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Jennifer Taylor¹

• Father: Timothy Taylor¹
• Mother: Susan Harshbarger¹

• She is the daughter of Timothy Taylor and Susan Harshbarger.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2005

Rachel Taylor¹

• Father: Timothy Taylor¹
• Mother: Susan Harshbarger¹

• She is the daughter of Timothy Taylor and Susan Harshbarger.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2005

Abraham Arnold Tilley¹

Abram Arnold Tilley, late 1880's.

• Father: Abraham Henry Tilley¹ b. 20 Sep 1813, d. 20 Oct 1893
• Mother: Celinda Barker¹ b. 24 Mar 1823, d. 20 Jul 1896

• Photo Link*: RELATED PHOTO(S).
  
• Birth*: Abraham was born on 11 January 1852.¹
• He was the son of Abraham Henry Tilley and Celinda Barker.¹
• Marriage*: Abraham married Nebraska Brown, daughter of Joshua Coggeshall Brown and Jane Elizabeth Smith, on 9 September 1874.¹

• Last Edited: 5 Jul 2008

Nebraska Brown¹

Nebraska Brown Tilley, late 1880's.

• Father: Joshua Coggeshall Brown² b. 27 Feb 1828, d. 20 Jul 1901
• Mother: Jane Elizabeth Smith² b. 24 Feb 1830, d. 17 Apr 1870

• (Witness) Photo Link: RELATED PHOTO(S).
  
• Birth*: Nebraska was born on 23 June 1854.¹
• She was the daughter of Joshua Coggeshall Brown and Jane Elizabeth Smith.²
• Married Name: As of 9 September 1874,her married name was Tilley.¹
• Marriage*: Nebraska married Abraham Arnold Tilley, son of Abraham Henry Tilley and Celinda Barker, on 9 September 1874.¹

• Last Edited: 5 Jul 2008

Jennie E. Tilley¹

• Father: Abraham Arnold Tilley¹ b. 11 Jan 1852
• Mother: Nebraska Brown¹ b. 23 Jun 1854

• (Witness) Photo Link: RELATED PHOTO(S).
  
• Birth*: Jennie was born on 24 April 1876.¹
• She was the daughter of Abraham Arnold Tilley and Nebraska Brown.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2005

Mary P. Tilley¹

• Father: Abraham Arnold Tilley¹ b. 11 Jan 1852
• Mother: Nebraska Brown¹ b. 23 Jun 1854

• (Witness) Photo Link: RELATED PHOTO(S).
  
• Married Name: Her married name was Ullman.
• Marriage*: Mary married Charles R. Ullman.²
• Birth*: Mary was born on 31 July 1878.¹
• She was the daughter of Abraham Arnold Tilley and Nebraska Brown.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2005

Charles R. Ullman¹

• Marriage*: Charles married Mary P. Tilley, daughter of Abraham Arnold Tilley and Nebraska Brown.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2005

Charlotte Marie "Peg" Ullman¹

• Father: Charles R. Ullman¹
• Mother: Mary P. Tilley¹ b. 31 Jul 1878

• She is the daughter of Charles R. Ullman and Mary P. Tilley.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2005

Urban Chester Ullman¹

• Father: Charles R. Ullman¹
• Mother: Mary P. Tilley¹ b. 31 Jul 1878

• He is the son of Charles R. Ullman and Mary P. Tilley.¹
• Marriage*: Urban married Elizabeth McOmber.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2005

Elizabeth McOmber¹

• Marriage*: Elizabeth married Urban Chester Ullman, son of Charles R. Ullman and Mary P. Tilley.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2005

Charles N. Ullman¹

• Father: Urban Chester Ullman¹
• Mother: Elizabeth McOmber¹

• He is the son of Urban Chester Ullman and Elizabeth McOmber.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2005

Urban Chester Ullman Jr.¹

• Father: Urban Chester Ullman¹
• Mother: Elizabeth McOmber¹

• He is the son of Urban Chester Ullman and Elizabeth McOmber.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2005

Everett Russell Ullman¹

• Father: Charles R. Ullman¹
• Mother: Mary P. Tilley¹ b. 31 Jul 1878

• He is the son of Charles R. Ullman and Mary P. Tilley.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Jul 2005

Mason Delano Pratt

• Father: Richard Henry Pratt¹ b. 6 Dec 1840, d. 15 Mar 1924
• Mother: Anna Laura Mason¹ b. 12 Feb 1844, d. 7 Aug 1927

• Photo Link*: RELATED PHOTO(S).
  
