Vienna Arthusa Pratt

1847 - 1917  (70 years)

• Name	Vienna Arthusa Pratt
  Born	27 Mar 1847	Niagara County, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	4 Sep 1850	Cambria, Niagara County, New York   [2]
  	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	29 Jun 1855	Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA   [4]
  	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]
  	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
  Newspaper Article	18 Jul 1884	Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  	From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Trustee I. A. Mullen reported to the Board the Mrs. Gillmore is destitue [sic] and without any means of support, and the Board ordered her to be taken to the Poor House.\"
  Newspaper Article	18 Jul 1884	Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  	From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Trustee I. A. Mullen reported to the Board the Mrs. Gillmore is destitue [sic] and without any means of support, and the Board ordered her to be taken to the Poor House.\"
  NEWS	1 Feb 1917	Smith Centre, Smith County, Kansas, USA
  	From the Smith County Pioneer: \"Three at the County Farm There are now three people at the county farm. Mrs. Gilmore, the only county charge for a long time, will have other company. Last Tuesday, Andrew W. Upp, trustee of Logan township, brought in Henry Green and wife, who had been up there at the home of their adopted daughter, Mrs. Jess Dunning, on the Mark Payne farm. Mr. Green is 55 and his wife is 66 years of age. The old lady has been paralyzed for 13 years . . . [deleted a section not pertinent]. It is pretty certain that the unfortunate old couple will make their home from this time on at the county farm.\"
  Died	19 Oct 1917	[County Poor Farm], Smith County, Kansas, USA   [3, 6]
  	27 October 1917, death certificate
  NEWS	1 Nov 1917	Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [7]
  	"In Poor House 33 Years After being an inmate of the home o the county poor arm for nearly thirty-three years, Mrs. Vina [sic] Gilmore died last Friday morning at an early hour. Her age ws seventy-two. Funeral services were held in this city at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. Archie Wilson, Saturday afternoon and the body buried in the cemetery north of town. Mrs. Gilmore was one of the earliest settlers in the country a few miles northeast of this place and her husband, Will Gilmore [sic], ran away with another woman. Mrs. Will Bucklin of this city is a daughter of the deceased, nd two sons are also living, one in Missouri and the other in Nebraska."
  Obituary	1 Nov 1917	Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [6]
  	Smith County Pioneer "Mrs. Vina [sic] Gilmore who had been an inmate of the home on the county farm for very nearly thirty-three years, died last Friday morning after an illness of several months. Her age was seventy-two years. She is survived by three children, Mrs. Will [Alice] Bucklin in this city, one son [George Gilmore] of Missouri and another [Tom Gilmore] in Nebraska. Funeral services were held at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Arch Wilson, in this city Saturday and her body was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery."
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I137	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Josiah Pratt,   b. Abt 1818, New York, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 1869, Macon County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Nancy Melinda Peterson,   b. Abt 1819-1820, Orleans County, New York, USA ,   d. Before January 1875, Macon County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	13 May 1841	Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA   [8]
  	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."
  Narrative	His probate file reflects the appointment of his widow Nancy as administrator; her posted bond was supported by that of her son-in-law George W. Gilmore. The file named Josiah?s widow and children as his heirs; the children named were Orinda, Arthusa (Vienna Arthusa), Joseph W., Alice, Ida M., and Mary J. Pratt.
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George W. Gilmore,   b. 25 Jun 1837, County Sligo, Ireland ,   d. 14 Nov 1910, Lanton, Howell County, MIssouri, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	22 Mar 1863	Waddams Grove, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA   [9]
  Children	1. James Josiah Gilmore,   b. Sep 1867, Macon County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 11 Aug 1869, Macon County, Illinois, USA  (Age ~ 1 years) + 2. Alice Melinda Gilmore,   b. 23 Jul 1869, Macon County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1952, Velma McNulty Nursing Home, Smith County, Kansas, USA  (Age 83 years) + 3. George W. Gilmore,   b. 3 Dec 1873, Macon County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 21 Apr 1961, Laclede County, Missouri, USA  (Age 87 years) + 4. Thomas Melvin Gilmore,   b. 15 Jun 1875, Smith County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1953, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Josiah Pratt, census, 1850, Niagara County, NY 1850 U.S. census, Niagara County, New York, population schedule, Cambria, [no legible penned no.], p. 602 (stamped, recto), p. 601 and p. 301 [stamped, verso], dwelling 326, family 320, Isah [Josiah] Pratt household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 21 October 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll…
  		George W. Gilmore & wife Vienna Pratt, 1870 Macon Co IL census 1870 U. S. census, Macon County, Illinois, population schedule, Friends Creek township, p. 6 (penned), p. 430 (stamped, verso), dwelling 43, family 41, George Gillmore [Gilmore] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 9 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 249.
  		Josiah Pratt household, 1855 Niagara County, New York, census 1855 New York State census, Niagara County, population schedule, Cambria (town), [no p. no.], dwelling 370, Josiah Pratt household; New York State Archives, Albany; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 27 May 2015).
  		George W. Gilmore, 1860 Stephenson County, Illinois, census; household of Josiah Pratt 1860 U.S. census, Stephenson County, Illinois, population schedule, Harlem (town), Freeport (post office), p. 233 (penned, lined through), p. 233b (dark pen, previous page), [no stamped no.], dwelling 1840, family 1726, Josiah Pratt household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm…
  		George W. and Vienna (Pratt) Gilmore, 1880 Smith County, Kansas, census 1880 U. S. census, Smith County, Kansas, population schedule, Center township, enumeration district (ED) 310, p. 12 (penned), p. 478a (stamped), dwelling 9, family 9, George Gilmore household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 397.
  		1875 Kansas Territory census, Smith County, George W. Gilmore family 1875 Kansas Territory census, Smith County, population schedule, Smith Center township, p. 18 (illegible, inferred from previous p. 17), p. 1 (penned, facing), dwelling 178, household 190, Geo W. Gilmore household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 June 2015); citing 1875 Kansas Territory Census, roll no.…
  		Vienaa Arthusa (Pratt) Gilmore, death certificate, 1917, Smith County, Kansas. Kansas State Board of Health, death certificate no. 92-788 (1917), Vina [Vienna] A. Gilmore; Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka.
  		George W. Gilmore, purchase of 80 acres, 1870, Macon Co IL Macon County, Illinois, Deeds, vol. 33:487, warranty deed, Walker to Gilmore, 1870; FHL film no. 985974, item 1; Macon County Recorder, Decatur.
  		Deed from George W. Gilmore to Jacob Hof, 1873, Macon County, Illinois Macon County, Illinois, Deeds, vol. 49:250, Gilmore to Hoff, 1873; FHL film no. 986108, item 2; Macon County Recorder, Decatur.

