Data source is the Cowley County, Kansas, Heritage Book submitted by Hazel Mumaw Pratt
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Carl F. Pratt & Hazel Mumaw Pratt
My roots in Cowley County started in 1870 when my grandfather, Daniel Mumaw, a pioneer settler took a claim in Beaver Township, 5 1/2 miles north of Arkansas City (Kansas). Daniel, who was born November 8, 1843 in Westmoreland County, PA married Anna Ruth in 1868, who was born in Westmoreland County April 11, 1845. They had three sons: Jesse, Abram, and John.
Jesse was born Feb. 11, 1869. He made the run into the (Cherokee Strip in northern Oklahoma) "Strip" in 1893. He married Addie Compton September 30, 1891, who was born in Edinburg, IN Dec. 9, 1866. She came to Kansas with her parents Moses and Sarah Compton in 1885.
Jesse and Addie lived west of Newkirk, OK until 1903, returning to the family homestead, north of Arkansas City (KS), to help his father with the farming. They had three daughters: Grace Pauline, born Sept. 14, 1895; Hazel born Sept. 3, 1899, both born on Oklahoma farm; Anna Vera Born Feb. 28, 1903 in Denver, CO where her parents lived a short time before moving to homestead. The daughters late married and are known as Mrs. Paul (Pauline) Bossi, Mrs. Carl (Hazel) Pratt, and Mrs. Walter (Anna) Hunt.
Hazel attended Martha Washington School through the grades, graduating from Winfield (KS) High School in May 1919. Our family attended the Methodist Church northwest of our home, which was later moved two miles east, and was known as Evangelical United Brethren Church until struck by lightning and burned in 1963.
In 1920, when employed as bookkeeper in Kirkpatrick Furniture store, Arkansas City, I met Carl Pratt, also an employee. He was born Nov. 11, 1889 in Anamosa, IA. In 1893 he came to Kansas with his parents Herbert and Gertrude Pratt, natives of Vermont. Carl served 23 months overseas in World War I as a service mechanic and was in France when the Armistice was signed.
Carl and I were married Oct. 26, 1927. In 1930 we moved to my childhood home in Beaver Township where Carl farmed and raised dairy cattle. When Strother Field was built in early forties, he was employed as aircraft mechanic.
I was a member of Creswell Busy Beavers Home Demonstration Unit. I was interested in helping supervise the upkeep of Pleasant Valley Cemetery, organized in 1861 by pioneer ladies of the Hackney Community, named "Women's Mutual Improvement Society". In those days it was unlady like to belong to a club, therefore called "society". This cemetery is where my grandparents, parents and loved ones rest today.
In 1950, Carl and I bought a home at 302 South 4th in Arkansas City. He worked at furniture store repairing and upholstering furniture. In 1952 I went to work at the Arkansas City Daily Traveler, retiring in 1965. We were members of the First Baptist Church where Carl had become a member when a young man. Carl died on his 70th birthday, Nov. 11, 1968.
I now live in an apartment at 311 South B, enjoy my church activities and family. Thanks to our forefathers, who paved the way, for our generations to enjoy a comfortable and modern day living.
(signed) Hazel M. Pratt