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Absalom Pratt House (back)

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Jimmy Emerson 2006-10-07 15:33:41 [530 visits]
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Absalom was appointed colonel of militia in 1841 and served as Schultz Creek Baptist Church clerk, 1840-44. He died of typhoid fever in 1845 and is buried in the Pratt-Wallace cemetery. Wife Mary lived until 1882. According to tradition, she operated a Cahaba River ferry and rather than allow the ferry to be used by Union troopers, under General James H Wilson, Mary set the ferry adrift in April 1865.

The last family members, great-grandsons of Absalom, born in the house were Leonard Callaway, Jr., Francis David and Clarence William Pratt, all of whom served in World War II. Francis David Pratt was the last family member to reside in the house in the 1980s.

Pratt Family and Cahaba Trace Commission, 2000
AL Hwy 25 and entrance to Brierfield Ironworks Historic Site, Bibb County
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