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     Merton Pratt, son of Adelbert M. Pratt and Helen Florence Brown, was born on 17 November 1898 at Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.^1,2

     Merton, at age 46, son of Adelbert M. Pratt and Helen Florence Brown, married Gladys Mae Thompson on 11 August 1945 at Dover Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine,

Gladys Thompson Becomes Bride Of Merton W Pratt

DOVER FOXCROFT Aug. 13— A pretty wedding took place at 8 o’clfick on Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Clara Thompson on Summer stieet when her daughter, Miss Gladys Mae Thompson became the bride of Merton Wilbur Pratt. Rev. Albert W. Wentworth, pastor of the Advent church reading the double ring ceremony. The ceremony took place in front of an evergreen arch studded with white hydrangea and footed at each end with a huge bouquet of the same flower. This arrangement was complete with ferns in the background and a big white wedding bell suspended from the center. Garden flowers and wild flowers were used In profusion through the house. To the musical strains on tne march, the bride, on the arm of her brother, Charles Vague, who gave her in marriage, took her place beside the bridegroom. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs George W Sanford. The bride wore a floor length white crepe gown, complimenting her costume with a corsage of American beauty roses and carried a bouquet of varicolored aweetoeas and gypsophlla. Her going away suit was navy with navy accessories. Mrs. Sanford wore a powder blue floor length gown and corsage of cherry red sweet peas; Mrs. Thompson wore black lace with pink sweet peas and the bridegroom's mother a crepe dress with floral pattern and lavender sweet peas. The men had white boutonnieres of the same flower. A reception was held immediately following the wedding ceremony, the bride, with the assistance of the bridegroom, cutting the wedding cake which was topped with miniature bride and bridegroom. Mrs. Ethel Burrlll served the refreshments assisted by Miss Beverley Larson and Miss Alberta Pratt, cousin and daughter of the bridegroom. The guest book was in charge of Miss Cleo Esler and Mrs. Vivian Caron of Brownvllle Junction, had the care of the gifts. Mrs. Herbert E. Thayer arranged the decorations. The bride is the daughter of the late Charles H. and Mrs. Clara Thompson and attended the schools in Dover-Foxcroft. For the past several years she has been employed by the Sanford and Sanborn company on Summer street. Following a short wedding trip they will be at their home on the Bangort hill. Attending the reception were: Rev. Albert Wentworth. Mr and Mrs.George W. Sanford. Mrs Herbert Thayer, Barry T. Esler, Mrs. Vivian V. Carson, Mrs. Lena Thompson, Mrs. Bertha Moulton, Mrs. Madeline Davignon, Miss Dawn C. Davignon, Mr. and Mrs. Blethen, Mr. and Mrs. Vague of Newport, Vt., Mrs. Helen Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Pratt, Mrs. Clara Thompson, Harry and Adelbert Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Caron, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lester Thompson, Mrs. Cleo Esler, Mrs. Bertha Smith, Miss Beverley E. Larson, Mrs. Ethel Burrlll, Adelbert M. Pratt.³

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     Micah Pratt, son of Thomas Pratt and Mercy Jones, was born in 1756.¹

     Miriam H. Pratt, daughter of Charles S. Pratt and Mary Thayer, was born on 17 July 1899 at Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.^1,2,3

     Miriam, at age 35, daughter of Charles S. Pratt and Mary Thayer, married Everett W. Severance at age 30 on 15 December 1934.⁴

     Miriam died at age 68, on 15 January 1968,³ and was buried at Gray Cemetery, Dover Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine.³

     Myron Eleazer Pratt, son of Leonard W. Pratt and Sarah Elizabeth Lyford, was born on 10 August 1870 at Dover, Piscataquis, Maine.^2,3

     Myron, at age 39, son of Leonard W. Pratt and Sarah Elizabeth Lyford, married Fannie B. Wentworth at age 24, daughter of Howard Wentworth and Joanna K. Nickerson, on 4 May 1910 at Dover, Piscataquis, Maine, They were married by Charles F. Smith, clergyman.⁴

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Myron filled out a draft card for World War I on 12 September 1918. (at age 48) He was employed as bank manager, Old Town Trust Company and described as height, short and medium build with brown eyes and bald hair..³

     Myron died at age 94, on 18 April 1965, at Portland, Cumberland, Maine,⁵ and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Orono, Penobscot, Maine.⁵

     Myrtie A. Pratt, daughter of Noah Jackson Pratt and Mary A. Hibbard, was born circa 16 October 1888 at Dover, Piscataquis, Maine.¹

     Myrtie A. Pratt died on 9 August 1903 at Dover, Piscataquis, Maine, Myrtie's cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis.¹