Pratt G. Smith

    Pratt Giles Smith was born in June 1858 in Deerfield, NY to Giles and Elizabeth Cole Smith. He attended Advanced School and Academy in Utica and Whitestown Seminary. 

    In 1873(or 8 it was hard to read in the obituary) Pratt G. Smith worked in Troy, NY as a salesman in a Hardware and Seed store. He later went into partnership with M.C. Chapin of Poultney, VT and manufactured and sold dairy supplies. Pratt G. Smith later brought Mr. Chapin's interest and took his brother-in-law Milton T. Jones as partner. They moved the business to Utica and opened a store in the Mosher Building on Bleecker Street. The partnership continued for 16 years. They later moved the business to North Genesee Street. The firm dissolved in 1902. Mr. Jones took the retail business in selling seeds and agricultural implements. Mr. Smith continued the rennet extract and cheese color business. In 1915, Pratt G. Smith sold his equipment and retired. 

    Pratt G. Smith bought 150 acres of land boarding White Lake in Forestport, NY. He organized the White Lake Ice Company. He became Treasurer and General Manager of the company.

    When his father passed away Pratt G. Smith brought the homestead farm on Herkimer Rd. He later sold the main house and had the remaining acres laid out by Olmstead Brothers.

    Pratt G. Smith a member of the Central New York Farmers Club and the Automobile Club of Utica.

    Pratt G. Smith was married twice first to Martha L. Hall who died in 1919? and then he married Clara L. Howes. He had two children, one son and one daughter.

    In 1937, Pratt G. Smith gave the Utica Girl Scout Council more then 30 acres of land on Herkimer Rd for a camp site which was named after his mother.

    Pratt G. Smith passed away on Jul 29, 1938. He is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery.




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