Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John Shirdan "Shird" Pratt    
       Also known as: Shird Pratt 1
                Born: Nov-  -1873           2
              Census: 1910, 1920           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation: 1920                 roustabout for gas company  3
          Occupation: 1910                 oil field worker  4
          Occupation: 1900                 farm laborer  2
              Father: John W. Pratt   (1842 - 1914) 
              Mother: Martha Jane Underwood   (1845 -     ) 
                Wife: Mary P. Wise   1  
             Married: ca 1896               2
                Born: Feb-  -1880           2
                Died: bef Feb 1920          3
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Edgar Pratt      
                Born: ca 1898               4
              Census: 1940                 in Georges Run, McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
           F Child 2: Edna L. Pratt      
                Born: Jul-  -1899          in Tyler Co, WV  2,5
                Died: bef Mar 1927          6
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
             Resided: 1918                 in Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1917                 in Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV  5
              Census: 1910                 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Husband: Huey Ewing Asher  b. Sep-29-1879  d. Sep-30-1957  
         Census name: Hugh E. Asher 
             Married: Nov-11-1917          in Tyler Co, WV  8
           M Child 3: Arlie C. Pratt      
         Census name: Irla Pratt 
                Born: Aug-11-1903          in Tyler Co, WV  9,10,4
                Died: Oct- 8-1978          in Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH  11,10
              Buried:                      in Three Springs Cemetery, near Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  12
             Resided:                      in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  13
              Census: 1940                 in Georges Run, McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV  5
              Census: 1910, 1920           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1940                 farm laborer  14
                Wife: Hattie A. Gatrell  b. Nov- 7-1901  d. Jan-12-1986  
             Married: Jan- 5-1935          in Middlebourne, Tyler Co, WV  5
           M Child 4: James Waldo Pratt      
         Census name: Waldo Pratt 
                Born: ca 1906               4
              Census: 1910, 1920           in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  

Sources:
(1) Marriage record of son. 
(2) 1900 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(3) 1920 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(4) 1910 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(5) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. 
(6) Record of husband's remarriage. 
(7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(8) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Hughie Ewing Asher, widower, 35, b. Wetzel Co, res. 
Smithton; and Edna L. Pratt, single, 19, b. Tyler Co, res. Wilbur.  Married Nov 11 1917 "at Sherd Pratt's," officiated 
by E. W. Webster, a minister of the U. B. Church.  Informants for marriage license:  Hughie E. Asher of Smithton & J. S. 
Pratt of Wilbur. MR p. 446 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12044279&Type=Marriage. 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(12) Findagrave.com. 
(13) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(14) 1940 Census, Tyler County, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In household of maternal grandparents.
Note (2) In household of brother Arlie.







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