The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-30
DEATH Of
], H, PRATT
An Aged Resident
Of Honolulu
Gone.
WAS A COUSIN or
CLEVELAND
Deceased Mas Forty.Niner and
the First Notary Public in
San Francisco.

Joseph Hyde Pratt passed away Sat
urday evening at o'clock at the home
of his son. DR.. J. S. B. Pratt, and was
services in the family plot in Nuuanu
Cemetery, surrounded by many beautiful
tributes of flowers. After passing the
four-score age by five years, the deceas-
ed, hale and hearty to within a few
months ago, when he met with an acct
dent was seemingly on the way to be-
come a centenarian. II was his love of
outdoor exercise which caused him to be
injured by the falling of a horse which
he was riding toward the Pail, to meet
one of his sons, since which time he had
failed steadily. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. William NJ. Kin
caid of Central Union Church. The cas-
ket was hidden in flowers. A choir, COM
posed of Mrs. Cornelia B. Damon, Mrs.
Theodore Richards, Mr. Carl Andrews
and Mr.. w w. Hail. sang Lead. Kindly
Light" at the residence, and rendered
Nearer, My God, to Thee" in very
touching manner at the grave, hymns
which were favorites of the deceased.
The pail bearers were DR.. Waterhouse.
G. S. Waterhouse, J. Waterhouse, a. +.
cock.
Mr. Pratt had resided off and on in
Honolulu for many years, and was re-
garded almost as one of the kamaainas
Of the islands. He was closely related to
the Judd family, having married the SIS
ter of the widow of the late Chief JUS
tice \. f. Judd. He was also sec
ond cousin of Grover Cleveland. Mr..
Pratt leaves a widow, three sons and
eleven grandchildren. His widow was
with her husband when he breathed his
last. as were also the two sonsresiding
in sHonolulu. These are DR.. J. s. b.
Pratt, the executive officer Of the Board
of Health, and Robt. J. Pratt, chief cleo
trician of the Honolulu Iron Works. A
third son is DR.. Henry Il. Pratt, physi-
clan living in Rensselaer,, n. Y. Mr..
Pratt retired from active business in
New York State in 1889, and has since
lived with his sons. He was one of the
prominent bankers Of Albany, and at one
time amassed quite a fortune, which was
however, partially lost.
Joseph Hyde Pratt was porn IN East
Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York
near Rochester. November Is, 1916. On
September A. 1910, he married in Pitts
! field New York, Marie Edgworth Bough-
| ton. who died in November 1S4S. On
| September &c, 1859, he married in New
York City. Sophie Hale Boyd. daughter
| of Rev. James and Elizabeth Boyd, of
| Geneva, New York. The other daughter
married the late Chief Justice Judd OF
Hawaii. OF the second marriage were
! born the three sons living. Mr.. Pratt
was Of an adventurous turn of mind,
and when the California gold fever
! SPREAD throughout the East, he was plac-
| ed at the head of a company of young
| men to make the trip to the golden west.
! The party crossed Mexico on mule-back.
| and thence made their way to the gold
| fields. Mr.. Pratt became the first notary
! public of San Francisco, and is regard
| ed as one of the states pioneers and
| forty-niners. He returned to his home
| in New York, where he engaged in bust
ness and became connected with various
| banks in Albany and elsewhere. He was
a director in the New York National
Bank of Albany, and president Of the Al
bany County Savings Bank.
! Mr.. Pratt expressed a dying wish that
his funeral be conducted without osten-
tation, and the services were therefore
very simple.