Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Pratt, Sophia C. 
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    SOPHIA C. PRATT is postmistress at Greenleaf village, and also carries an
extensive stock of general merchandise. She is a native of Otsego county, N. Y.
After receiving a thorough education, attending school in New York and Canada, she
began teaching school and followed that profession for some time in Canada. On the
17th of September, 1859, she came to Meeker county, Minn., with her sister, Eliza,
the father having arrived here on the 6th of June, 1859, they being among the early
settlers, and she resumed her vocation as a teacher in her new home. She was one of
the first teachers in the county, having held one term at the house of Mr. Cross, at
Cedar Mills, as early as 1860. She was paid by subscription and “boarded round.”
When the Indian outbreak occurred she was teaching school at Greenleaf village. At
an early day Miss Pratt clerked for W. H. Greenleaf. On Hovember 30, 1886, Miss
Pratt was1 appointed postmistress at Greenleaf village, the office having become
vacant through the resignation of her brother Ira, and since that time she has
retained the position to the entire satisfaction of all the patrons of the office.
Miss Pratt’s connection with the business interests of Greenleaf has been an active
one, and she is prominently identified with the history of the southern part of the
county.



Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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