Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Pratt, Samuel S 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Samuel S. Pratt, of Plainfield, who died August 16, 1882, was born at 
Bennington, Vermont, February 28, 1815. His boyhood and youth were spent in 
New England amid a region of many historic interests. He remained a resident 
of the Green Mountain state until about nineteen years of age, when he removed 
to New York. In the spring of 1834 he came westward to Chicago and was engaged 
in the furniture business in that city for about eighteen months. In the fall 
of 1835 he removed to Plainfield, where he continued in the same line of 
trade, which he followed throughout his active business life, save for about 
ten years devoted to general agricultural pursuits. He was also interested in 
the furniture business in Joliet during the building of the canal. As a 
merchant he was enterprising, alert and energetic. He became one of the first 
representatives of trade interests in Plainfield and was the first to engage 
in the furniture and undertaking business here. His son, N. S. Pratt, became a 
partner in 1871 under the firm style of S. S. Pratt & Company, and so 
continued until a short time prior to the death of the father. The son, 
however, purchased the father's interest in the store and some years later 
sold out to W. G. Stopp, who still conducts the business. Mr. Pratt was 
married November 27, 1839, to Miss Esther A. Beckwith, whose birth occurred in 
Norfolk, New York, August 12, 1822. They became the parents of four children, 
of whom three are still living in Plainfield: Mrs. Clara Clippinger, Mrs. 
Laura Corbin, and Norman S. Pratt. Oscar died in infancy. Mr. Pratt was a 
stanch member of the Congregational church and in this relation found motive 
for his line of conduct throughout his entire life. He was known for his 
genuine worth, his opposition to all that was dishonorable and his fidelity to 
all that was upright in his relations with his fellowmen. He reached the age 
of sixty-seven years and during the long period of his residence in Will 
county enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence and esteem of those with 
whom he was associated. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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