Persis Pratt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1850 US Census she was recorded, age 10, living in Royalston, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Census: 1855, Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1855 Massachusetts State Census she was recorded, age 14, living in Royalston, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Education: 1859, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In 1859 she was a student at the Petersham Classical and English High School.
• Census: 1860, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1860 US Census she was recorded, age 20, living in Royalston, Massachusetts with her parents. She was a palm leaf weaver.
• Census: 1865, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the 1865 Massachusetts State Census she was recorded, age 25, living in Royalston, Massachusetts with her parents.
• Census: 1880, New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1880 US Census she was recorded, age 40, living in Royalston, Massachusetts. Her husbands three children by a prior marriage were living with them.
• Last Full Review: 23 May 2020
• Last Full Review: 3 Jul 2021

Notes:

[Tribe of Bathsheba]

Died:
She died of cancer at the age of 46 years, 2 months, and 22 days which yields her death date. Her funeral was held in the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Dana.

Buried:
Her original burial according to her death record was in No. Dana. She would have been moved around 1931 when the reservoir was created. In the Quabbin Park Cemetery she is buried in plot 27-126-3.

Persis married Levi Newton on 30 Mar 1873 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Levi (son of Captain William Newton and Betsey Harris) was born on 21 Oct 1830 in Marlboro, Windham County, Vermont; died on 30 Jun 1919 in North Dana, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Quabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]