When William Henry Pratt was born on 8 April 1883, in Parker, Texas, United States, his father, George Wesley Pratt, was 32 and his mother, Alice Dorinda Masters, was 31. He married Ethel Mae Allison in January 1908, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 4, Young, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 30 October 1950, in Olney, Young, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Olney, Young, Texas, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
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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