1888 Biography of Elder Joab B. Pratt (1798 - 1860s), who preached in Union Parish Louisiana
Submitted by:       T. D. Hudson
Date of Submission: 11/2008

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1888 Biography of Elder Joab B. Pratt, Union Parish Louisiana

From "A History of the Baptists of Louisiana From The Earliest Times to the Present", 
by Rev. W. E. Paxton, C. R. Barnes Publishing Co., St. Louis, 1888. 
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[pages 607 - 608]

ELDER JOAB B. PRATT. --- This brother properly belongs to the State of Arkansas, 
but as he did effective service in this State, in the country north of Farmersville. 
I have determined to give him a short notice. He was born in North Carolina in 1798; 
thence he removed with his father to Bledsoe County, Tenn., in 1819. In 1820 he was 
married to Frances Pierson, and the same year moved to Bibb County., Ala. Soon 
afterwards he united with the Baptist church at Enon. He soon began to preach, and 
was ordained a few years later. He labored very successfully in this part of Alabama 
for about sixteen years. In 1841 he removed to Saline County, Ark. After laboring in 
that and the adjoining counties, he settled in Union County, where he continued to 
labor until his death, shortly after the war. For five or six years he preached to 
churches in Union Parish, La. He was a man of ability, and deserves to be remembered. 


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