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101. Edwin Delano Pratt was born on 25 February 1837 in Havana, Huron, Ohio, USA. He died on 11 December 1911 in Attica, Seneca, Ohio, USA. He was buried in Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio, USA. >Source "The Pratt Family: or Descendants of william Pratt, One of the First Settlers of Hartford and Say-Brook," by Rev. Frederick W. Chapman., 1864. Book owned by Robert Grow. >Burial is in Row 3, Attica Venice Cemetery, Seneca County, Ohio. Source: "Seneca County, Ohio Cemetery Inscription," compiled by the Seneca County Genealogical Society 1987. Inscription: "E.D. Pratt, Feb. 25, 1837-Dec. 11, 1911" He is buried next to his wife, Elizabeth. >S:PPU P161 S:PPU P161 Edwin Delano Pratt and Elizabeth C. Slayer were married on 25 December 1862 in Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio, USA. >FHL Film # 410.274, Huron Ohio Probate court marriages. Marriage certificate # 2217. Her name is spelled "Slayer" on the marriage record. Elizabeth C. Slayer was born on 17 February 1842 in Baden. She died on 25 May 1910 in Attica, Seneca, Ohio, USA. She was buried in Attica, Seneca Co., Ohio, USA. >She is listed in the 1880 census at "Libbie" (short for Elizabeth). Her last name is recorded as "Slyer" in the birth register for her daughter, Laura Ellen Pratt. (Microfilm # 410,277) >Burial is in Row 3, Attica Venice Cemetery, Seneca County, Ohio. Source: "Seneca County, Ohio Cemetery Inscription," compiled by the Seneca County Genealogical Society 1987. Inscription: "Elizabeth C. Pratt, wife of E.D., Feb. 17, 1842 - May 25, 1910" >Her name is also spelled "Schluyer." >A very brief, 2 sentence obituary notice says "Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, wife of E.D. Pratt, died very suddenly at her home Wednesday morning, aged 68 years. The funeral was held at the home, Friday afternoon." S:PPU sp P161 Edwin Delano Pratt and Elizabeth C. Slayer had the following children: +624 | i. | Maud L. Pratt. | 625 | ii. | Effie E. Pratt (N.D.) was born in 1865 or 1866 in . She died on 10 June 1890 in Norwich Twp, Huron, Ohio, USA. She was buried in Huron Co., Ohio Cemetery. Effie was 16 years old in the 1880 census, which was taken June 21, 1880. She died at age 18 or 20 from tuberculosis. She was unmarried and had no children. (per Helen Gertrude Barber Murray, family genealogist) S:PPU P1613 >She is burried in the Norwich Township, Huron County, Boughton Cemetery. Inscription: "Pratt, Effie E., died 10 June 1890, age 24 d 3 m 10 d."S:PPU P1613 | +626 | iii. | Elmer Nelson Pratt. | +627 | iv. | Laura Ellen Pratt (N.D.). |
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