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Pratt E. Duke

Born 4 Jul 1897 in Pratt City, Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Son of Crawford Duke and Patsy (Mitchell) Duke

Brother of Henderson Duke [half], Crawford J. Duke Jr. [half], James N. Duke [half], Frank Duke [half], Charles Duke Sr [half], James Richard Duke, Emily Maud Duke and Joseph Edward Duke

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 16 Dec 1964 at age 67 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Pratt Duke is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Pratt's birthdate is shown as July 10, 1896 on Veterans gravesite index (given by him on his World War I Draft Registration Card), but as July 4, 1891 on his headstone.

He was the son of Crawford Duke and Patsy Mitchell.

He served in the 805th Pioneer Infantry, which was an all-African American infantry regiment of the United States Army during World War I. The regiment landed in France in July 1918 and served in Europe until July 1919.

Name: Pratt Duke
Death Age: 68
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1896
Service Start Date: 16 Jul 1918
Service End Date: 19 Jul 1919
Death Date: 16 Dec 1964
Interment Date: 18 Dec 1964
Interment Place: Tennessee, USA
Cemetery Address: 3568 Townes Avenue Memphis, TN 38122
Cemetery: Memphis National Cemetery
Plot: Section E Site 368
Notes: Pfc Us Army World War I

Sources

1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Cunningham, Jackson, Georgia; Roll: 206; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0093
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #9122178
Pratt Duke (6), single son, Student, in household of Patsy Duke (52) in Cunningham, Jackson, Georgia. Born in Georgia, USA.

1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 4, Washington, Mississippi; Roll: T624_762; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0125; FHL microfilm: 1374775
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #167567167
Pratt Duke (16), single brother, Farmer, in household of Richard Duke (20) in Beat 4, Washington, Mississippi, USA. Born in Georgia.

1913 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #754968043
Name: Pratt Dukes; Residence Year: 1913; Street Address: 332 Cambridge av; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Occupation: Rins; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1913.

1915 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #817798361
Name: Pratt E Dukes; Residence Year: 1915; Street Address: 332 Cambridge av; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Occupation: Bda; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1915.

Military: "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Registration State: Tennessee; Registration County: Shelby
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #22822132
Name: Pratt Duke; Race: Colored (Black); Birth Date: 10 Jul 1896; Birth Place: Alabama; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Street Address: 1332 S Wellington City; Residence Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; Draft Board: 2; Physical Build: Tall; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown. Dependents: Mother and Sister

U.S. Lists Of Men Ordered to Report to local board for military Duty, 1917-1918: "U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918"
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty in the District of Columbia; NAI Number: 1159403; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System (World War I), 1917-1939; Record Group Number: 163
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4906 #140605
Name: Pratt Duke; Gender: Male; Entrainment Date: 16 Jun 1918; Entrainment Camp: Camp Sherman; Local Board: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Residence Year: Abt 1918.

Military Passenger List: "U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939"
The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 400
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61174 #4169586
Name: Pratt Duke; Departure Date: 1 Sep 1918; Departure Place: New York, New York; Address: 145 Pioneer St; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee; Mother: Patsy Duke; Ship: Carmania; Military Unit: 802nd Pioneer; Rank: Private; Service Number: 2934582; Notes: Company "D" 802nd Pioneer Infantry.

Military Passenger List: "U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939"
The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 219
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61174 #8831865
Name: Pratt Duke; Departure Date: 28 Jun 1919; Departure Place: Brest, France; Arrival Date: 1919; Address: 145 Pioneer Street; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee; Mother: Patsie Duke; Ship: NANSEMOND; Military Unit: Co D. 802 ND PION-INF; Rank: Private First Class; Service Number: 2, 934, 582; Notes: COMPANY "D" 802 Nd PIONEER INFANTRY "COLORED".

1928 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #967244196
Name: Pratt Dukes; Residence Year: 1928; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Occupation: Chuteman; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1928.

1929 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #949642871
Name: Pratt Dukes; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1929; Street Address: 933 8 4th; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Occupation: Laborer; Spouse: Commie Dukes; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1929.

1931 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #787993883
Name: Pratt Dukes; Residence Year: 1931; Street Address: 646 8 Lauderdale; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1931.

Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-QB2M), Pratt Duke and Eloise Lainy, 05 Sep 1934; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,465,479.

1939 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #849732401
Name: Pratt Dukes; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1939; Street Address: rear 915 Monroe av; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Occupation: Porter; Spouse: Ella Dukes; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1939.

1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03960; Page: 64B; Enumeration District: 98-25
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #38627905
Pratt Duke, married lodger, Painter, in household of Thomas Cabb (32) in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. Born in Tennessee.

1943 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #857578497
Name: Pratt Duke; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1943; Street Address: rear 915 Monroe av; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Spouse: Ella Duke; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1943.

1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 6208; Sheet Number: 71; Enumeration District: 98-427
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #106582479
Pratt L Duke (54), married, Church Sexton, head of household in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Born in Georgia.

1954 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #790660678
Name: Pratt Duke; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1954; Street Address: rear 621 S McLean blvd; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Spouse: Ella Duke; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1954.

1960 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"
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Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #986143779
Name: Pratt Duke; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1960; Residence Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Spouse: Ella Duke; Publication Title: Memphis, Tennessee, City Directory, 1960.

Death: "Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965"
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2376 #1702394
Pratt Duke death 16 Dec 1964 (born 4 Jul 1897), son of Crawford Duke & Patsy Mitchell, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
The Commercial Appeal; Publication Date: 17 Dec 1964; Publication Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/770527378/?article=8970b093-18b0-45c0-a3b6-189c514b43cb&focus=0.025335703,0.82473516,0.15198517,0.9883898&xid=3355
Ancestry Record 61843 #921041598
Name: Pratt Duke; Gender: Male; Death Age: 72; Birth Date: abt 1892; Residence Place: 390 Richmond; Death Date: Abt 1964; Obituary Date: 17 Dec 1964; Obituary Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Newspaper Title: The Commercial Appeal; Spouse: Eloise Duke.

Pratt E. Duke (1897 - 1964)

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