William Edward Pratt

As printed in 1912

WILLIAM E. PRATT

The founder of this branch of the Pratt family in the United States was William, one of the passengers of the pilgrim ship Mayflower, who settled near the old town of Boston, Massachusetts. The heads of the generations in direct succession of William are James, Robert, Edward, James, Cotton, James G, Edward, and William Edward, our subject, the latter being the ninth generation of his family in America. Edward, the father of our subject, was born in Massachusetts and removed to Pennsylvania. He married Malinda Davidson, a native of Massachusetts, who was the mother of our subject.

William Edward Pratt was born June 30, 1837, at Meadville, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and educated in the district schools of Trumbull county, Ohio. He took up the carpenter trade as an occupation, and on reaching Johnson county, Iowa, in 1854, was employed at his trade until 1863. Immediately upon his arrival, however, he became a land owner, and during his long residence in the county has owned farms in East Lucas, Scott, and Graham townships. For man; years he has been a practical farmer, and at this writing re sides on the old Muscatine road, near Iowa City, in honorable retirement. His present farm is recognized as a model, and contains everything essential to up to date farming, with splendid residence and complete fences.

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As printed in Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.