Glenn, It's been 12 years since you were active in TUTEN & PRATT (2002) but I came across your entries recently and would like to know if you're still looking for info on TUTEN, PRATT, NEERGAARD, HALL, ROANE CO., TN, BETHEL CEMETERY IN STEPTOE, WASHINGTON, etc. I have been going down the same road but from a different starting point and wondering if I have come across something you might find interesting.
My search started with Rhoda Eveline Chumley (1837-1916) who married Wiley Tuten (1814-1863). Rhoda was the daughter of my GGG Grandmother, Mary Etta Chumley. Rhoda & Wiley had a son, John Wiley Tuten (1862-1922) who married Eliza Emma Tinnel (1875-1900), she was 16 yr. old, and had 3 children before she died between 1897 & 1900 in Washington state.
John Wiley Tuten then married Mary Jane Sharp (1884-1973) (daughter of Elizabeth Sharp (1864) & Richard Jens Neergaard (1862-1948). Mary Jane Sharp Neergaard was adopted by her grandmother, Mary Jane Miller Neergaard & husband, Wm. Meridith Hall. Mary Jane Sharp/Neergaard/Hall had traveled to Washington state with her grandparents when she was 17 yrs. old and married John Wiley Tuten in 1901. She & John Wiley Tuten had about 11 children before John Wiley Tuten died in 1922. The widow married Bertram Pratt on 1 Jul 1925 in Spokane, WA.
This is where your family entered the picture. - Bertram Pratt died in 1950. Bertram's first wife, Emma C. Moe Pratt died in 1924 (her stone reads 1921) and his 2nd wife, Mary Jane Neergaard/Hall Tuten Pratt, died in 1973. The three of them are buried in Bethel Cemetery, Steptoe, Washington, WA. Bertram & Emma are in Sec. 2 and Mary Jane is in Sec. 3.
FIND A GRAVE MEMORIALS:
Bertram Pratt - FAG Mem. # 39075952
Emma C. Pratt - FAG Mem # 39076026
Mary Jane Neergaard/Hall Pratt - FAG Mem # 39100549
George A. Pratt (Bertram's son) - FAG Mem # 39076159
Note: There is a discrepancy in Emma Pratt's death date. Your aunt said 1935 but the cemetery records say 1924 & her marker reads 1921.
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Doroeck@AOL.com