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See Also: agricultural laborers, agricultural machinery, barns, haying
Term Source: Sears List of Subject Headings (16th. Ed.)

John Stevens Pratt was born on August 12, 1842 in Ontario. He was a farmer and blacksmith in Ontario, before moving to British Columbia. By 1895, he held a mortgage on the south part of lot 238 in Langley -- approximately 80 acres. He is listed in the Langley Directories as a farmer from 1890-1893, as a labourer from 1903-1905, and a farmer again from 1908-1911. John Stevens Pratt died on August 8, 1928 at the age of 85 in Kamloops. According to the donor, Reverend Herbert Butler acted as the agent for J.S. Pratt.
Term Source: Vertical file, notes from donor.