In Jerry Ponder's book 'The History of Ripley County, Missouri' the only Pratt's mentioned are: 1860 census: page 36 - 'JOHN PRATT, Little Black P.O.' (where was this area?); page 92 & 93 - 'MATTHEW PRATT opened a store on the Ruff Ferry Road east of Poyner in 1894. A post office was establised and named for DANIEL PRATT who settled there in 1885. The Pratt Post Office operated until 1933. Just a short distance south of Pratt, William Fugate, a school teacher opened a post office in his home in 1894. The post office was closed in 18 months, however, when mail service was transferred to Pratt.' page 165 - 'PRATT was established in 1894 by MATTHEW PRATT. It was named for DANIEL PRATT who settled there in 1885. He moved from Alabama. By that time, a road had been built south from Doniphan through the Towells Community, crossing Current River at Ruff Ferry. West of the river it forked with one fork going to Supply, Arkansas, and one fork going to Poyner. Pratt was near the fork of the road. A post office was opened in the Pratt Store in June, 1894. It operated until January, 1933.' page 215 - 'Ripley County, Mo. Post Masters - PRATT Post Office; June, 1894 - MATTHEW PRATT' page 221 - 'Pratt - A store west of Current River named for JOHN PRATT who owned a farm and who established the store. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Tucker" <bettytucker72455@yahoo.com> To: <MO-OREGON-HISTORY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Re: Pratt > > I thought about that side of the Pratts and wondered if this William could have possibly been one of them. As you well know there were several of the Pratts from Matthew Y in Ripley Co. All things are certainly possible. Betty > > > Carol Thompson <twister@pokynet.com> wrote:Betty, I know Alton, Mo. & Pratt, Mo. would have been a little far away from > each other to reside in one & run a business in another, but could this > William Pratt have been the one who had a ferry at Pratt, Mo.? > His being from Ala......couldn't be one of ours, could he? > thanks, Carol Thompson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lanita M" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 9:14 AM > Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Re: Pratt > > > > Betty, > > > > Thought perhaps your Jesse might have come across the line.. Don¹t have > > JESSE in Oregon Co. 1870 Census, but do have William: > > > > Moore Twp., P.O. Alton, p41 #290-291 > > PRATT, > > William, age 45, Farm Laborer AL > > Ann, age 38, keeps house, MO > > Elender, age 9, a female, MO > > Jacob, age 5, MO > > Francis, age 2, a male, MO > > > > Lanita > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > >