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Archibald Prater, Arch
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Archibald Prater, Arch was born , Evening Shade Twp., Walnut Ridge, Ark. (son of John Prater and Susan Burough); died , Little Rock, Ark.; was buried , Masonic Cem., Pocahontas, Ark.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Archibald married Mary Stacey Thompson Lepanto, Ark.. Mary was born , of Sharp Co., Ar. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Mammie Prater was born , Ark..
- Mung Prater was born , Ark..
- Pauline Prater was born , Ark..
- Mary Prater
- Thomas Prater was born 09 Jun 1905, Ark.; died 02 Aug 1935, Manson, Ark.; was buried , Masonic Cem., Pocahontas, Ark., Unmarked.
- Ning J. Prater was born 17 Feb 1910, Ark.; died 17 Jan 1987, Little Rock, Ark..
2. John Prater was born , Wayne Co., Tn. (son of Doshie Burl Prater and Jane Casey); died 23 Jan 1890; was buried , Portia, Ark. S..W. of Walnut Ridge, Ark.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
By 1880 he had left home because he is not listed in the 1880 census living
with his parents.John married Susan Burough Piney Fork Twp, Sharp Co., Ar. Susan was born , of Wayne Co., Tn. [Group Sheet]
3. Susan Burough was born , of Wayne Co., Tn. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- John Prater was born , Evening Shade Twp., Walnut Ridge, Ark..
- Brice Prater was born , Evening Shade Twp., Walnut Ridge, Ark..
- King Prater was born , Evening Shade Twp., Walnut Ridge, Ark..
- 1. Archibald Prater, Arch was born , Evening Shade Twp., Walnut Ridge, Ark.; died , Little Rock, Ark.; was buried , Masonic Cem., Pocahontas, Ark..
- Burl Prater was born , of ash Flat, Ark.; died , Ark..
- Mary Prater was born , of Sharp Co., Ar.
- Mammie Prater was born , of Sharp Co., Ar.
Generation: 3
4. Doshie Burl Prater was born 15 Oct 1835, Waynesboro, Wayne Co., Tn.; was christened , Lived at Piney Fork, Sharp Co., Ark. (son of Martin Luther Prater and Nancy Lucinda Harpool); died , Salona, Bowie Co., Tx.. Other Events:
- Occupation: Judge; FARMER
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
A listing in the local newpaper listed letters and documents that had not
been claimed at the Postoffice, Evening Shade, Sharp Co., Ark.
Letters:
4 Mar., 1880
2 June, 1881
19 June, 1879
13 May, 1880
Legal papers:
Judges of Election Piney Fork Twp., Evening Shade, Sharp Co., Ark. 29 July,
1880.
Witness for Leonard Smith's homestead claim 6 Jan., 1881
Burl had at least 12 children:
Burl's descendants live in Pauls Vally, Okla.; Frederick, Okla.; Duncan, Okla.
Silson, Okla.; Chattanooga, Okla.; Salona, TX.; and NW Ark.
He was living with his grandparents when the 1850 census was taken.
Listed a Burrel Prater.
Burl's family was recorded by the 1870
Census, Piney Fork Twsp., Sharp Co., Ark. , thus is safe to assume he moved
to Ark. from Tn. between 1868 and 1870. From the Searcy Co., Ark. census
we find his brother Samuel was in Ark. by 1861.
Burl and his family were listed in the 1860 Wayne Co., Tn. census.
1870 census Burl was listed age 35 at Evening Shade, Ark. PostofficeDoshie married Jane Casey Wayne Co., Tn.. Jane was born , of Wayne Co., Tn. [Group Sheet]
5. Jane Casey was born , of Wayne Co., Tn. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Eliza Prater was born , Sharp Co., Ark..
- 2. John Prater was born , Wayne Co., Tn.; died 23 Jan 1890; was buried , Portia, Ark. S..W. of Walnut Ridge, Ark..
- Marion Towney Prater was born , Wayne Co., Tn..
- Mary Towney Prather was born , Wayne Co., Tn.; died , Duncan, Okla..
- Elizabeth Prater was born , Wayne Co., Tn.; died , Salona, Tx.; was buried , Old Bethel Cem., Salona, Tx..
- James Prater, Jimmie was born , of Wayne Co., Tn; died Abt 1875, Ash Flat, Ark..
- Isom Samuel Prater was born , Bowie, Montg. Co., Tx.; died , Caldwell, Idaho.
- Margaret Jane Prater was born , Near Bowie, Tx.; was buried , Old Bethel Cem., Saloona, Tx..
- Nancy Prater, Nannie was born , Near Bowie, Tx.; died 26 Nov 1934, McAllen, Tx..
- Holly Prater was born , Wayne Co., Tn.; was christened , Listed in the 1860 Tn. Census.; was buried , Duncan, Okla..
- Ning Prater, Ningum was born , of Wayne Co., Tn; was christened , Piney Fork, Sharp Co., Ark. 1880 Census; died , Wilson, Okla..
- Brice Prater was born 15 Sep 1855, Wayne Co., Tn.; was christened , Piney Fork, Sharp Co., Ark. 1880 Census; was buried 14 Aug 1941, Frederick, Tillman Co., Okla..
- King Prater was born 10 Nov 1861, Wayne Co., Tn.; was christened , Lived Pauls Valley, Okla. Number of Yrs.; died 10 Feb 1908, Okla.; was buried , Newcastle, McClain Co., Okla.
- Burl Prater, Burley or Burrel was born 14 Oct 1864, Nashville, Tn.; died , Chattanooga, Okla..
Generation: 4
8. Martin Luther Prater was born , Warren Co., Ky (son of Brice Bazel Prather and Martha Elizabeth Riley); died Bef 1850, Johnson Co., Il.. Other Events:
- Occupation: Blacksmith
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Martin married Nancy Lucinda Harpool of Wayne Co., Tn. Nancy was born , N.C.. [Group Sheet]
9. Nancy Lucinda Harpool was born , N.C.. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Edith Elizabeth Prater was born , of Henry Co., Tn; died , Franklin, Fullerton Co., Ark..
- Martha Nancy Prater, Nan was born , Wayne Co., Tn.; died 15 Feb 1891, Montague Co., Tx.; was buried , Lindale Cem..
- Basil Prather, Brasil was born , of Wayne Co., Tn.
- Nancy Ann Prater was born 18 Aug 1824, Wayne Co., Tn.; was christened , 1850 Census Ark.; died 18 Nov 1906, Oran, Palo Pinto Co., Tx.; was buried , Oran Cem..
- Holloway Franklin Prater, Holly was born 28 Jan 1830, Cannon or Warren Co., Tn.; was christened , Living Montague Co., Tx. 1880 Census; died 21 Dec 1901, Montague Co. Tx.; was buried , Lindale Cem., Masonic Marker.
- 4. Doshie Burl Prater was born 15 Oct 1835, Waynesboro, Wayne Co., Tn.; was christened , Lived at Piney Fork, Sharp Co., Ark.; died , Salona, Bowie Co., Tx..