Frank F. Pratt, painter, was born in Vermont.

The evidence

• “FRANK F. PRATT, painter ; born in Vermont, Dec, 1827 ; son of Zebah Pratt, a native of Salem, Mass.; his mother was a native of Boston; his mother died in 1865. aged 65 years ; father died in 1863, ag(id 68 years; grandfather on mother's side, a Faxon, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Frank went to Bosron and learned his trade with Benjamin F.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 757 / book p. 761

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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