Prall, William – Preble, George Henry
Prall, William
lawyer, author, was born April 6, 1853, in Paterson, N. J. In 1883 he was elected to the assembly of New Jersey, and took a leading part in what was called the railway taxation issue. He drafted and secured the enactment of the free public library law, under which all the free public libraries of New Jersey have been established. In 1887 he was admitted to priesthood, and is now rector of St. John's church, Detroit, Mich.
Pratt, Alice Edwards
educator, poet. She is a writer of Rosa, Cal.; and the author of a number of poems.
Pratt, Calvin Edward
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 23, 1828, in Princeton, Mass. In 1862 he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers. In 1869 he was elected a judge of the supreme court of the state of New York, and he was re-elected in 1877 for fourteen years.
Pratt, Charles
philanthropist, was born Oct. 2, 1830, in Watertown, Mass. He displayed great interest in educational matters, and founded in Brooklyn the Pratt Industrial institute. This receives its support from the Astral flats, which were built by him, and conveyed to the institute. He died May 4, 1891, in New York city.
Pratt, Charles A
journalist, poet, was born Jan. 20, 1856, in Pennsylvania.
From 1885-89 he was postmaster of Peoria; and in 1890 bought The Times of Sheffield, Ill.
Pratt, Daniel Darwin
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 26, 1813, in Palermo, Maine. In 1851 and 1853 he was elected to the Indiana state legislature; and was a delegate to the Chicago convention of 1860, officiating as leading secretary. In 1868 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-first congress; and in 1869 was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1875. In 1875 he was appointed commissioner of internal revenue. He died June 17, 1877, in Logansport, Ind.
Pratt, Daniel Johnson
author, was born March 8, 1827, in Westmoreland, N. Y. He was the author of Annals of Public Education in the State of New York, 1626-1746. He died Sept. 12, 1884, in Albany, N. Y.
PRATT, MRS. ELLA [FARMAN], author, was born in New York, She is a popular writer for young people, long the editor of The Wide Awake, and more recently of Our Little Men and Women. Among her writings are, Good-for-Nothing Polly; A Girl's Money; A Little Woman; A White Hand; and Happy Children.
Pratt, Enoch
merchant, banker, philanthropist, was born Sept. 10, 1808, in Middleborough, Mass. He has given in the most liberal manner to schools, churches, and charities and has established in Baltimore the Enoch Pratt Free library, at a cost of $400,000 in real estate and $833,000 in cash.
Pratt, Henry O
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1838, in Foxcroft, Maine. He served as a private in the army; practiced law at Charles City, Iowa, in 1864; and was elected to the Iowa house of representatives in 1869, and re-elected in 1871. He was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses as a republican.
Pratt, Jacob Loring
clergyman, author, was born in 1835. He was a clergyman of Maine; and the author of Evening Rest; Branches of Palm; Broken Fetters; The Mask Lifted; Bonnie Aerie; Mecca; and The Crown of Silver. He died in 1891.
Pratt, James H
lawyer, politician, was born Nov. 16, 1850, in Linn county, Mo. He is one of the leading lawyers of his native state at Neosha; has been city attorney for four years; and served as engrossing clerk in the Missouri house of representatives. He takes a prominent part in the public affairs of his city, county and state; and is secretary of the democratic state executive judicial committee for the eastern judicial district of Missouri.
Pratt, James T
agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1805 in Middletown, Conn. He served in the Connecticut legislature; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855. He was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861.
Pratt, John
college president, was born Oct. 12, 1800, in Thompson, Conn.
He was the first president of Denison university, Ohio, serving from 1831-37. He died in 1882 in Granville, Ohio.
Pratt, Julius Howard
manufacturer, railroad builder, was born Aug. 1, 1821, in Meriden, Conn. He commenced business in 1842 as a manufacturer of ivory goods, which proved to be a success.
His most important achievement was the building of the New York and Greenwood Lake railway.
Pratt, Matthew
artist, was born Sept. 25, 1734, in Philadelphia, Pa. His portraits, in the execution of which he proved himself an artist of undoubted talent, include those of Rev. Archdeacon Mann, of Dublin, the Duke of Portland, the Duchess of Manchester, Governor Andrew Hamilton, and Governor Cadwalader Colden, of New York. He painted also The London School of Artists, which Thomas Sully pronounced well executed.
