Mr. Pratt was born June 15, 1836 in Queens County, Ireland and died January 21, 1912 at the home of his daughter Rebecca (Mrs. Thomas Elliott) at Grandin, North Dakota He met Mary Jane Hamilton born the year 1834, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, also living in Ireland, she passed away December 21, 1891 at the age of 57. They were married in Ireland and came to Goderich, Ontario, Canada in the year 1862. To this union seven children were born, Annie Jane, Rebecca Alma, Robert Hamilton, Margaret Ida, George Albert, Aphra Frances and William James'.
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt and their seven children came to North Dakota in the year 1881 to Quincey, a village that was located in the center Section 26 in the Township of Elm River. The first buildings were erected in 1876. The village, though small, was delightfully situated on one of the finest sites along the picturesque Red River near Grandin. This village suffered the same fate as other small river posts until now all the buildings are razed or removed. The only vestige left is the Quincy Cemetery. This forgotten village stood on the North Dakota side of the Red. A Post Office was located at Quincy in 1887. The Hudson Bay Company ran a mail coach between Georgetown and Pembina on the west side of the river. There were stations twelve miles apart along this road where teams were changed and lunch could be had. A few people lived at each of these stations.
In 1885, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Pratt and all the children except Rebecca moved to Griggs County northeast of Jessie (?) North Dakota, where Mr. Pratt had bought a homestead. Later a quarter Section from Torger O. Torgerson in 1899 and another 1/2 Section in 1905 north of West Prairie Church. When his wife passed away, the children were old enough to be on their own. However, one daughter, Margaret Ida stayed with her father and did teaching in several surrounding Townships.
In the year 1902, Miss Clara (Mrs. Clara Asklekson) worked at the Pratt farm during haying and harvest season. Mr. Pratt was in the process of making a spool table at this time. After his daughter, Margaret Ida was married she had taken the table to Canada and was there until 1924 and then brought it back to the United States and Mr. Pratt's granddaughter Irene had possession of it.
Mr. Pratt sold his farm in 1905 and then bought lots in Binford, June 1905 from D. S. B. Johnston Land Company, and a new home was built and Mr. Pratt and his daughter Ida moved to Binford. Not long after his daughter left to get married and soon he was in failing health. He passed away at the home of another daughter, Rebecca (Mrs. Thomas Elliott) at Grandin and buried at Quincy. Mr. Pratt's property was sold by his heirs. He was a man of generous impulses and never forgot the hospitable ways of the pioneers. He had borne adversity bravely and enjoyed prosperity quietly. He had filled the various relations of life and filled them well.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 459