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]

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]

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:

Name:

It is not clear if he was adopted by Hunt or just took his name.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 12 Sep 1918, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA;

  Salesman and collector, Business Men's Indemnity Association.

• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, 1216 N. Alabama, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 27 Apri 1942, 6173 Broadway, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Birth:

Clearly, Mary Jane's divorce from John Jamison was not final when George "Hunt" was born. He may have been the child of her next husband, John J. Hunt. The newspaper notice of affidavit for divorce mentions her "nonresidence" as early as March 1881, so she may have moved to Illinois with Hunt to have his child.

George married Emma Louise Kienly on 1 Jun 1909 in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]