Mary J. Pratt

Other Events:

• Parents: Mary J. Pratt's 1885 marriage record (to John J. Hunt) names her parents as Josiah Pratt and Melinda Peterson. Mary Jane's 1894 marriage to David Reid names her parents as Josiah Pratt and Melinda Peterson.
• Census: 4 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Isah [Josiah], 30, male, [white, implied], farmer, personal $2400, Canada 2. _____, Nancy, 31, female, New York 3. _____, Orinda, 6, female, New York 4. _____, Thursa [Vienna Arthusa], 3, New York 5. _____, Mary, 1, female, New York 6. Himes, Oscar, 17, male, farmer, New York
• Census: 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, 46, male, farmer, real estate $2100, personal $400, New York 2. _____, Malinda, 40, female, New York 3. _____, Orminda, 14, female, New York, attending school 4. _____, Vianna, 13, female, New York, attending school 5. _____, Mary, 11, female, female, New York, attending school 6. _____, Wallace, 2, male, Illinois 7. Gilmore, Geo., 20, male, laborer, Canada
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Maroa township, Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  [Boarding house] 1. Schenck Garret G., 46, male, white, boarding house keeper, real estate $4000, personal $1000, Ohio 2. _____, Alice, 44, female, white, keeping house, New Jersey 3. _____, Charles, 21, male, white, works on farm, Ohio 4. _____, Franklin, 15, male, white, at home, Ohio, attending school 5. _____, Willie, 10, male, white, Illinois, attending school 6. Pratt, Mary, 20, male [?], domestic servant, New York [5 additional servants and boarders]

• NEWS: 30 Mar 1881, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  "Chancery Notice State of Illinois, Macon County In the Circuit Court, to the May term, A.D. 1881 John L. Jamison vs. Mary J. Jamison, In Chancery Affidavitt of the nonresidence of Mary J. Jamison, the above named defendant, having been filed in the office of the Clerk of said court, notice is hereby given to the said defendant, Mary J. Maison, that the complainant has heretofore filed his bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof, and that summons thereupon issued out of said court against you, said defendant, returnable on the SECOND MONDAY OF MAY, A.D., 1881. Now, unless you, the said Mary J.Maison, shall be and appear before the said court on the first day of the next term thereof, to be held at Decatur, in said county, on the second Monday of May, A.D., 1881, and plead, answer or demure to said bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therein charged and stated, will be taken as confessed and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. Decatur, Ill, March 21, A. D., 1881. E. McClellan, Clerk"

• NEWS: 18 Jun 1881, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  Suit of John L. Jamison vs. Mary J. Jamison, divorce, continued in chancery court.

• Census: 1895, Sixth District, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA;

  1. Reed, David, 38, male, married, New York, [illegible col. and entry], Presbyterian 2. _____, Mary, 33, female, married, New York 3. _____, Edward, 16, male, single, Illinois 4. _____, George, 14, male, single, Des Moines County, Kansas

• Newspaper Article: 10 Aug 1897, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Item, Decatur Herald

  "Thomas B. Grady to Mary Grady lots 11, 12, 13 and 14 and 15 in block 11 in Railroad addition to Maroa; $750."

• Census: 18 Jun 1900, 136 E. Jefferson St., Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Grady, Mary J., head, white, female, September 1859, 40, 2nd marriage, married 4 years, 3 children 2 living, New York, Canada, New Hampshire, dress making, can read and write, renting house 2. Hunt, George, son, white, male, February 1881, 19, single, Iowa, Virginia, New York, porter, club room, can read and write

• NEWS: 3 Feb 1909, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  News item, The Decatur Review,

  "E. J. Hunt of Butte, Mont. has returned home after visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary J. Hunt, East Jefferson street."

• Newspaper Article: 31 Jul 1909, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Decatur Herald

  "Thought He Was Fighting Devil Suffering with the hallucination that he was being followed by the devil and, when the latter was not hovering about him, millions of spirits were mocking him and leering at him, Thomas B. Grady, a resident of Maroa, was given a hearing in the county court Friday afternoon on an insanity charge. In addition to the above visions Grady also felt that he was being constantly pursued by parties, who desired to shoot him. Matters became so grave that Grady refused to stir off his place. Oother [sic] members of the family began to feel that it was dangerous to have him about the place, as on such occasions he would attempt to right the 'devil', likewise the spirits. Consequently his arrest was caused. Thec ourt [sic] ordered the man taken to the hospital at Jackson villa. Marshal A. M. Biddle will take him to that institution Saturday."

