When James Leroy Pratt was born in August 1844, in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States, his father, Hiram Harrison Pratt, was 30 and his mother, Huldah Dickinson, was 29. He married Chloe Ann Bundy on 21 February 1866, in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Moore Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Campbell Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 28 October 1925, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
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