Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
Living Prather
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Living Prather (daughter of Edward John Prather, Ed and Viola McCoy, Ola).
2. Edward John Prather, Ed was born 13 Mar 1879, of Miami Co., Ks (son of Ira D. Prather and Elizabeth Snook); died 08 Jul 1920, Blaine, Wa.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
He first worked as a ranchhand in Kan. then went to Wa. with his brother Alber
and worked in a Shingle Mill. After he married they lived in Allen, Wa. and
later moved to Lynden, Wa. where he had dairy cattle, then later to Blaine,Wa.
where he had a farm. Ola played the organ and they both played guitars. They
often played music for the local country dances.Edward married Viola McCoy, Ola 08 Dec 1902, of Bow, Wa. Viola was born 11 Dec 1886, Kan.; died 01 May 1952, Blaine, Wa.. [Group Sheet]
3. Viola McCoy, Ola was born 11 Dec 1886, Kan.; died 01 May 1952, Blaine, Wa.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Sherman McCoy Prather
- Living Prather
- Living Prather
- 1. Living Prather
- Floy Lola Prather was born 06 Jun 1917, Wa.; died 04 Jul 1920, Wa..
Generation: 3
4. Ira D. Prather was born 12 Jun 1852, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., In (son of James B. Prather and Ellen Esther Stultz); died 01 Nov 1935, Mt. Vernon, Skaget Co., Wa.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Ira married Elizabeth Snook 04 Jul 1871, Miami, Ottawa Co., Kan.. Elizabeth (daughter of William Snook and Margaret Summers) was born 17 Sep 1855, Fairfield, Ia.; died 06 Feb 1912. [Group Sheet]
5. Elizabeth Snook was born 17 Sep 1855, Fairfield, Ia. (daughter of William Snook and Margaret Summers); died 06 Feb 1912. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Esther Louise Prather, Ettie was born 13 Sep 1872, Miami Co., Kan.; died 19 Apr 1936.
- William Elias Prather, Lyle was born 26 Jul 1877, of Miami Co., Ks; died 08 Nov 1918, North France, W.W.I..
- 2. Edward John Prather, Ed was born 13 Mar 1879, of Miami Co., Ks; died 08 Jul 1920, Blaine, Wa..
- Albert James Prather, Bert was born 11 Nov 1881, of Miami Co., Ks; died 16 Nov 1906, Bow, Wa..
- Ralph Chester Prather, Shorty was born 19 Mar 1884, of Miami Co., Ks; died 19 Jun 1957, Bow, Mt.Vernon, Wa.; was buried , Stoke.
- Margaret Ellen Prather, Nellie was born 05 Jan 1887, of Miami Co., Ks; died 08 Sep 1909, Alberta Canada.
- Jane Pearl Prather was born 30 Jul 1889, Stafford Co., Kan.; died 15 Jun 1932, Mt. Vernon, Wa..
- Mary Lola Prather was born 22 Apr 1893, Stafford Co., Kan.; died 28 Jul 1960, Mt. Vernon, Wa..
- Living Prather
Generation: 4
8. James B. Prather was born , of Clark Co., In (son of Sihon Simon Prather and Elizabeth Williams, Simmons); died , of Bloomington, Monroe Co., In.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
WAR WITH MEXICO
James was enrolled as Private of Co., B, 4th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers;
mustered into the Military Service of the USA at Jeffersonville, Clark Co.,
Ind., on 8 June, 1847. Mustering Officer: Capt. Gatlin. Mustered out at
Madison, Ind., 16 July, 1848.
CIVIL WAR
James was enrolled as Private of Co. I, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers
on 27 Dec., 1863. Mustered into Military Service of the USA at Columbus,
Indiana, 20 Feb., 1864 for term of 3 years, by Mustering Officer: Capt.
Thatcher. Age 44. Mustered out at Grafton, W.Va. 29 June, 1865.
He was a farmer and a carpenter.
He had black hair, dark eyes, dark complextion.
He lost the sight in one eye during the war.
According to things his wife told her grandchildren:
James was a very fine and admirable person most of the time, but he had a
weakness for liquor, and it brought out an exaggerated bellingerence in him.
However she said she was a "fighter too", and she was not going to take any of
his abuse nor let the children be subjected to it, when he was under the
influence of liquor and when talking things over did no good, she told him she
had his old army rifle loaded up and the next time he was on a rampage she was
going to "let him have it". He got to staying away from home when he was "in
his cups" and finelly drifted away entirely. Martha said she saw him one time
when she was a girl, on the streets of Bloomington, Ind. and they heard from
neighbors that he died in the spring of 1872.
His wife later years were spent in the home of her daughter, Martha (Dillman)
and later moved with them to Nickerson, Reno Co., Kan.
From the files of Viola Reece Morgan (a granddaughter) 1958.
We have not discovered how many, if any, children were born during his
marriage to Naomi Brown.James married Ellen Esther Stultz 16 Jan 1851, Bedford, Lawrence Co., In.. Ellen was born 27 Sep 1824, Stokes Co., n.C.; died , Nickerson, Reno Co., Kan.. [Group Sheet]
9. Ellen Esther Stultz was born 27 Sep 1824, Stokes Co., n.C.; died , Nickerson, Reno Co., Kan.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 4. Ira D. Prather was born 12 Jun 1852, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., In; died 01 Nov 1935, Mt. Vernon, Skaget Co., Wa..
- Martha Ann Prather was born 16 Apr 1856, Bedford, Lawrence Co., In; died 16 Nov 1926.
10. William Snook was born , of Fairfield Co., Ia. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
William married Margaret Summers of Fairfield Co., Ia. Margaret was born , of Fairfield Co., Ia. [Group Sheet]
11. Margaret Summers was born , of Fairfield Co., Ia. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 5. Elizabeth Snook was born 17 Sep 1855, Fairfield, Ia.; died 06 Feb 1912.