A Methodist Church was formed in Iuka, Kansas, by 1878. Many of these members were involved in the organization of the First Methodist Church in Pratt, Kansas. The Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pratt, Kansas, was organized in 1884. The first building for the First Methodist Church was built in 1886.

Joshua Pratt was born in England and immigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts, probably in 1623. He died in 1667. Elisha Pratt (1771-1858) was his direct descendant, in the sixth generation.

Most American Tinkhams are descendants from Ephraim Tinkham. He was was probably born at Barnstaple, Devonshire, England, ca. 1618, the son of John Tinkecombe. He immigrated to America as an indentured servant in 1632. He lived at Duxbury, Massachusetts, until ca. 1660 when he became one of the first settlers of Middleboro, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Mary Browne, had eight children, 1649-1666. He died in 1685. Tinkhams are arranged in an alphabetical...