Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
Frances Prather
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Frances Prather (daughter of John Kirkpatrick Prather and Maude Caspary). Notes:
living - details excluded
Frances — J.A. Kesslar. [Group Sheet]
2. John Kirkpatrick Prather was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx (son of William Lambdin Prather and Francis Hart Kirkpatrick, Fannie); died , El Paso, Tx.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
John married Maude Caspary 10 Jun 1910, Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.. Maude was born , Waco, Tx.. [Group Sheet]
3. Maude Caspary was born , Waco, Tx.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
Generation: 3
4. William Lambdin Prather was born 01 May 1848, Chestnut Grove, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn. (son of George Washington Prather, Prater and Lucretia Patience Quinn Lambdin); died 24 Jul 1905, Austin, Travis Co., Tx.; was buried , Oakwood Cem., Waco, Tx.. Other Events:
- Occupation: Pres. Univ. TX.; Lawyer
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
William married Francis Hart Kirkpatrick, Fannie 03 Feb 1875, Lexington, Fayette Co., Va.. Francis was born 09 Feb 1848, Lexington, Va.; died 22 Mar 1911, Waco, Tx.; was buried , Oakwood Cem., Waco, Tx.. [Group Sheet]
5. Francis Hart Kirkpatrick, Fannie was born 09 Feb 1848, Lexington, Va.; died 22 Mar 1911, Waco, Tx.; was buried , Oakwood Cem., Waco, Tx.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 2. John Kirkpatrick Prather was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx; died , El Paso, Tx..
- Grace Prather was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx; died 25 Aug 1923, Paris, France; was buried , Oakwood Cem., Waco, Tx..
- Edward Prather was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.
- Miss Prather was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.
- Mary Lucretia Prather was born 10 Jan 1878, Waco, Tx..
- William Lambdin Prather, II. was born Mar 1880, of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx; died 10 Jun 1910, Waco, Tx.; was buried , Oakwood Cem. Waco, Tx..
- Frances Kirkpatrick Prather was born 21 Aug 1884, Waco, Tx.; died , Waco, Tx..
Generation: 4
8. George Washington Prather, Prater was born 23 Jul 1806, Lenoir City, Roane Co., Tn.; was christened , At His Fathers Plantation Home (son of Benjamin Franklin Prather, Prater and Nancy Elizabeth Layne, Lane); died 18 Apr 1874, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas. Other Events:
- Occupation: Farmer; Rancher
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
When a boy of 15 yrs., George enviced great tact for managing the affairs of
he fathers farm (which consisted of serveral hundred acres) and this caused
his father to place him in charge of managing his entire plantation and
businesses. He continued managing his fathers estate until he was 24 yrs.
At the age of 22 he was converted to religion at a Muddy Creek Camp Meeting
and was liciensed to exhort. At 24 yrs. he married the daughter of Gen.
Thomas Love (of North Carolina). After he married he move to the adjoining
Co. of Blount where he farmed for severial years then he moved to Gipson Co.
in West Tn. which at that time was a wild country. He cleared and put into
cultivation a farm, but did not remain more than 2 or 3 yrs. when he removed
to near Paris,Henry Co.,Tn. where he farmed for 9 yrs. when his wife died.
In 1845 he was married to the daughter of Rev.William Lambdin,of the Memphis
Conference. George was ordained Deacon by Bishop Soule, 28 Nov. 1847
in the Meth. Church at Jackson,Tn., and 5 Dec. 1852 he was ordained Elder by
Bishop Andrew at Brownsville. In 1854 he decided to go to Texas to look at
land and purchased land near Waco,Tx. on the South Bosque River, McLennan Co.
In the fall of 1854 he moved his family to Texas where he farmed over seven
hundred acres. When he was at an age that he could no longer farm he moved
to a home on Austin St. in Waco,Tx. and let his children run the farm.
On Saturday 18 Apr. 1874 he died in his garden. He was an honest, bold, candid
sincere Christian gentleman who gave 1/3 of his yearly earnings to his church.
It is believed that G.W.Prather came to Texas because his uncle, William
Prater, had settled near the Brazos River and had land that spanned
Brazoia and Ft. Bend Counties in TX.
William Prater was one of the "Old Three Hundred Settlers", who was listed
as a settler in Austins First Colony.
George Washington Prather also settled on the Brazos River, but his
land spanned Austin County, to the northwest of Williams property.
Born at his father plantation northeast of Lenoir City, Tn. (Roane Co.)
Some of his descendants live in Texas today.
Example: Great Grandson Charles Prather of Grand Prairie, Tx.(Phone unlisted)
George W. Prather was living in Tn. in 1850 census.George married Lucretia Patience Quinn Lambdin Paris, Henry Co., Tn.. Lucretia (daughter of William McKendree Lambdin and Susan Amelia) was born , Ohio; died , Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.. [Group Sheet]
9. Lucretia Patience Quinn Lambdin was born , Ohio (daughter of William McKendree Lambdin and Susan Amelia); died , Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- George McDonald Prather was born , Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.; was christened , On His Fathers Plantation on Bosque Riv.; died 27 Jan 1880, Waco, Texas; was buried , Oakland Cem..
- Grace Prater was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.
- Frances Prather, Fanny was born , of Waco, McLennan Co., Tx.
- 4. William Lambdin Prather was born 01 May 1848, Chestnut Grove, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn.; died 24 Jul 1905, Austin, Travis Co., Tx.; was buried , Oakwood Cem., Waco, Tx..
- James Carter Prather was born 17 Oct 1849, Near Paris, Henry Co., Tn.; died 25 Feb 1883, Waco, McLennan Co., Tx..