Jul-28-2018
Husband: William Scott Pratt
Born: Nov-18-1795 1
Died: Oct- 7-1863 2
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Martha Underwood 4,5
Born: Jan-24-1806 6
Died: Apr-28-1888 in Tyler Co, WV 2,3
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Father: William S. Underwood (1780 - 1866)
Mother: Mary Hannah Willis (1780 - 1869)
F Child 1: Elizabeth Jane Pratt
Census name: Jane Pratt
Born: ca 1834 7,8
Census: 1880 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Husband: Daniel Weekley b. ca 1826
F Child 2: Sarah Pratt
Born: ca 1836 7
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
F Child 3: Nancy Pratt
Born: Feb-15-1838 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 9,10,11 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-30-1903 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 9
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1900 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV (see note 2)
Resided: 1862 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 10
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Husband: Robert Washington Davis b. ca 1836 d. bef Aug 1860
Census name: Washington Davis
Marriage Bond: Apr-13-1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 12
Married: Apr- -1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 12
Husband: James S. Smith b. Oct- 6-1841 d. Sep-30-1863
Married: Jan-23-1862 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 13
Husband: Bambridge Ash b. Jun-10-1832 d. Nov-26-1869
Also known as: Bamby Ash 14
Married: Dec-24-1867 in Tyler Co, WV 10
M Child 4: William Washington Pratt
Born: Apr- -1840 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 15,16,10
Died: 1926 16
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 17
Census: 1880, 1900, 10, 20 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3)
Resided: 1890 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV 18
Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 19,20,21
Military: Aug- 1-1862 - Jun-23-1865 Pvt, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 18
Wife: Ethelinda Weekley b. Jun- 2-1837 d. Oct-21-1923
Census name: Eathlinda
Married: Feb-28-1861 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 22
F Child 5: Leah Pratt
Born: May- 2-1842 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 3,16
Died: Dec-12-1918 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 3
Census: 1870 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Husband: Isaiah S. Weekley b. 1838 d. 1931
Married: Aug-12-1858 3
M Child 6: John Ellis Pratt
Census name: J. E. Pratt
Born: Aug-10-1844 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 23,24,25
Died: Aug-14-1922 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV 23
Buried: in Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 23,17
Census: 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880, 1900 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 23,24
Military: Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 26,27,28 (see note 4)
Wife: Mary Emaline Bond b. Apr-26-1851 d. Oct-24-1894
Married: Jul-19-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
M Child 7: Thomas J. Pratt
Born: Jul- 2-1847 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 29,10 (see note 5)
Died: May-11-1892 in Doddridge Co, WV 30
Buried: in Davis Cemetery, Willow Fork Rd off Buck Run, Tyler Co, WV 30
Cause of death: disease of spine (military disability in 1890: lumbago & kidney disease) 30,18
Resided: 1890 at Camp, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Military: Aug-28-1864 - Jul-10-1865 Pvt, Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 27,18
Wife: Elizabeth N. Dawson b. Mar-19-1849 d. May- 6-1931
Also known as: E. N. Pratt 2
Married: Dec-17-1868 in Tyler Co, WV 31
M Child 8: Samuel Pratt
Born: ca 1849 11
Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA
Sources:
(1) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 67y 10m 19d.
(2) Headstone.
(3) Findagrave.com.
(4) Marriage record of son.
(5) Death record of son.
(6) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death, 82y 3m 4d.
(7) 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA.
(8) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV.
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV.
(11) 1860 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA.
(12) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12050706&Type=Marriage.
(13) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as James S. Smith, single, 20, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge
Co, son of John & Betty Smith, occupation farmer; and Nancy Davis, widowed, 23, b. & res. in Tyler Co, dau of Wm. &
Martha Pratt. Married Jan 23 1862 in Tyler County, officiated by William James. MR Line 3 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038362&Type=Marriage.
(14) Death record of daughter.
(15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(16) Headstone (year only)
(17) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website),
http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm.
(18) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(19) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(20) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV.
(21) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(22) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as William W. Pratt, 20, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son of
William & Martha Pratt; and Ethelinda Weekley, 24, b. & res. in Tyler Co, dau of Jacob & Margaret Weekley. Married Feb
28 1861 in Tyler County. MR p. 10 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038417&Type=Marriage.
(23) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(24) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV.
(25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(26) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(27) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(28) West Union Herald, 7/3/1913.
(29) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.
(30) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(31) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Thomas J. Pratt, single, 21, b. & res. in Tyler Co, son
of William & Martha Pratt; and Elizabeth N. Dawson, single, 19, b. Allegany Co Maryland, res. Tyler Co, dau of John T. &
Emma Dawson. Married Dec 17 1868 in Tyler County. MR p. 22 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12039060&Type=Marriage.
Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1837.
Note (2) In household with family of daughter Aggie and son-in-law James
Stubbs.
Note (3) In 1920, location specified as Camp Run Road.
Note (4) In a newspaper article, John E. Pratt was identified as one of ten Doddridge
County Civil War veterans who traveled to Gettysburg in June 1913 to attend the
50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. However, until moving to
Doddridge sometime between 1900 and 1910, he had lived his entire life in Tyler
County.
Note (5) Age in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1841. But age 44y 10m 9d in
death record calculates to a birth date of Jul 2 1847. He was 13 in the 1860
Census.
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