Hello,
I am trying to find information on a James Pratt who was born abt 1810 -
1820, I do not know where. He was married to Mary Ann Brownfield in
Union County, Indiana on Jan. 11, 1838.
Mary Ann Brownfield, his wife, was born in Fayette County Penn.(1820)
and was the daughter of Robert and Sarah Price Brownfield. They moved
their family to Union County, Indian around 1836 and a few years later
moved to Decatur County, Indiana then on to Van Buren County, Iowa.
Mary Ann died in May of 1847 in Decatur County, Indiana.
By 1840 James Pratt had moved to Decatur county, Indiana where he is on
the 1840 Census. He and Mary Ann had 4 sons, Oliver, Robert, James Jr.
and Richard Porter all born in Indiana. James and his sons left Decatur
County for Van Buren County, Iowa in 1847. He died later that same year
in Iowa.
This is all the information I have on James. Many of his descendent
have been trying to trace James without any success. We don't even know
where he is buried and only recently determined that he did die in
Iowa. I would really appreciate any help at all in finding where he
came from, who his parents or sibling were, anything at all about him.
Thank you
Celia