Horatio PRATT

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19 February 1832 , Guilford, Vermont, USA

Died

13 May 1876 , Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 19 February 1832 in Guilford, Vermont, USA

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Horatio was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Horatio married Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON 14 April 1853 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON was born November 1837 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Mary Elizabeth died 11 January 1911 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield).

Horatio PRATT died 13 May 1876 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Charles Pratt
Mother: Ellen Pratt

m. Elizabeth Ackington

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Recorded occupation: Carpenter

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Horatio PRATT married

Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON
Marriage date: 14 April 1853
Marriage place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Marriage notes:

Name: Mary Elizabeth G Kington

Age: 22

Birth Year: abt 1831

Birth Place: Boston MS

Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1853

Marriage Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Benj Kington

Mother: Martha P O Kington

Spouse: Horatio Pratt

Name: Horatio Pratt

Age: 21

Birth Year: abt 1832

Birth Place: Gilford Vermont

Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1853

Marriage Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Chester Pratt

Mother: Ellen Pratt

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth G Kington

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Children of Horatio PRATT and Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON

Jesse Horatio PRATT

Born: 22 May 1873, Conway, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2 April 1926, Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Ida Mae RANSOM 29 March 1900 Place: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Lillian Alice BADER 27 January 1906 Place: Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1832
19 February 1832
Guilford, Vermont, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 Marriage / Partner
Horatio PRATT and Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON 14 April 1853, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield)

He was 21 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1873 Birth of Child
Jesse Horatio PRATT was born 22 May 1873, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Horatio was 41 years old.

Death

Name: Horatio P. Pratt
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 13 May 1876
Death Place: Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 44
Birth Date: 1832
Birth Place: Guilford, Vt.
Occupation: Carpenter
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Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Charles Pratt
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Mother's Name: Ellen Pratt
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50052-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 186146
Reference ID: v 3 p 43

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1J-C8Q : 10 December 2014), Horatio P. Pratt, 13 May 1876; citing Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, reference v 3 p 43; FHL microfilm 186,146.'