• Birth*: Mason was born on 23 January 1865, Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana.¹
• He was the son of Richard Henry Pratt and Anna Laura Mason.¹
• Graduation*: He graduated in 1887 from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, (Member of Tau Beta Pi).
• Marriage*: Mason married Mabel Crane, daughter of Gerard Crane and Sarah Ellen Roberts, on 14 March 1889, Jamestown, New York. As reported in the Carlisle Indian School newsletter: "PRATT-CRANE--On the 14th inst. in Jamestown, N. Y., Mr. Mason D. Pratt, son of Capt. Pratt, to Miss Mabel Crane. The happy couple go directly to Dubuque, Iowa, where Mr. Pratt has engaged in business. The good wishes of the Man-on-the-band-stand and their host of friends at Carlisle go with them. " THE INDIAN HELPER, A WEEKLY LETTER FROM THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL TO BOYS AND GIRLS, CARLISLE, PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1889 VOLUME IV NO. 30. One of their wedding invitations is in the possession of H. Kilpatrick, and reads, "
  align = "center"
  Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Barlow
  request your presence
  at the marriage of their sister
  Mabel Crane
  to
  Mr. Mason D. Pratt
  Thursday morning March fourteenth
  at half past nine o'clock
  First Methodist Episcopal Church
  Jamestown, NY
  1889
  No Reception.¹
• Census: Mason appeared on the census of 7 June 1900 at 330 Spruce St, Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as head, born Jan 1865, age 35, married 11 years, born in Indiana, both parents born in New York, Homeowner with mortgage. With Mabel, wife, born Jan 1866, age 34, married 11 years, 4 children, 4 living, born in Wisconsin, Father born in Vermont, mother in New York. Sarah, daughter, born June 1890, age 9. Richard H., son, born Dec. 1891, age 8. Roxana, daughter, born Jan 1893, age 7. Marion, daughter, born July 1894, age 5. Sarah E. Crane, mother-in-law, born June 1833, age 66, widowed, 3 children, 2 living, born in New York, father born in Connecticut, mother in Vermont. Maria Washington, servant, black, born June 1871, age 38, widowed, age 39, married 12 years, 1 child, 1 living, born in Virginia. Lizzie Johnston, servant, black, born Aug. 1874, age 20, single, born in Virginia.²
• Census*: Mason appeared on the census of 27 April 1910 at 1100 Green St. East, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, as head, age 45, m1., 21 yrs., b. Indiana, parents b. NY. Civil Engineer. Mabel, wife, age 44, m1, 21 yrs, 6 ch, 5 living. b. Wisconsin, father b. Vermont, mother b. NY. Sarah, daughter, 19, Richard H. son, 18, machinist, steel mill, Roxanne M. daughter, 17, s., Marion, daughter, 15, s., Alexander M., son, 8, Sarah Crane mother in law, age 86, widowed, b. NY, parents b. Massachusetts.³
• MapLink*: RELATED MAP: (Mason's address in 1910).
  
  
• Census: Mason appeared on the census of 2 January 1920 at 3355 Grant St., San Diego, San Diego County, California, as head, owner with mortgage, age 54, civil engineer. Mabel Crane, wife, age 53. Alexander M., son, age 18, single, occupation: none.⁴
• Census: Mason appeared on the census of 2 April 1930 at 2103 Huntington Drive, South Pasadena City, Los Angeles County, California, as head, renting, rent $45 per month, age 65, married at age 24, Civil Engineer. Mabel C, Wife, age 64, married at 23. Marion, Daughter, age 35, Single, Secretary, Mortgage Co.⁵
• Death*: Mason died on 14 October 1947, Los Angeles, California, at age 82.⁶

• Last Edited: 14 Oct 2007

Mabel Crane¹

• Father: Gerard Crane¹ b. 11 Mar 1815, d. 16 Dec 1881
• Mother: Sarah Ellen Roberts¹ b. 13 Jun 1823, d. 8 Feb 1915

• (Witness) Photo Link: RELATED PHOTO(S).
  
