Elizabeth Harmon Pratt

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Harmon

When Elizabeth Harmon Pratt was born in 1870, in Kemper, Mississippi, United States, her father, Joseph Aaron Pratt, was 20 and her mother, Mary Isabell Thrash, was 20. She married Albert Rose Pace about 1897. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Daleville, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States in 1920 and Beat 3, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 December 1956, in Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Obadiah, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Rose Pace
1866–1947
Elizabeth Harmon Pratt
1870–1956
Marriage: about 1897
Bessie Lucille Pace
1897–1929
Albert Cecil Pace
1898–1979
Joseph Bennet Pace
1901–1938
Everett Leroy Pace
1904–1930
Evelyn Rosalee Pace
1904–1996
Pace
1908–1908
Barney Dell Pace
1909–1987
Betty Maye Pace
1913–1986
Marcus Cleon Pace
1915–1998
Myra Bell Pace
1917–2011
Millard Larnell "Buck" Pace
1921–2010
Martha Isabel Pace
1923–1924

Sources (7)

  • Elizabeth Pase in household of Albert R Pase, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Elizabeth Harmon Pratt Pace, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Betty Pace in entry for Mrs Belle Pace Calvert, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Mississippi State Board of Health is Created

In 1877, the Mississippi State Board of Health was established to protect and advance health throughout the state. There are several different categories that fall under their watch such as disease, environment, injury, standard care, shots, keep records, and more.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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