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John Pratt

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John Pratt

Birth
Troy, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
Death
30 Nov 1867 (aged 39–40)
Battle Ground, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Son of Jonathan H. Pratt.

On 29 Oct 1851 John Pratt married Lydia Larae Lumbard, 24, daughter of Roswell and Sarah (Charles) Lumbard, at Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.

On 6 Mar 1862 John, a boot maker, mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He was 35 years old.

On 31 Dec 1863 John mustered out of the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.

He died on 30 Nov 1867 at Battle Ground, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, of chronic dysentery and hemmorage of the bowels, existing since the Peninsular Campaign and contracted in the line of duty, as certified by a physician's letter found in his wife's pension application file. He was 40 years old.

(Note: unclear if this is a rest home or if he had gone here preliminary to resettling his family.)

He was buried in Dec 1867 at Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

On 11 May 1868 Lydia, his wife, received a pension to surviving family member based on John's service.

On 13 Jan 1874 John's daughter, Flora A. Pratt married Abner A. Robinson at Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Son of Jonathan H. Pratt.

On 29 Oct 1851 John Pratt married Lydia Larae Lumbard, 24, daughter of Roswell and Sarah (Charles) Lumbard, at Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both.

On 6 Mar 1862 John, a boot maker, mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. He was 35 years old.

On 31 Dec 1863 John mustered out of the 15th Massachusetts due to disability.

He died on 30 Nov 1867 at Battle Ground, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, of chronic dysentery and hemmorage of the bowels, existing since the Peninsular Campaign and contracted in the line of duty, as certified by a physician's letter found in his wife's pension application file. He was 40 years old.

(Note: unclear if this is a rest home or if he had gone here preliminary to resettling his family.)

He was buried in Dec 1867 at Brimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

On 11 May 1868 Lydia, his wife, received a pension to surviving family member based on John's service.

On 13 Jan 1874 John's daughter, Flora A. Pratt married Abner A. Robinson at Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.


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"Died at Battle Ground, Indiana"



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