Mary Dickerson married Absolam Pratt. Her sister Sallie married his brother and they lived near each other. Their children were like brothers and sisters.

When Absolam died the poor owed him over five thousand dollars from provisions he let them have when crops failed and they would have suffered if he had not helped them.

He gave money to his brother Joab to buy land in Texas.

When Richard Pratt died, he left unpaid debts. His son Absolam worked every day for his family and at night he would cut timber and build boats to sell them so that he could pay off that debt. Absolam was 30 years old when he paid the last debt.

Absolam's mother, Rebecca Beavers Pratt, was the descendant of a Lord, Duke or Earl who came to America. She was reportedly descend of Queen of England. Her great uncle was commander and Chief of England and his fleet was lost in storm near Needles.

In 1845 Mary Dickerson buried her husband, Col. Absolam Pratt and three of their childen. All died from Typhoid.
Abolam was a Colonel in the militia of Alabama and a "big Baptist Preacher". His brother, Hopkins Pratt was a member of the legislature many years. Joab was a prominent Baptist preacher.