Person:Joseph Pratt (39)

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Joseph Redman Pratt
b.12 Mar 1799 Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
d.26 Mar 1861 Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Pratt (add)
m. Bef 1795
  1. Gen. John T PrattAbt 1796 -
  2. Joseph Redman Pratt1799 - 1861
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Redman Pratt1799 - 1861
m. Bef 1836
  1. Maria Pratt1835 - 1871
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Joseph Redman Pratt
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Mar 1799 Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
Residence[1] 1827 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United Statesbuilt the first brick house
Marriage Bef 1836 to Unknown
Death? 26 Mar 1861 Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, United States
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Research Notes

  • partnered in land business with Richard M. Johnson, who afterward became Vice-President of the U.S.
  • built first brick house in Indianapolis
  • donated the ground where Robert Park church is located (1912)
  • close friend of Henry Ward Beecher
  • Pratt St. in Indianapolis is named after him
  • one of the founders of Franklin College
  • in 1835, he owned all the stage lines in Indiana
  • built the first prison at Jeffersonville and was appointed its first warden, served 4 yrs
  • owned several farms near Jeffersonville
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family Recorded, in Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the city of Richmond, Indiana: from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Wayne County. (Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association, 1912)
    Vol 2, p 124.
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