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William Pratt
Birth: 9-10-1816
Death: 3-3-1901
Biography
William Pratt was a "dental surgeon" who was born likely in Massachusetts, although some sources cite him as being born in Halifax, NS. He lived in Baltimore, MD in the middle of the nineteenth-century, as per the 1850 Federal census and the Matchett's Baltimore Directory for 1851. The directory lists him as living at 75 Lexington as a "dental surgeon." The census reveals he was living with his wife, Anne, and his two daughters, Anne and Alice, who are also listed on his gravestone. The census lists his occupation as "dentist." By 1880 he appears to have returned to Massachusetts, as he and his wife are listed in the 1880 federal census record as living in Plymouth, MA. He is listed as a "retired dentist" in this record.
William Pratt is likely the Dr. Pratt that Frances Adeline Miller Seward is consulting in Baltimore during the late 1840s.
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, September 7, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 13, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 16, 1850
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 27, 1850
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William Pratt was a "dental surgeon" who was born likely in Massachusetts, although some sources cite him as being born in Halifax, NS. He lived in Baltimore, MD in the middle of the nineteenth-century, as per the 1850 Federal census and the Matchett's Baltimore Directory for 1851. The directory lists him as living at 75 Lexington as a "dental surgeon." The census reveals he was living with his wife, Anne, and his two daughters, Anne and Alice, who are also listed on his gravestone. The census lists his occupation as "dentist." By 1880 he appears to have returned to Massachusetts, as he and his wife are listed in the 1880 federal census record as living in Plymouth, MA. He is listed as a "retired dentist" in this record.
William Pratt is likely the Dr. Pratt that Frances Adeline Miller Seward is consulting in Baltimore during the late 1840s.