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Pratt, Capt. James B., was born in the city of Rochester, March 18, 1818. He is a son of Barney, who was a native
of Taunton, Mass., and came to Rochester during the early part of the present century. He was a carpenter and builder,
and was deputy sheriff of Monroe county many years. He married Hannah Blake of his native place. When Captain Pratt
was only six months old his mother died and he was taken by his father to Taunton, Mass., they making the entire
journey in a wagon. He was left in his grandmother's care, his father returning to Rochester, where he married
a Mrs. Shaw of that city. When Mr. Pratt was eight years old he joined his father in Rochester. Leaving Rochester
when about sixteen years of age he came to Clarendon, Orleans county, where he resided with an uncle until he was
twenty one, since which tune he has been principally engaged in public works. He had charge of the building of
the embankment on the old canal at Holley. He left his men at the breaking out of the war, enlisted in Co. K, 129th
Inf., under Colonel Porter, and was stationed at Baltimore for a time. In August, 1862. he was appointed captain
of his company. When Grant assumed command of the army his regiment was transferred to the 8th Heavy Artillery.
He was in the battle of Cold Harbor. May 2, 1864, the 8th was transferred to the Second Brigade, General Tyler's
Division, under General Hancock. Captain Pratt, served until the fall of 1864, when he was discharged on account
of failing health. Upon his recovery he went to Cleveland, O., and had charge of the building of the reservoir
of the Cleveland Water Works, where he was employed eight years. He was foreman on the Mahoning railroad fpr two
years, and was one year conductor on the Beloit & Milwaukee Railroad. In 1875 Captain Pratt purchased a steamboat
on Green Lake near Whitewater, Wis., erected a hotel and opened a summer resort. In 1880 he exchanged this property
for a farm in Ridgeway, Orleans county, and since 1881 has resided in Holley. Captain Pratt is a Republican, has
been village trustee, highway commissioner, and is a trustee of the Hillside Cemetery Association. He married in
1882 Mrs. M. A. Ray, of Holley.
From:
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Isaac C. Signor
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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