• Directory: 1911, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA;

  "Hunt, Mary J. (wid John D.) res 136 E Jefferson"

Notes:

Name:
DJ Brannan offers her birthdate as September 1859. Clearly, she was born in 1849, but possibly in September?

Birth:
Mary Jane's 1894 marriage to David Reid, record states her birthplace as Lockport, NY

Died:
DJ Brannan doc indicates she was still living in 1925, no source.

Mary married John L. Jamison about 13 Aug 1874 in Macon County, Illinois, USA, and was divorced on 11 Dec 1881 in Macon County, Illinois, USA. John (son of John G. Jameson and Sarah Druscilla "Sally" Beebe) was born about 1852 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward Jammison Hunt was born on 3 Jan 1877 in Illinois, USA.

Mary married John J. Hunt on 22 Oct 1885 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA. John (son of Michael Hunt and Hanora Mahoney) was born about 1847 in County Limerick, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Lee Hunt was born on 8 Feb 1879 in Iowa, USA.
2. John Dever Hunt was born on 9 Dec 1886 in Des Moines County, Iowa, USA; died on 22 May 1889 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA.

Mary married David W. Reid on 22 Nov 1894 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA. David (son of David Reid and Emma Wilson) was born in in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Thomas B. Grady about 2 January 1896 in Piatt County, Illinois, USA. Thomas was born in 1856 in Manoa, Macon County, Illinois, USA; died in Aug 1918; was buried in Maroa Cemetery, Macon County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:

Mary's 1900 census entry as Mary J. Grady confirms this as her likely marriage.

Mary appears to be known as Mary J. Hunt for the remainder of her life. Could this have been a brief marriage after which she returned to the name of Hunt?

Other Events:

• Parents:

  Sister Mary Jane's 1885 Des Moines Co IA marriage record names her parents as Josiah Pratt and Melinda Peterson.

• RESEARCH:

  Orinda appears in the 1875 Marshall Co Kansas state census with husband Rudolph Smith. Next door to them is a Hurlburt family from Wisconsin and NY. Possible connection to George Gilmore's sister Jane who was married to a Hurlburt?

• Census: 1840;

  A Josiah Pratt appears in the 1840 Niagara Co NY census, but the profile does not appear to fit our family:

  Josiah Pratt 1 male of 5 and under 10 1 male of 15 and under 20 1 male of 30 and under 40 1 male of 40 and under 50 1 female of 10 and under 15 1 female of 15 and under 20 1 female of 30 and under 40 6 total [sic] 1 engaged in agriculture

  Additionally, a Josiah Pratt appears on a list of residents of the town of Cambria before 1850, along with a Josias T. Peterson. (See Landmarks of Niagara County . . .)

• Census: 4 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

  1. Pratt, Isah [Josiah], 30, male, [white, implied], farmer, personal $2400, Canada 2. _____, Nancy, 31, female, New York 3. _____, Orinda, 6, female, New York 4. _____, Thursa [Vienna Arthusa], 3, New York 5. _____, Mary, 1, female, New York 6. Himes, Oscar, 17, male, farmer, New York [Next door is the newly-married Nathan B. Peterson, brother of Josiah's wife Nancy Malinda Peterson]

• Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
• Census: 2 Jul 1860, Harlem, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Pratt, Josiah, 46, male, farmer, real estate $2100, personal $400, New York 2. _____, Malinda, 40, female, New York 3. _____, Orminda, 14, female, New York, attending school 4. _____, Vianna, 13, female, New York, attending school 5. _____, Mary, 11, female, female, New York, attending school 6. _____, Wallace, 2, male, Illinois 7. Gilmore, Geo., 20, male, laborer, Canada

