PRATT

S. H. PRATT, farmer, P. O. Concordia, was born in Riley County, Ind.,
March 16, 1841. In 1848, he removed to Peoria County, Ill.; thence to
Marshall County in 1851, and to Henry County in 1855. He enlisted in the
United States army August 19, 1861, in Company A Forty-Second Illinois
Infantry; returned to Henry County January, 1866, and engaged in
farming. In March 1871, he came to Cloud County  Kan., and engaged in
the livery business. He was one of the first settlers in Concordia,
Kan.; has been coroner of the county, township trustee and assessor; was
appointed superintendent of the construction of the Republiean(sic)
River bridge at Concordia. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; is the
owner of a farm of  320 acres; was married in Henry Co., Ill., December
24, 1867, to Miss M. E. Adams. They have two children--C. L., born
January 18, 1873; S. C., born January 18, 1876.

Source: Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, 1883
Contributed by: Susie Martin-Rott
rootbound2@geocities.com


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