• Birth*: Mabel was born on 13 January 1866, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.¹
• She was the daughter of Gerard Crane and Sarah Ellen Roberts.¹
• Marriage*: Mabel married Mason Delano Pratt, son of Richard Henry Pratt and Anna Laura Mason, on 14 March 1889, Jamestown, New York. As reported in the Carlisle Indian School newsletter: "PRATT-CRANE--On the 14th inst. in Jamestown, N. Y., Mr. Mason D. Pratt, son of Capt. Pratt, to Miss Mabel Crane. The happy couple go directly to Dubuque, Iowa, where Mr. Pratt has engaged in business. The good wishes of the Man-on-the-band-stand and their host of friends at Carlisle go with them. " THE INDIAN HELPER, A WEEKLY LETTER FROM THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL TO BOYS AND GIRLS, CARLISLE, PA. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1889 VOLUME IV NO. 30. One of their wedding invitations is in the possession of H. Kilpatrick, and reads, "
  align = "center"
  Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Barlow
  request your presence
  at the marriage of their sister
  Mabel Crane
  to
  Mr. Mason D. Pratt
  Thursday morning March fourteenth
  at half past nine o'clock
  First Methodist Episcopal Church
  Jamestown, NY
  1889
  No Reception.¹
• Married Name: As of 14 March 1889,her married name was Pratt.
• (Witness) Census: Mabel Crane appeared on the census of 7 June 1900 in the household of Mason Delano Pratt at 330 Spruce St, Steelton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, (See record of Mason Delano Pratt for details.).²
• (Witness) Census: Mabel Crane appeared on the census of 2 January 1920 in the household of Mason Delano Pratt at 3355 Grant St., San Diego, San Diego County, California, (See record of Mason Delano Pratt for details.).³
• (Witness) Census: Mabel Crane appeared on the census of 2 April 1930 in the household of Mason Delano Pratt at 2103 Huntington Drive, South Pasadena City, Los Angeles County, California, (See record of Mason Delano Pratt for details.).⁴
• Death*: Mabel died on 23 March 1941, San Francisco, California, at age 75.¹

• Last Edited: 12 Aug 2007

Gerard Crane¹

• Father: James Crane¹ b. 11 Oct 1763, d. 17 Aug 1828
• Mother: Clarinda Hallock¹ b. 12 Aug 1781, d. 20 Jan 1859

• Research Note*: Mason Delano Pratt writes, "After his father's death in 1828, he with his sister Fanny and brother Alexis went to live with his father's brother, Gerard, in North Salem, Westchester Co., N.Y. At the age of 21 he went to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, where several other members of the family had located. He took up land for a farm near Watertown. About 1864 he and his brother Alexis went to Petrolium Center, PA, and entered the oil refining business and alter had refineries at Perkersburg, W. Va; Pioneer, PA, and Bradford, PA, the family living at Salamanca, N.Y. but moved to Jamestown shortly before his death."
• Birth*: Gerard was born on 11 March 1815, Richmond, Vermont.¹
• He was the son of James Crane and Clarinda Hallock.¹
• Marriage*: Gerard married Sarah Ellen Roberts on 14 June 1840.
• Death*: Gerard died on 16 December 1881, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, at age 66.¹
• Reminiscence*: Mason D. Pratt wrote "I never knew Gerard Crane but from all I learned of him he was a kind and considerate husband and father as well as a man of rugged integrity. Gerard, with his favorite brother, Alexis, was lured from his Wisconsin farm to seek a fortune in the newly discovered oil fields of Pennsylvania. They built and operated refineries on Oil Creek and elsewhere. Gerard was an inventor and held patents on stills. The Standard Oil Co. urged him to join its fast growing organization, but he considered its methods unethical and preferred to be independent. Wherever the Cranes set up a refinery the Standard would undersell them and drove them from field to field until the brothers had to accept defeat and failure. What a different story it might have been if they had 'played along' with old John D. In all probability I would never had met the daughter."²

