Joseph Wallace Pratt

Abt 1858 -

• Name	Joseph Wallace Pratt  [1, 2]
  	Seen elsewhere as "Wallace Pratt," he is named in his father's probate record as "Joseph W."
  Born	Abt 1858	Illinois, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  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
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA   [3]
  	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
  Census (State)	1 Mar 1875	Waterville, Marshall County, Kansas, USA   [4]
  	1. Smith, Rudolph, 32, male, white, butcher, real estate $150, personal $150, born in Germany, came to Kansas from Illinois 2. _____, Orinda, 30, female, white, born New York, from Illinois 3. _____, Frankie, 8, female, white, born Illinois, from Illinois 4. Pratt, Wallace, 15, male, white, Illinois, attending school
  Person ID	I172	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	10 May 2016

  
  

  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   [5]
  	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	Ollie McCoy
  Married	2 Jan 1889	Macon County, Illinois, USA   [6, 7]
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		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…
  		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.…

  
  

• 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. [S408] "Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 26 September 2015), Josiah Pratt, file no. 753, Macon County (1869); citing Estate Files, 1830-1885, County Circuit Clerk, Decatur. [S98] 1850 U.S. census, Niagara County, New York, population schedule, Cambria, [no penned no.], p. 606 (stamped, recto), p. 303b, dwelling 354, family 359, John Peterson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 23 October 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 561. [S100] 1875 Kansas State census, Marshall County, population schedule, Waterville township, p. 9 (penned, top left), p. 174 (penned, top right), dwelling 3, household 3, Rudolph Smith household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http:/?www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 October 2014); citing 1875 Kansas State Census, reels K-1 to K-20, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. [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. [S175] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 9 November 2014), entry for Wallace Pratt-Ollie McCoy, Macon County, 2 January 1889 [no book, p., or license no. stated]. [S1123] \"Married,\" The Decatur Herald (Decatur, Ill.), 3 January 1889, p. 4, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 June 2018).