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FIRST COUNTY COURTS.
The first term of the Knox County Court convened at Edina, April 7, 1845. All three of the justices, Melker Baker, Edward Milligan and Virgil Pratt, were present, and Baker was made presiding justice. John H. Fresh was appointed elizor or acting sheriff; Jessie John, county clerk; Warner Pratt, assessor, and Peter Early, treasurer.
History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri, Volume 2, 1887
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The Knox County Argus was started at Edina in 1859 by Warner Pratt. William S. Bennington was the editor. Later it was sold to Frank M. Daulton and Charles Newman, who changed the name to Herald and made it a seccession paper.
Missouri Historical Review, Volumes 3-4
Page 282
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1860 Missouri census, Knox County
Warren Pratt M 45 New York
Elizabeth J Pratt F 32 Kentucky
Warren Pratt M 4 Missouri
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1870 Missouri census, Knox County
Warner Pratt M 54 New York
Pratt F Kentucky
Warner Pratt M 14 Missouri
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DIED.
Also, on the 24th November, at his residence in this place, Col. WARNER PRATT, aged 54 years.
The Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
December 1, 1970
Page 3, Column 5
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FIRST COUNTY COURTS.
The first term of the Knox County Court convened at Edina, April 7, 1845. All three of the justices, Melker Baker, Edward Milligan and Virgil Pratt, were present, and Baker was made presiding justice. John H. Fresh was appointed elizor or acting sheriff; Jessie John, county clerk; Warner Pratt, assessor, and Peter Early, treasurer.
History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri, Volume 2, 1887
------------
The Knox County Argus was started at Edina in 1859 by Warner Pratt. William S. Bennington was the editor. Later it was sold to Frank M. Daulton and Charles Newman, who changed the name to Herald and made it a seccession paper.
Missouri Historical Review, Volumes 3-4
Page 282
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1860 Missouri census, Knox County
Warren Pratt M 45 New York
Elizabeth J Pratt F 32 Kentucky
Warren Pratt M 4 Missouri
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1870 Missouri census, Knox County
Warner Pratt M 54 New York
Pratt F Kentucky
Warner Pratt M 14 Missouri
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DIED.
Also, on the 24th November, at his residence in this place, Col. WARNER PRATT, aged 54 years.
The Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
December 1, 1970
Page 3, Column 5
Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF
COL. WARNER PRATT
BORN JUNE 9, 1815
DIED NOV 21, 1870
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