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] 1860 U.S. census, Stephenson County, Illinois, population schedule, Harlem (town), p. 234 (penned, recto), [no stamped p. no.), dwelling 1840, family 1725, Josiah Pratt household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 20 October 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 230. [S94] 1850 U.S. census, Niagara County, New York, population schedule, Cambria, [no legible penned no.], p. 602 (stamped, recto), p. 601 and p. 301 [stamped, verso], dwelling 326, family 320, Isah [Josiah] Pratt household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 21 October 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 561. [Indexed as "Isah". [S284] Kansas State Board of Health, death certificate no. 92-788 (1917), Vina [Vienna] A. Gilmore; Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka. [S228] 1855 New York State census, Niagara County, population schedule, Cambria (town), [no p. no.], dwelling 370, Josiah Pratt household; New York State Archives, Albany; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 27 May 2015). . [S1142] \"County Commissioners Work\"Smith County Pioneer (Smith Centre, Kan.), 18 July 1884, p. 4, col. 2, for Mrs. Gillmore [sic]; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 9 June 2018). [S88] "Death at County Farm," Smith County (Kansas) Pioneer, 1 November 1917. [S1666] "In Poor House 33 Years," Smith County Journal (Smith Center, Kan.), 1 November 1917, p. 1, col. 2; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 10 January 2021). [S1163] Niagara County, New York, Niagara County Clerk Historian\'s Office, carded marriage records, Pratt-Peterson, at Cambria, 13 May 1841; digital image of card, official name of card file not noted, but \"Lewiston Town records\" noted at bottom; received by email, 16 May 2019, from original recipient Debra J. Brannan (djbrnnn@aol.com). Emailed historian same date to inquire about the original records. [S411] Stephenson County, Illinois, Marriages, vol. 4:731, Gilmore-Pratt (1863), County Clerk, Freeport, Illinois.