In March, 1810, Dr. Joseph Pratt, the first physician of the township, died at the house of Joseph Garland, where he had boarded.

Dr. PrattŐs faithful performance of his professional duties, and his ever ready sympathy with the sick and suffering, gave him a warm place in the hearts of the people. The intelligence of his death spread rapidly through the township, carrying grief to every household.

Doctors Peabody of Corinth and Skinner of Brewer were his attending physicians. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. John Sawyer at the home of Joseph Garland.

His disease was typhoid fever. He was buried near the present residence of David W. Dearborn. After the Greeley Cemetery was established, he was disinterred and buried there. neither stone nor other monument marks his present resting place. His immediate successor was Dr. James Parker, who commenced practice here in the summer of 1810, and was the second physician of the township.