• Last Edited: 7 Feb 2009

Sarah Ellen Roberts¹

• Birth*: Sarah was born on 13 June 1823, Fenner, Madison County, New York. Mason Delano Pratt says that Sarah was "from" Fenner. Not sure if she was born there.¹
• Marriage*: Sarah married Gerard Crane, son of James Crane and Clarinda Hallock, on 14 June 1840.
• Married Name: As of 14 June 1840,her married name was Crane.
• Death*: Sarah died on 8 February 1915 at age 91.¹
• Reminiscence*: Mason D. Pratt wrote: "Sarah Ellen Roberts Crane was for twenty-five years a member of her youngest daughter's household. She was the perfect mother-in-law, a sweet and lovable character. Grandma Crane was devout, she read her Bible daily and through each year. She was always kind, helpful and unruffled. Never in all those years did I know her to complain, show anger or say an unkind word. She was an artist with the needle and produced many pieces of embroidery in colored silks, of flowers true to nature in coloring and shading, also original designs of perfect symmetry. These pieces are now precious heirlooms of her grandchildren. While she helped unstintingly in the sewing and mending of a growing family she had but one aversion -- she refused to darn socks for anyone except her son-in-law. In addition to all these virtues she was a master in the fine art of cooking and taught her school-teacher daughter so well that the daughter was able in later years to pass on her skill to her children and to many fortunate maids.²

• Last Edited: 7 Feb 2009

James Crane¹

• Birth*: James was born on 11 October 1763, North Salem, Westchester County, New York.¹
• Marriage*: James married Clarinda Hallock on 22 June 1803.
• Death*: James died on 17 August 1828, Richmond, Vermont, at age 64.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Jul 2005

Clarinda Hallock¹

• Birth*: Clarinda was born on 12 August 1781.¹
• Marriage*: Clarinda married James Crane on 22 June 1803.
• Married Name: As of 22 June 1803,her married name was Crane.
• Death*: Clarinda died on 20 January 1859 at age 77.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Jul 2005

Richard Henry Pratt¹

• Father: Richard Smalley Pratt¹ b. bt 1815 - 1820, d. a 1849
• Mother: Mary Herrick¹ b. 20 Sep 1816, d. c Apr 1898

• Birth*: Richard was born on 6 December 1840, Rushford, Allegany County, New York.¹
• He was the son of Richard Smalley Pratt and Mary Herrick.¹
• Note: According to the History of Cass County, "Gen. Richard Henry Pratt, born in New York, 1840, came with his father, Richard S. Pratt, to Logansport, 1846, served in the Ninth Indiana and Second Indiana Cavalry and was promoted to a captaincy." in 1846 at Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.²
  
  
• Census*: Richard appeared on the census of 18 August 1860 at Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana, as age 19, living in the household of Nicholas Smith, age 48, Tinner, and the Smith family.³
• Marriage*: Richard married Anna Laura Mason, daughter of Bartolomew Belden Mason and Mercy Moore Whitcomb, on 12 April 1864, Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana.
• Note: According to the History of Cass County, Indiana, "In 1867, on the recommendation of Schuyler Colfax, he was appointed a lieutenant in the regular army." in 1867.²
  
  
• Note*: Founded on 6 October 1879 at Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  
  
• Retirement*: He was retired on 17 February 1903.
• (Witness) Photo Link: RELATED PHOTO(S): Baby Mason with Gen. Pratt.
  
