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no children of Amasa and Betsy (Bigelow) Pratt:
Children of Amasa and Lydia (King) Pratt:
16251.861 Gardner C. Pratt, b 29 Aug 1853
Skowhegan, ME; d 18 Mar 1906 (aged 52) Dallas, Dallas County, TX;
m Elizabeth McCracken (1854-1925)
16251.862 Lyman Amasa Pratt, b 04 Jun
1855 Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME: d
29 Aug 1936 (aged 81) Wayne County, MO; m twice
16251.863 Edwin Pratt, b 04 Jan 1858; d 09 Apr 1862 (aged 4)
16251.864 Charles Lincoln Pratt, b 09 Feb
1862 Ripon, Fond du Lac County, WI; d 25 Aug 1933 (aged 71) Ripon,
WI; (see
below)
16251.865 Meda Frances Pratt, b 20 Jan 1864 Ripon, WI; d 27 May 1899 (aged 35); m 1893 Marshall Vernon Adkins (1870-1942) (see below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 219;
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume I;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
1850 census ME;
ME vital records.
New info from Aimee Bigelow <
sea_aggie96@yahoo.com >
Find a Grave
Charles L. Pratt, aged 71
years, a native of Ripon and for the past twenty-five years city
engineer, passed away at his home on Watson Street at six thirty
o'clock Friday morning, following a brief illness. Mr. Pratt had
suffered from a heart illness for over a year.
The deceased, a son of Amasa B. and Lydia Pratt, was born in
Ripon, February 9, 1862 and spent his early life here. He was
graduated from Ripon high school and also attended Ripon college.
For a number of years he was associated with a lumber concern at
Stigler, Oklahoma, and also resided for some time in Texas,
returning to Ripon in 1906. During his long service as city
engineer he was in charge of several important civic construction
projects. Mr. Pratt was a member of the Congregational church.
His only surviving relatives are a brother, Lyman L. Pratt, of
Williamsville, MO, two nephews and a niece, George H. Pratt of
Detroit, Benson K. Pratt of Chicago and Mrs. Laura Jenkinson, of
Milwaukee.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at two o'clock
from the Butzin funeral home with Prof. A.F. Fehlandt officiating.
Burial was at Hillside cemetery. Serving as bearers were W.R.
Woodmansee, L.G. Kellogg, C.A. Whiting, W.A. Simmons, August
Nehls, and Herman Gatzke.
Find a Grave
Obituary
of Meda Frances Pratt Adkins
Meda Frances Pratt Adkins was born Jan. 20, 1864 in Ripon, Wis.
She was a daughter of Mr. A.B. Pratt who came from New England to
Ripon June 8th, 1856. He is of the old puritan stock and is not
ashamed of his ancestry.
She was a graduate of Ripon High School and taught in same for 8
years.
She was married April 26, 1893 to Mr. M.V. Adkins and removed to
Chicago where they lived until last January, when they moved back
to Ripon.
She enjoyed good health until the age of 17 or 18 years when she
was attacked with heart difficulty which greatly weakened her
physically and caused at two or three times partial strokes.
She was an affectionate daughter, loving sister and a devoted
wife, and had hosts of admiring friends.
She made a profession of religion at an early day and joined the
Methodist church and lived a faithful Christian life until death
called her home. Her mother preceeded her to the better land Feb.
5, 1894. She leaves to mourn her loss besides her husband and
father, an affectionate step mother and three brothers, one of
whom lives in Texas, one in Missouri and the other, who was a
favorite with her and resided with her in Chicago, is now ill at
his father's home.
She was found unconscious in her room at her home last Friday
afternoon about three o'clock and remained so until Saturday, May
27, at ten o'clock when she passed to her reward. "Accepted
perfect and complete, For God's inheritance made meet. How true,
how glorious, and how sweet."
The funeral was held Monday at 2:30 at the house, Rev. Grant and
Rev. E.H. Merrell spoke, and Rev. E.G. Hamley lead in prayer; A
select choir furnished very appropriate music for the occassion.
The flower decorations were many and very beautiful. The remains
were laid at rest in the old cemetery.
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