Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
Living Prather
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Living Prather (daughter of Living Prather and Living Jones). Living — H. J. Terry. [Group Sheet]
2. Living Prather (son of John Samuel Prather and Ella Godley). Living — Living Jones. [Group Sheet]
3. Living Jones Children:
Generation: 3
4. John Samuel Prather was born 28 Apr 1860, Somerset, Pulaski Co., Ky. (son of William Frederick Prather and Martha Patsy Ann Hart); died 09 Nov 1943, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Other Events:
- Occupation: Rancher; Law enforcement
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
John moved from Ky. to Okla. and settled near Leon, Okla., his son Grissom
was born there. Later he moved to Ft. Worth, TX.
On May 12, 1894, J.S.Prather, Mr. Madsen, and Louis Eichoff arrested Felix
Young. Ten days later, those three men and several others trailed and arrested
o;utlaw Vic Casey. Casey was wounded during his arrest and died before he
stood trial.
On Nov. 24, 1894, four men attempted to rob the Panhandle Express at Canadian,
Tx. but botched the job. Prather, Eichoff, Madsen, and William Banks followed
the would-be robbers and arrested them, apparenty with no resistance.
In April, 1895, the Bill Dooin gang held up the Rock Island train at dover,
near Kingfisher, Okla.
Prather and Banks wsere among the several men in the posse which trailed them.
They caught up with the gang, and in a sharp gun battle, outlaw "Tulas Jack"
was killed.
From: Western Publications, Stillwater, Okla. (Sept., 1995)
Submitted to this researcher by: Wm.C.Bailey Broken Arrow, Okla. (1995)John married Ella Godley 31 Dec 1890, of Montague, Tx. Ella was born 23 Apr 1862, Louisiana; died 23 Oct 1936, Saint Jo, Montague Co., Texas; was buried , Starkey Cem. Montague Co., Tx.. [Group Sheet]
5. Ella Godley was born 23 Apr 1862, Louisiana; died 23 Oct 1936, Saint Jo, Montague Co., Texas; was buried , Starkey Cem. Montague Co., Tx.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
!Has a 2nd death,9 Nov 1913,Nocona,Montague,TX. WJP
Children:
- Mary Callaway Prather was born , of Okla..
- Lora Lee Prather, Lona was born 26 Sep 1891, of Okla..
- Grissom Bartlett Prather was born 11 Feb 1893, Leon, Okla.; died 05 Jun 1978, Nocona, Montague Co., Texas; was buried , Starkey Cem..
- Miriam Prather was born 09 Nov 1894, of Okla. or Tx.; died 02 May 1896, Nocona, Montague, Tx.
- Living Prather
- John Samuel Prather, II was born 28 Oct 1901, of Okla. or Tx.; died 20 Mar 1903, Nocona, Montague, Tx.
- 2. Living Prather
Generation: 4
8. William Frederick Prather was born 1828, ,Pulaski, Ky (son of Gideon Prather and Elizabeth Williams); died Aft 1880, ,Pulaski, Ky; was buried , ,Pulaski, Ky. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
* William was born ,lived, and raised his family in Pulaski Co., Ky.
He is buried in the Garner/Prather Cem. in that Co./ His parents and many
other members of his family line are also buried there.William married Martha Patsy Ann Hart 12 Dec 1853, Pulaski Co., Ky.. Martha (daughter of John Hart and Frances Morgan) was born Abt 1835, ,Pulaski, Ky; died 13 Jul 1875, ,Pulaski, Ky. [Group Sheet]
9. Martha Patsy Ann Hart was born Abt 1835, ,Pulaski, Ky (daughter of John Hart and Frances Morgan); died 13 Jul 1875, ,Pulaski, Ky. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Gideon C Prather was born 26 Jul 1857, ,Pulaski, Ky; died 20 Jun 1942, ,Pulaski, Ky.
- 4. John Samuel Prather was born 28 Apr 1860, Somerset, Pulaski Co., Ky.; died 09 Nov 1943, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas.
- Lora J. Lee Prather was born 28 Sep 1861, ,Pulaski, Ky; died 30 Jul 1941.
- Robert Lee Prather was born 14 Jul 1867, ,Pulaski, Ky; died 12 Aug 1900, ,Pulaski, Ky.