• Death*: Richard died on 15 March 1924, Letterman Army Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, at age 83.¹
• Burial*: Richard was buried in, Arlington National Cemetery. From the Arlington National Cemetery website: "Richard Henry Pratt was born at Rushford, New York, December 6, 1840, he grew up from 1846 in Logansport, Indiana. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and later served with the 2nd Indiana Volunteer Cavalry and the 11th Indiana Volunteer Cavalry and was mustered out of the Volunteer Service in May 1865.
  After two years in the hardware business, he reentered the Army in March 1867 as Second Lieutenant in the 10th United States Cavalry, a black regiment which had only white officers. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in July. He took part in several Indian Wars on the Frontier and in 1875 was detailed to Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Over the next three years he was successful in his attempts to educate his Indian prisoners, and in 1878 he was sent to organize an Indian Branch of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia. That experiment was less than successful and in 1878 he obtained permission to convert a portion of Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania to an Indian School. The school opened in October 1879 with 82 Sioux children and was formally recognized by Congress in 1882. The course at Carlisle combined academic work with vocational training in a broad range of fields and the unique "outing" system, which placed students in White homes and schools or jobs for a year to further their adjustment to white society. The school was a model for many reservation schools built later. The school grew steadily, and in his 25 years as Superintendent he had charge of some 5,000 Indian children of more than 70 tribes.
  He was promoted Captain in February 1883; Major in July 1898; Lieutenant Colonel in February 1901; and Colonel in January 1903. He retired from the Army in February 1903 and in April 1904 he was advanced to Brigadier General on the Retired List. He died at San Francisco, March 15, 1924, and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Anna Laura Mason Pratt, 1844-1922, is buried with him. His private memorial reads:
  "Veteran Of The Civil War
  Friend And Counselor Of The Indians
  Founder And Superintendent Of the Carlisle Indian School (1879-1904)
  Erected in living memory by his students and other Indians"
  The Carlisle Institute in later years fielded a formidable football team, coached in 1899-1904 and 1906-1915 by Glenn S. "Pop" Warner and led in 1911-12 by All-American Jim Thorpe. The school had an enrollment of about 1,000 at the time of its closing in 1918.
  PRATT, ANNA LAURA
  DATE OF DEATH: 08/27/1927
  DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
  BURIED AT: SECTION S-W SITE 1405B
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
  WIFE OF RICHARD H. PRATT BRIG GENL USA RETD
  PRATT, RICHARD HENRY
  BRIG/GEN USA RETD
  VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
  DATE OF DEATH: 03/15/1924
  DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
  BURIED AT: SECTION SE SITE 1405-B
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
  "

• Last Edited: 27 Sep 2007

Anna Laura Mason¹

• Father: Bartolomew Belden Mason¹ b. 16 Dec 1803, d. 20 Oct 1881
• Mother: Mercy Moore Whitcomb¹ b. 19 May 1805, d. 29 Aug 1876

• Birth*: Anna was born on 12 February 1844, Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York.¹
• She was the daughter of Bartolomew Belden Mason and Mercy Moore Whitcomb.¹
• Marriage*: Anna married Richard Henry Pratt, son of Richard Smalley Pratt and Mary Herrick, on 12 April 1864, Delphi, Carroll County, Indiana.
• Married Name: As of 12 April 1864,her married name was Pratt.
• Death*: Anna died on 7 August 1927 at age 83.¹

• Last Edited: 11 Aug 2007

Bartolomew Belden Mason¹

• Research Note*: MDP in his Pratt Genealogy notes that there were three more daughters who did not survive to grow up. About Bartolomew's daughters, MDP writes, "All four of B.B. Mason's daughters found their way to Indiana during, or prior, to the Civil War. Harriet settled in Delphi and married Benjamin Pickard, who Laura was visiting in 1864 when Richard Henry Pratt was home for several months on recruiting duty. They met and were married in Harriet's home and where, just before the close of the war, the compiler of this genealogy [i.e., The Pratt Genealogy] was born. There never was a more devoted pair of lovers than Henry and Laura. Letters between them when separated contained the most endearing terms, even up to the time of Henry's death sixty years later. The other two sisters, Marion and Nana, were business women -- dressmakers on a grand scale with many employees and catering to the wealthy ladies of the day. Marion's establishment was in LaFayette while Nana's was in St. Louis, Mo. Marion married Henry Amos Jennings. Nana married William L. Allen. Nor surviving children resulted, nor were the marriages nearly as successful as the business enterprises."¹
• Birth*: Bartolomew was born on 16 December 1803, Rensselear County, New York.¹
• Marriage*: Bartolomew married Mercy Moore Whitcomb, daughter of Dille Whitcomb and Mercy Moore, on 28 October 1825, Springville, Erie County, New York.
• Death*: Bartolomew died on 20 October 1881 at age 77.¹

