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George L. Pratt is a son of William C. and Sarah (Moore) Pratt, who were born, reared and married in North Carolina. To them were born nine children, five of whom lived to be grown. They came to Tennessee in 1833, locating in Gibson County, where they followed farming until their deaths, and became the owners of 660 acres of land. After the mother’s death William Pratt broke up housekeeping, and made his home with his son George until he died. George L. Pratt was born in Orange County, N. C., October 11, 1827, was reared on a farm, and received a very limited early education, owing to the demand for his services at home. He began farming for himself at the age of twenty, and now has a farm of 135 acres. The year following his twentieth birthday he married Margaret R. McAllister, who was born January 6, 1828. Their marriage has been blessed in the birth of seven sons and one daughter. All the family save one are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Their son, T. W. Pratt, was born in Gibson County, Tenn., July4, 1856, and his boyhood days were spent on his father’s farm. His educational advantages were limited, owing to the breaking out of the war, but after its close he attended the home school and completed his education at Milan. He began studying medicine at the age of nineteen under Dr. Hudson, of Gibson. County, and in 1876 entered the Louisville Medical College. The following year he practiced in his home neighborhood, and after taking his second course of lectures graduated in 1879. He located in the Seventeenth District of Gibson County, and owns 262 acres of land, the greater part of which he has earned by good management and attention to business. He has an extensive practice and the entire confidence of the people. In 1880 he married Ada E. Smith, who was born in Gibson County, August 15, 1862. They have three children: Gerda V., Verna G. and Ople. The Doctor is a Democrat.