• Military: Jun 1863, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA; Josiah Pratt appears on the roll of those subject to the military, class II,
• Census: 1865, Friends Creek township, Macon County, Illinois, USA; Joseph Pratt household 1 male under 10 [Wallace, age 7] 1 male of 10 and under 20 [farm hand?] 1 male of 40 and under 50 [Josiah] 2 females under 10 [Alice b 1862; and Ida, born in January this year] 2 females of 10 and under 20 [Mary J., 16; other?] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Melinda] Total 8 1 of militia age value of livestock $400 [Right ages for Josiah and Melinda and other children?2 unidentified persons, 1 female and 1 male, both between 10-20. Could these persons be Vienna (abt 18) and George (abt 28). George's age is wrong, but they are not found elsewhere in census, and the Macon Co 1865-66 tax book lists him. It is likely that this is them. He would account for the 1 male of militia age.] Since "Josiah" Pratt was taxed in this township in 1865-66, this is certainly him. Possibly the enumerator abbreviated "Jos. Pratt" and latter transcribed as Joseph? Heard it wrong? Perhaps he used Joseph and Josiah interchangeably? I have never seen it used for him elsewhere, so more likely to be an error.]
• Land: 30 Nov 1868, Josiah Pratt property, Macon County, Illinois, USA; SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 18N, Range 3E, 3rd principal meridian. 40 acres. Reserving a 200-ft right of way for the rail that runs through it. Purchased by Josiah Pratt from Illinois Central Railroad Company. Drawn 30 Nov 1868, filed 9 August 1869.

Notes:

Birth:

Age in 1850 census appears to be 30, but may be 36, which would again come out to approximately 1814 for birth. 1850 census gives Canada as his birthplace, while the 1860 gives New York. 1855 census also gives Canada as his birthplace. It seems likely that the earlier census is correct on this point.



DJ Brannan document states that he was probably born in Brome, Lower Canada, abt 1820

Age in May 1841, marriage, stated as 22.

Josiah married Nancy Melinda Peterson on 13 May 1841 in Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA. Nancy (daughter of John Peterson and Hannah Kilborne) was born about 1819-1820 in Orleans County, New York, USA; died before January 1875 in Macon County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• RESEARCH: It is likely that Nancy Malinda (Peterson) Pratt married a second time to John G. Jameson, 15 August 1872, in Macon County. He was the father of John L. Jameson that married daughter Mary Jane two years later. [Probate record names children]
  • A newspaper item from the Decatur newspaper notes a license issued to John G. Jamison and ?Mrs. Pratt? on 15 August 1872. ["Marriage Licenses," The Decatur Weekly Republican (Decatur, Ill.), 15 August 1872, p. 1, col. [?], for John G. Jamison and Mrs. Pratt; digital image, Ni (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 27 May 2015).]
  • Mary Jane married John G. Jamison?s son, John L. Jamison two years later.
  • Nancy M. Pratt disappears from the Niagara County records after 1870.
  • Wallace, Ida, and Alice (who appeared in the 1870 Niagara Co census with Nancy) all appear in the midwest soon after.
  • John G. Jimmerson and wife Nancy appear in the 1880 census in Friends Creek township, where the Gilmores and Pratts were known to reside. In conflict: Nancy Jameson's age and birthplace in 1880 census for Macon County.
  • Census: 29 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Pratt, Josiah, home construction log, [no value stated], 35, male, born in Canada, married, lived in Cambria 15 years, farmer, naturalized, owns land 2. _____, Melinda, 36, female, wife, born in Orleans Co NY, married, lived in Cambria 15 years 3. _____, Orinda, 10, female, child, born in Niagara County 4. _____, Ithusa [Vienna Arthusa], 8, female, child, born in Niagara County 5. _____, Mary, 5, female, child, born in Niagara County 6. [Doud?], Frederick, 21, male, laborer, Germany, lived in town 3 years, farmer, alien
  • Census: 6 Jul 1870, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA;

    1. Peterson, John, 75, male, white, farmer, real estate $7000, personal $1885, Rhode Island 2. Pratt, Malinda, 51, female, white, keeping house, New York 3. _____, Wallace, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Alice, 8, female, white, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Ida, 5, female, white, Illinois

  Notes:
  

  Birth:
  Her May 1841 marriage stated her age as 22.
  
  Name:
  Marriage stated her name as "Nancy M. Peterson."
  