He died Jan. 9, 1805, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Pratt, O. C
lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. He removed to Illinois, and from that state was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Oregon, residing at Oregon City.
Pratt, Orson
educator, author, was born Sept. 19, 1811, in Hartford, N. Y. He was a Mormon apostle and educator, professor of mathematics in Deseret university. He was the author of Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon; Cubic and Bi-Quadratic Equations; The Great First Cause; and The Absurdities of Immaterialism. He died Oct. 3, 1881, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pratt, Parley Parker
missionary, author, was born April 12, 1807, in Burlington, N. Y. He was a baptist preacher before his conversion to Mormonism in 1830, and became one of the most earnest and eloquent ministers in the church of latter-day saints. In 1835 he was appointed one of the first twelve apostles. He was one of the pioneers of 1847, when the valley of the Great Salt Lake was selected as a place of settlement for the exiled saints. He explored the region in 1849, and built a road in what is known as Parley's canon. Parley's peak is also named after him. He was the author of Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People; History of the Persecutions of Missouri; and Key to the Science of Theology. He was assassinated May 13, 1857, near Van Buren, Ark.
Pratt, Peter
lawyer, author. He was eminent as a lawyer and published The Prey Taken from the Strong, or an Historical Account of the Recovery of One from the Dangerous Errors of Quakerism. He died in November, 1730, in New London, Conn.
Pratt, Robert M
artist, was born in 1811 in Binghamton, N. Y. Among his numerous portraits are those of Aaron D. Shattuck and George H. Smillie, both in the possession of the Academy of Design. He was elected an associate of the National academy in 1849, and an academician in 1851. He died Aug. 31, 1880, in New York city.
Pratt, Samuel Wheeler
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 9, 1838, in Livonia, N. Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman at Monroe, Mich., from 1883; and the author of Summer at Peace Cottage, or Talks About Home Life; The Gospel of the Holy Spirit; and Life of St. Paul.
Pratt, Thomas George
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 18, 1804, in Georgetown, D. C.
He frequently served in the Maryland senate; and was a presidential elector in 1837. He was governor of Maryland from 1844 to 1848; and was a senator in congress from that state from 1850 to 1857. He died Nov. 9, 1869, in Baltimore, Md.
Pratt, Zadock
manufacturer, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1790, in Stephenstown, N. Y. In 1823 he was elected a colonel of militia; and in 1830 was elected to the New York state senate. In 1836 he was a presidential elector; and was elected to congress in 1836 and 1842. He died April 6, 1871, in Bergen, N. J.
Pray, Isaac Clark
journalist, author, was born May 15, 1813, in Boston, Mass. He was a journalist, playwright and theatrical manager of New York city; and the author of Prose and Verse; The Book of the Drama; Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett; and Virginius. He died Nov. 28, 1869, in New York city.
Pray, Lewis Glover
philanthropist, author, was born Aug. 15, 1793, in Quincy, Miss. He was a Boston philanthropist who published Child's First Book of Thought; History of Sunday-Schools; and The Sylphid's School, and Other Pieces in Verse. He died in 1882.
Pray, Publius Rutilius Rufus
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, author, was born in 1795 in Maine. He practiced law in Hancock county, Miss.; served in the legislature in 1828; and was president of the convention that adopted the revised constitution of 1832. In 1833 he was appointed by the legislature to revise the laws of the state, which work he completed after great labor. From 1837 till his death he was judge of the high court of errors and appeals. He published Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri. He died Jan. 11, 1840, in Pearlington, Miss.
Preble, Edward
naval officer, was born Aug. 15, 1761, in Portland, Maine.
He is famous for the success of his squadron, under his flagship the Constitution, sent against Tripoli in 1803. For these services he received a gold medal from congress. He died Aug. 25, 1807, in Portland, Maine.
Preble, George Henry
naval officer, author, was born Feb. 25, 1816, in Portland, Maine. He was a rear-admiral in the United States navy; and the author of History of the American Flag; Chronological History of Steam Navigation; and The Preble Family in America. He died March 1, 1885, in Boston, Mass.