Oxford
An intention of marriage between John B Pratt of Oxford. Aged 37 years by occupation a farmer he was born in Oxford and is the son of Ebenezer and Betsy Pratt. This will be his first marriage. And Emily J Putnam of Millbury, aged 28 years was born in Sutton, and is the daughter of Tyler and Phebe Putnam. This will be her first marriage was entered with me this first day of July AD 1859 of which the foregoing is a true record.
Wm E Pease Town Clerk

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Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source CitationDescription
Title: Births, Marriages and Death
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
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Census (family)

Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MA
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(VIII) Tyler Putnam, second son of Archelaus (7) in 1820married Phoebe Woodbury. Their children were: Mary Ann, born November 17, 1821,married Andrew W Pierce; Alvan, October 18, 1824; John E, married Nancy AMerriam; he removed to Big Lake, Minnesota; Julia L., September 3, 1828, diedMarch 26, 1851; Emily Jane, December 9, 1830, married John B Pratt, of Oxford;Henry Tyler, November 1832, married Caroline P Newton; Susan E, October 8,1834, died April 6, 1836.

Death

Death records of Oxford
p 58
Line 50, Oct 26, 1872 John B Pratt age 50y 6m 25d, died in Oxford, Male, married, Engineer. Born in Oxford of parents Ebenezer and Betsy Pratt, died of nervous prostration. Interred in Oxford.

image 1082/1999
Oxford>Birth Marriage Death
John B Pratt Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source CitationDescription
Title: Births, Marriages and Death
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Census (family)

1870 Oxford, Worcester, MA
325 John B Pratt 49 Surveyor $2000/1000 MA
Emily 39 Keeping House MA
John E 6 attends school

Burial

died 8 Apr 1902
50 yr 6 mo 25 days
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John Brooks Pratt
BIRTH 1 Apr 1822
DEATH 26 Oct 1872 (aged 50)
BURIAL South CemeteryOxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
MEMORIAL ID 32595862

His parents were Ebenezer and Betsy (Edson) Pratt. See Pg 235 of the Pratt Directory Millennium Ed.
Family Members
Parents
Ebenezer Pratt
unknown–1830
Betsey Pratt
1784–1852
Spouse
Emily J. Putnam Pratt
1830–1902 (m. 1859)
Children
John E Pratt*
1863–1872
*Calculated Relationship
Gravesite Details
husband of Emily J. (Putnam)

Created by: priscilla ross-fox
Added: 3 Jan 2009
Find A Grave Memorial 32595862
Hide citationFind A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2018), memorial page for John Brooks Pratt (1 Apr 1822–26 Oct 1872), Find A Grave Memorial no. 32595862, citing South Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by priscilla ross-fox (contributor 46605584) .

Endnotes

1. 1850 U S Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts || Worcester Co, MA, population schedule , Oxford, dwelling 1735, family 1840, John B Pratt in the household of Ephraim Edson; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C..

2. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute) microfiche collection., No page number, Ancestry image 680/1999, Oxford Birth, Marriage, Deaths.

3. 1860 US Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, population schedule - pop sch, Oxford, John and Emily Pratt in household of B G Edson; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..

4. Ancestry.com, "Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II," digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.; Page 337-342, Ancestry images 337-342/960.

5. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute) microfiche collection., Page 58; Oxford>Birth Marriage Death, Ancestry image 1082/1999.

6. 1870 US Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts || Worcester Co, MA, population schedule , Oxford, household of John and Emily Pratt; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d..

7. "Find A Grave Memorials," database and images, , Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com : accessed ), memorial page for John Brooks Pratt (1 Apr 1822–26 Oct 1872), Find A Grave Memorial no. 32595862, citing South Cemetery, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by priscilla ross-fox (contributor 46605584)