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Birth:          24 May 1856 Rockford, Winnebago Co., Ill.
Death:          1930 Hilo, Haw.
Burial:         Homelani Memorial Park, Hilo, Haw.

Notes
Bray Fam Tree on ancestry
1900 in Honolulu, Haw. lawyer
1910 in Honolulu, Haw. as J G postmaster
1920 in South Hilo, Haw. farmer
1930 in Hilo, Haw.
http://genealogytrails.com/hawaii/hawaii/bio2.htm
PRATT, JOSEPH GEORGE, attorney at law, Hilo, Hawaii; born in Rockford, Ill., May 
24, 1856; son of Robert and Jane (Upstone) Pratt; married Sila Persis Brown, daughter 
of Hon. Albert F. Brown, January 1, 1885, in Stillman Valley, Ill., children, Eunice C., 
Josephine C., Sila J., Robert C., and Joseph George, Jr. Educated high school 
Rockford, Ill.; graduated Arnold’s Business Academy, 1874; graduated from 
preparatory department, Beloit College, Wis., 1876, leaving college 1878. Studied law 
in office of William W. Corlett ( then delegate to Congress) in Cheyenne, Wyo.; 
admitted to bar, Supreme Court of Wyoming, February 28, 1880; appointed town lot 
and land agent at Cheyenne for Union Pacific R.R., 1879-1885; engaged in cattle 
business, 1885 to 1893, and gold mining in Wyoming and Colorado, 1893-1898; came 
to Hawaii, locating in Hilo with real estate firm Bruce Waring & Co., 1898. Moved to 
Honolulu Aug. 15, 1899; served on fire claims commission, 1902; represented Chamber 
of Commerce and Merchants’ Association of Honolulu and Territory of Hawaii in 
securing appropriation from Congress at Washington, D.C., to pay fire claim losses, for 
expenses of territory in suppression of epidemic of bubonic plague in 1899-1900, April, 
1903; postmaster of Honolulu in 1905-1914. Was admitted to Supreme Court, Republic 
of Hawaii, 1898, and to Supreme Court of U.S., 1902. Member of Lodge le Progres de 
l’Oceanie, F. & A.M., Knights Templar, Aloha Temple, A.A.O.M.M.S. Returned to Hilo 
June 20, as cashier and manager of the People’s Bank, Ltd.  [Source:  "Men of 
Hawaii", vol 1, Edited by John William Siddell, 1917, p. 201. Transcribed by Kim 
Mohler]  
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Parents
PRATT Robert ()
UPSTONE Jane ()

Siblings
PRATT Joseph George (24 May 1856 - 1930)

Marriage To BROWN Sila Persis (Sep 1863 - )
    m. 1 Jan 1885 Stillman Valley, Ogle Co., Ill.

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Parents
BROWN Albert Franklin (4 Sep 1819 - 22 Dec 1900)
COTHREN Eunice Cordelia (8 May 1823 - 10 Nov 1892)

Children by BROWN Sila Persis Sep 1863 - 
PRATT Eunice Cothren (Sep 1886 - 1930)
PRATT Josephine Cordelia (17 Dec 1888 - )
PRATT Sila Janet (May 1890 - 25 Feb 1952)
PRATT Robert Clark (4 Dec 1891 - Dec 1929)
PRATT Joseph George (18 Nov 1896 - 1925)

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