• Last Edited: 1 Jan 2007

Mercy Moore Whitcomb¹

• Father: Dille Whitcomb¹
• Mother: Mercy Moore¹

• Birth*: Mercy was born on 19 May 1805, Wendell, Massachusetts.¹
• She was the daughter of Dille Whitcomb and Mercy Moore.¹
• Marriage*: Mercy married Bartolomew Belden Mason on 28 October 1825, Springville, Erie County, New York.
• Married Name: As of 28 October 1825,her married name was Mason.
• Death*: Mercy died on 29 August 1876 at age 71.¹

• Last Edited: 1 Jan 2007

Richard Smalley Pratt¹

Richard Smalley Pratt, the father of Richard Henry Pratt.

• Father: Benjamin Pratt² b. 1771
• Mother: Elizabeth Ann (?)²

• Birth*: Richard was born between 1815 and 1820, Maybe PA. Maybe he was born earlier. 1815 puts him marrying at 25. But maybe he was older when he married. If his father was really born in 1771, and Richard born in 1815, then his father would have been about 45. Which might mean that Richard was among the younger of other siblings.¹
• He was the son of Benjamin Pratt and Elizabeth Ann (?).²
• History Note*: Pratt Genealogy states that Richard had some part in the building of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal was started in 1817, and became navigable in 1825. Between 1823 and 1828, several lateral Canals opened including the Champlain, the Oswego and the Cayuga-Seneca. The Genesee Valley Canal went from Rochester to Mount Morris. An improvement program on the Erie was started in 1834. Robert Morris' Allegany County and its people, Alfred NY, W.A. Fergusson & Co., 1896, states that in 1842, "work on the Genesee Valley canal and Erie railroad was suspended..." Work was not resumed until 1848, by which time it appears that Richard and family had moved to Logansport. between 1817 and 1825 at New York.
  
  
• Research Note*: In 1837 Newspapers: There are some newspapers, particularly from Angelica, from the 1830's and later, of which selected issues are still available. They are located in different repositories, and some are on film, some on paper. The NY State Library newspaper database lists them.
• Marriage*: Richard married Mary Herrick, daughter of James S. Herrick and Martha Sharpsteen, between 1839 and 1840.³
• Biography*: An unknown date : According to Mason Delano Pratt, "Richard Smalley Pratt was a contractor and had some part in the construction of both the Erie and Welland Canals. He had married and settled in Rushford, Allegany County, NY, just prior to 1840, where his three sons were born. In 1846, no doubt attracted by the construction of the Wabash and Erie Canal in Indiana, he moved his family to Logansport (Indiana), where members of his family lived for many years. In 1849, or soon thereafter, he, with many other residents of Logansport, was attracted to California as an easy and quick road to wealth. Later he lost his life there, but the family never were able to get any accurate details as to when, where or how. His family in Logansport was left destitute.² "
  
• Death*: Richard died after 1849, Feather River, Butte County, California. Elaine Goodale Eastman, RH Pratt's biographer, who knew him personally from 1884 until his death, wrote, "Richard Pratt the elder, restless and adventurous, soon found himself caught up in the Gold Rush as one of the "Forty-Niners." He joined a party California bound, won through the hardships of the long trail, and staked out a promising claim on the banks of the beautiful Feather River. There, as he wrote home in a moment of high exultation, he had found enough gold to provide generously for them all. Great was the family rejoicing in this good fortune. But grim tragedy followed hard on its heels, with news that a fellow prospector had murdered the husband and father for his glittering hoard of golden sands."^1,4

