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William Jefferson Pratt 1870 – 1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Nov 1870

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 25 Oct 1944

Death Location: Oak Grove Cemetery, Decatur County, Tennessee

Father: Meyers Pratt

Mother: Sarah Doyle

Spouse(s): J Bawcum

Children(s):

According to available records, William Jefferson Pratt was born in 1870 in Tennessee, the child of Meyers Tinsley Pratt and Sarah Isabella Doyle. Following those early years, William Jefferson Pratt married J A Bawcum. In the later years of life, William Jefferson Pratt died in 1944 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Decatur County, Tennessee.

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Parents

Meyers Pratt
1847 – 1910
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Sarah Doyle
1846 – 1885
Birth Location: Decatur Co. Tennessee
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Spouses(s)

J Bawcum
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Nov 1870
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 9, Year: 1880; Census Place: Gibson Station, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: 1255; Page: 496C; Enumeration District: 048

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Gibson Station, Gibson, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Gibson Station, Gibson, Tennessee; Roll: 1255; Page: 496C; Enumeration District: 048

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Oct 1944
    Event Place: Oak Grove Cemetery, Decatur County, Tennessee
    Record Source: Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 9

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