Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Orval J. Pratt    
       Also known as: Orville Pratt 1,2,3
                Born: Nov- 4-1911          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,5
                Died: Jan- 6-1996          in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH  4,6
             Resided:                      in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH  7,2
             Resided: 1976                 in Ohio  2
             Resided: 1956                 in Colliers, Brooke Co, WV  3
              Census: 1940                 in Washington Co, PA  
             Resided: 1935                 in Washington Co, PA  8
             Resided: 1931                 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1920, 1930           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 construction at steel mill  8
            Military: Apr-26-1945 - Dec-11-1945 U.S. Army, World War II  1
              Father: John Tillman Pratt   (1872 - 1956) 
              Mother: Talitha Ester Baker   (1889 - 1938) 
                Wife: Daisy Merl Ash     
       Also known as: Merle Ash 5
             Married: Sep-21-1931          in Reynoldsville, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Born: Dec- 3-1906          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
                Died: Oct-10-1958          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9
              Census: 1940                 in Washington Co, PA  
             Resided: 1935                 in Washington Co, PA  8
             Resided: 1931                 in Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Father: Lattie Othello Ash   (1876 - 1949) 
              Mother: Lydia Ann Dotson   (1883 - 1956) 
           M Child 1: Ralph D. Pratt      
                Born: ca 1932              in West Virginia  8
              Census: 1940                 in Washington Co, PA   (see note 1)
              Census: 1940                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Washington Co, PA  8
             Resided: 1935                 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  10
           F Child 2: Wauteka Lee Pratt      
                Born: Dec-22-1934          in West Virginia  6
                Died: Apr- 5-2000          in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH  6
              Census: 1940                 in Washington Co, PA  
             Resided: 1935                 in Washington Co, PA  

Sources:
(1) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) Obituary of brother. 
(3) Obituary of father. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(8) 1940 Census. 
(9) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Enuerated twice in the 1940 Census, one with his parents in Pennsylvania, and
also with his maternal grandparents in West Virginia.  Unclear whether he was
physically present at both locations.







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