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Hopkins Twp., Whiteside Co IL
He was born May 16, 1817, in Chenango Co., N. Y. and is the son of William and Cynthia (Case) Pratt, who were born in the State of Connecticut. He is one of a family of four children named Harriet, Jerome, William and Ralph.
Mr. Pratt was married Oct. 8, 1855, in Prophetstown, Whiteside County, to Euphemia J., daughter of David and Lydia (Butler) Ramsay. Her parents were natives of New England and were of Scotch lineage. William, Hannah M., Luther B., Euphemia J. and Lydia A. were the names of their children. Mrs. Pratt was born Sept. 9, 1822, in Rome, Qneida Co., N. Y. Le Roy W. Pratt, her only child, was born Jan 25, 1857, and graduated in 1882, at the Union College of Law, Chicago. Mr. Pratt is a Democrat in political preference and acts in local and general issues in consonance with the principles of that party. Mrs. Pratt is a communicant of the Episcopal Church.
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William Pratt, general farmer in the Township of Hopkins, has been a resident of Whiteside County since 1854, and a citizen of the State of Illinois since 1842 when he removed from New York to Kane County. After a stay of about one year's duration at Elgin, he went to McHenry County, where he was engaged in farming, and building the Fox River Valley Railroad. On coming to Whiteside Co., he took a contract to grade the railroad from Sterling to Fulton. While fulfilling his obligations with the building corporation, he bought, in 1856, a farm in Hopkins Township. On this he settled on the termination of the business mentioned, and has since pushed agricultural operations with profit.
