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Clifford LaRoy Pratt
Male 1892 - 1958

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  • Birth  20 Apr 1892  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    _MILT  1917  Yankee Div., Co. H. 104th Inf., Chateau Theirry, and Argonne-Meuse Offensive Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    World War I 
    Military Award  1918  Chateau Theirry Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Bravery Citation, World War I 
    Died  2 Jan 1958  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Sacred Heart Cemetery, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I2973  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  James H. Pratt,   b. 14 Oct 1857, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1931, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Mattie Emma Potter,   b. Abt 1869, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1950, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  2 Mar 1886  Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F267  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Etta Mary Cora Boutin,   b. Abt 1899, East Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1963, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  11 Aug 1919  East Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Evelyn D. Pratt,   b. 26 May 1920, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1985, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Leon Pratt,   b. 12 May 1924,   d. 15 Sep 1998, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F1509  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Cited for bravery for his service at Chateau Theirry, France. Gassed at Argonne-Meuse and received burns on his legs from the gas.
      Charter member and first associate commander of the American Legion Post organized in West Brookfield on Dec. 30, 1919. He was installed as commander of the post on 19 October 1933.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Massachusetts, Worcester, West Brookfield, Births, 1892; Vol. 423:pg. 579, Record No. 11. Image of record dated Jan. 20, 1893..
      Born 20 April 1892, Clifford LaRoy Pratt, son of James H. , Boot-cutter, born No. Brookfield, and Mattie E. Potter, born West Brookfield.

    2. [S2031] Etta M. C. Boutin and Clifford L. Pratt Marriage Announcement, (Name: Springfield Daily Republican; Location: Springfield, Massachusetts; Date: 12 August 1919;), Page 4, Brookfield, Aug.11.
      Married at St. John's church this moning. He served overseas with the Yankee Div. as a member of Co. H, 104th Infantry.

    3. [S2078] Spencer Leader, Spencer, Massachusetts (online archive), Pratt-Boutin, 15 August 1919, Brookfield Area Historical Newspapers 1872-1953 1915-01-05 - 1919-12-31 pages 0501-0600, image 74/100.
      Married Monday in St. John's Church by Rev. Patrick F. Doyle. Full account of the wedding.
      http://www.brookfieldsresearch.com/index.html

    4. [S2146] Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1PZ-4Z8?cc=1928860&wc=M6S3-7NL%3A223963601%2C224497001 : 1 September 2021), Marriages > Marriages 1919 vol 76 Wenham-Westminster > image 47 of 542; State Archives, Boston..
      Copy of Certificate of Marriage for Clifford LeRoy Pratt and Etta Mary Cora Boutin, married 11 August 1919 in East Brookfield, MA by Patrick F Doyle, Priest
      https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1PZ-4Z8