  Died:
  Nancy's second husband, John Jamieson, maried in 1872; he married again to a Nancy White in January 1875. It is likely that Nancy Melinda Peterson had died prior to this time--though she may have divorced him.

  Notes:
  

  Married:
  Transcription of carded record:
  "Pratt-Peterson
  At Cambria May 13 1841 by Rev. S. C. Townsend JOSIAH PRATT, farmer, age 22 of Cambria to NANCY M. PETERSON, age 22 of Cambria, witnessed by Jas. Babcock and Wealthy Woolson of Lewiston."
  
  Notation at bottom of card: "Lewiston Town Records."
  

  Children: Orinda Pratt was born on 26 Nov 1844 in New York, USA; died on 14 Dec 1928; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Watertown, Marshall County, Kansas, USA. Vienna Arthusa Pratt was born on 27 Mar 1847 in Niagara County, New York, USA; died on 19 Oct 1917 in [County Poor Farm], Smith County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA. 1. Mary J. Pratt was born about 1849 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA; died after 1925. Joseph Wallace Pratt was born about 1858 in Illinois, USA. Alice Pratt was born in Jan 1862 in Illinois, USA; died in 1900-1904? in Illinois, USA. Ida M. Pratt was born in Jan 1865 in Illinois, USA.

Josiah married Rebecca [Rogers Jackson]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• RESEARCH:

  Possible father of Melinda Peterson who married Josiah Pratt. They are within three pages of each other in the 1850 census. Additionally, there is a daughter named "Orinda" in the household, and Melinda (Peterson) Pratt named her eldest daughter Orinda/Orminda.

• Census: 1810, Addison, Bristol County, Vermont, USA; Possible census, John Peterson
• Residence: Abt 1822-1824, Orleans County, New York, USA; 1855 census, 33-year-old daughter Orinda is listed with a birthplace of Orleans County. Also, son Josias is said to have been born in Orleans County, 1824 [see Debra's Mayflower file].
• Residence: 1826-1828, London, Ontario; Nathan was born in "Ontario," 1826; Arthusa was born in "Canada West," 1828. Also, Debra Brannan's Mayflower materials indicate their residence in London, Ontario [County seat of Middlesex County, but an independent city.] Lived there for 7 years, don't know which years, but after marriage.
• Residence: Abt 1832, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1855 census states residence in that city for 23 years. Also John, born in 1822, states birth in New York.
• Census: 1840, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; John Peterson household 1 male of 5 and under 10 [John Peterson, Jr., 8] 1 male of 10 and under 15 [Nathan, 14] 1 male of 15 and under 20 [Josias, 16] 1 male of 40 and under 50 [John Peterson] 1 female of 10 and under 15 [Arthusa, 12] 1 female of 15 and under 20 [Orinda, 18] 1 female of 20 and under 30 [Nancy Melinda Peterson, age 21] 1 female of 40 and under 50 [Hannah Kilborn] 8 total 8 engaged in agriculture 8 engaged in commerce
• Census: 5 Sep 1850, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Peterson, John, 55, male, farmer, real estate $3600, Rhode Island 2. _____, Hannah, 57, female, Vermont 3. _____, Orinda, 28, female, New York 4. _____, John, 18, male, New York 5. _____, Jane, 10, female, New York, attending school 6. Burgess, Frederick, 17, male, farmer, New York, attending school
• Census: 27 Jun 1855, Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA; 1. Peterson, John, 61, male, born in "Road" [Rhode Island], widowed, resided in this town 23 years, farmer, native [to this country], owner [of land] 2. _____, Orinda, 33, female, child, born in Orleans County, [single], resident 23 years 3. _____, Mary J., 19, female, child, born in Niagara County, [single], resident 19 years 4. Melhem, Adam, 29, male, laborer, born in Switzerland, [single], resident 9 years, laborer, alien

Notes:

Letters of administration granted March 1883 (see digital doc)

Final administration not found? No Peterson in Book 4, Book 5 missing from Family Search, no Peterson books 6 and 7.

John married Hannah Kilborne about 1818. Hannah was born on 8 Dec 1798 in Vermont, USA; died on 9 Dec 1850 in Niagara County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Possibly married in Vermont.

John married Phoebe Tanner in 1793 in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]