• Last Edited: 24 Feb 2009

Mary Herrick¹

• Father: James S. Herrick² b. 3 May 1787
• Mother: Martha Sharpsteen³

• Birth*: Mary was born on 20 September 1816.¹
• She was the daughter of James S. Herrick and Martha Sharpsteen.^2,3
• Marriage*: Mary married Richard Smalley Pratt, son of Benjamin Pratt and Elizabeth Ann (?), between 1839 and 1840.⁴
• Married Name: As of between 1839 and 1840,her married name was Pratt.
• Census*: Mary appeared on the census of 24 September 1850 at Eel Township, Cass County, Indiana, as age 28, b. New York; with Henry, age 9, born in New York; Madison, age 7, born in New York; Seth, age 5, born in Pennsylvania, and Benjamin, age 79, born in Pennsylvania. (Logansport was the county seat of Cass County.).⁵
• Census: Mary appeared on the census of 7 June 1860 at Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, as age 43, Seamstress, value of personal estate, $75, born in New York. Living alone.⁶
• Married Name: As of 13 September 1863,her married name was Dagan.⁷
• Marriage*: Mary married George Dagan on 13 September 1863.⁷
• (Witness) Census: Mary Herrick appeared on the census of 1 July 1870 in the household of George Dagan at Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, (See record of George Dagan for details.).⁸
• Death*: Mary died circa April 1898, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio.¹
• Burial*: Mary was buried in, Fulton Union Cemetery, Row 41, Delta, Fulton County, Ohio.^9,10

• Last Edited: 1 Mar 2009

Pardon Brown¹

• Father: Peleg Brown¹ b. 28 Apr 1757, d. 26 Nov 1831
• Mother: Mary Cornell Coggeshall (?)¹ b. 14 Jul 1761, d. 15 Feb 1837

• Birth*: Pardon was born on 24 December 1801, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.¹
• He was the son of Peleg Brown and Mary Cornell Coggeshall (?).¹
• Marriage*: Pardon married Lucy Armstrong, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong and Lucy Champlin, before 1822.
• Marriage*: Pardon married Sarah Sanford, daughter of Captain Peleg Sanford, on 9 June 1831, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.^2,3
• Census*: Pardon appeared on the census of 26 June 1860 at Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, as age 58, Farmer, Real Estate $19,500, Personal Estate $200, Born in Rhode Island. With Sarah , 48; Lydia B., 20, Seamstress; Pardon, 15, Farm hand, attended school during the year; Daniel Seater, 20, Mulatto, Farm hand; Susan Mintus, 30, black, domestic; Sarah R. Mintus, 2, black. All born Rhode Island. Living between the families of Robert J. Chace and Daniel Chace on one side, and George A. Brown and Henry Brown on the other side.⁴
• Death*: Pardon died on 24 March 1881, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 79.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Feb 2006

Lucy Armstrong¹

• Father: Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong¹ b. 21 Aug 1788, d. 1 Dec 1843
• Mother: Lucy Champlin¹ b. 26 Feb 1774, d. 8 Jun 1852

• Birth*: Lucy was born on 14 November 1804, South Kingston, Rhode Island.¹
• She was the daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Armstrong and Lucy Champlin.¹
• Marriage*: Lucy married Pardon Brown, son of Peleg Brown and Mary Cornell Coggeshall (?), before 1822.
• Married Name: As of before 1822,her married name was Brown.
• Death*: Lucy died on 20 May 1830, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 25.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Jan 2006

Jacob Miller Gray¹

• Marriage*: Jacob married Huldah Pearsall, daughter of Peter Roebuck Pearsall and Abigail Carman.¹

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2005

Victor Dunham¹

• Marriage*: Victor married Mary Pearsall, daughter of Peter Roebuck Pearsall and Abigail Carman.¹

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2005

William Baldwin¹

• Marriage*: William married Julia Pearsall, daughter of Peter Roebuck Pearsall and Abigail Carman.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Sep 2006