Abraham Pratt and his sons prospered as successful businessmen, farmers, and ranchers. Fent married Yorkshire native Jennie Elizabeth Place in 1888. Life on the High Plains was very different from middle class England. At first Jennie did not like living in Kansas, but Fent worked hard to make a nice home for her. The couple had two daughters, Hilda, born in 1889, and Elsie, born in 1894. Tom married Elizabeth Mosier and they had eight children. Abraham, the patriarch of the family, died in August 1901.