Thomas Pratt, one of the old residents of Rock county and a man whose friends were numbered by the hundreds in this region, died after a brief illness with typhoid pneumonia at his home, 111 South Jackson street, at 5:43 this morning. Mr. Pratt had not been in good health for the past year but the malady which caused his demise overtook him only last Saturday. Deceased was born May 9, 1832, at Diddington, Huntingshire, England, and came to America while a lad of twenty-two years.
He was married to Miss Elvina M. Beach at LaFayette, Wis., Jan. 4, 1854. The wife, three sons and five daughters survive. The children are: Henry Z., William T., and George B. Pratt, all Janesville; Miss Ella V. Pratt, Mrs. Joseph Bitter, Mrs. Jasper Creek, all of Janesville; Mrs. George Kennedy of Beloit, and Mrs. W.B. Tucker of Osage, Iowa. The late Thomas Pratt was one of the oldest members of the Janesville lodge A.O.U.W. He also served fifteen years as constable of the town of Janesville...
Thomas Pratt, one of the old residents of Rock county and a man whose friends were numbered by the hundreds in this region, died after a brief illness with typhoid pneumonia at his home, 111 South Jackson street, at 5:43 this morning. Mr. Pratt had not been in good health for the past year but the malady which caused his demise overtook him only last Saturday. Deceased was born May 9, 1832, at Diddington, Huntingshire, England, and came to America while a lad of twenty-two years.
He was married to Miss Elvina M. Beach at LaFayette, Wis., Jan. 4, 1854. The wife, three sons and five daughters survive. The children are: Henry Z., William T., and George B. Pratt, all Janesville; Miss Ella V. Pratt, Mrs. Joseph Bitter, Mrs. Jasper Creek, all of Janesville; Mrs. George Kennedy of Beloit, and Mrs. W.B. Tucker of Osage, Iowa. The late Thomas Pratt was one of the oldest members of the Janesville lodge A.O.U.W. He also served fifteen years as constable of the town of Janesville...
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