COLIN R. PRALL, an enterprising and thrifty citizen and prominent agriculturist of Amwell township, is a native of the same, having been born May 9, 1850, on the old farm near "Dunning Hart's." His grandfather, John Prall, came in an early day from New Jersey to Amwell township, Washington Co., Penn., and located on the old Van Kirk farm, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was twice married, and reared the following family of children: William Harrison (deceased), Benjamin (deceased), Jackson, Mary (Mrs. Lacock), and Marguerite (wife of Mr. Stout). Mr. Prall took an active part in assisting to organize and develop the county, and did all in his power to promote any enterprise for the public good. He was a Democrat, but not a politician. He died in his eighty-second year, mourned by many friends. Jackson Prall was born in 1815 on the old farm in Amwell township, Washington county, and lived there until about a year after his marriage. He was united in marriage with Mary Jane Carlile, a granddaughter of Mollie Stark, of Revolutionary fame. They had one son and one daughter: Colin R., and Mrs. Lizzie Jane Ward, residing in Washington county, Penn. After his marriage Mr. Prall purchased a farm of sixty-six acres, now a part of the "Dunning Hart" place, upon which he resided twenty-two years, when he removed to the old farm just south of Martinsburg, South Strabane township, and lived there eleven years, then came to the place on the National pike, east of Washington, where he now lives, retired from the more active scenes of life, in his seventy-sixth year. Mr. Prall has always given his voice and vote to the advancement of good government, but has never been an active politician. His wife died in 1878. Colin R. Prall, son of Jackson and Sarah Prall, remained on the home farm until he was thirty-one years of age, and received a good common-school education. On September 28, 1871, he was married to Chris A. Slusher, who was born in 1850, a daughter of Michael and Lavina Slusher. In 1882 Mr. Prall purchased the farm of ninety acres which he now occupies, and which is one of the most valuable tracts in the township. He has, unaided, become a prosperous business man. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Text taken from page 1362 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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