Prater/Prather Genealogy* 120,000+ Family Members
Jane Prather
Abt 1820 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Jane Prather was born Abt 1820, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv (daughter of Charles Blair Prather and Mrs Charles Prather). Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Jane married James Dudley Wells Abt 1830, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv. James (son of Charles Prather Wells and Rachel McMechen) was born Abt 1820, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv. [Group Sheet]
2. Charles Blair Prather was born Abt 1790, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv (son of John Prather, Sr and Mary Blair); died 1851. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 6.441.02
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Charles married Mrs Charles Prather Abt 1819, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv. Mrs was born Abt 1795, of, Brooke, Wv. [Group Sheet]
3. Mrs Charles Prather was born Abt 1795, of, Brooke, Wv. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 1. Jane Prather was born Abt 1820, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
Generation: 3
4. John Prather, Sr was born Abt 1763, of, Frederick, Md (son of Charles Prather and Ruth Tannehill-Radford); died Bef 27 Nov 1837, Brooke, Harrison, Va. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 5.222.03
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
John married Mary Blair 10 May 1812, ,Brooke, Va. Mary was born Abt 1776, of, Md; died 03 Sep 1846, Brooke, Harrison, Va. [Group Sheet]
5. Mary Blair was born Abt 1776, of, Md; died 03 Sep 1846, Brooke, Harrison, Va. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- 2. Charles Blair Prather was born Abt 1790, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv; died 1851.
- Jane C Prather was born Abt 1792, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
- Rebecca Prather was born Abt 1794, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
- Adeline Prather was born Abt 1796, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
- Mary E Prather was born Abt 1798, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
- Catherine Prather was born Abt 1800, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
- Alexander M Prather was born Abt 1802, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv; died , Wellsburg, W. Va.; was buried , Brooklyn Cem..
- Ruth Prather was born Abt 1804, of, Wellsburg, Brooke, Wv.
Generation: 4
8. Charles Prather was born 18 Sep 1735, Queen Anne P, Prince George, Md (son of Thomas Sprigg Prather Prater, Col and Elizabeth Clagett); died 25 Sep 1810, Wellsburg, Brooke, W.Va; was buried , On a Knoll 600 Ft.S.W. of His Home.. Other Events:
- Occupation: Planter; River Ferries(2)
- Reference Number: 4.089.09
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Notes:
!He was the founder of Charlestown,Brook Co.WV.The name was changed to
Wellsburg.
Charles Prather was in Capt. James Shelby's Company during the Chickamauge
Expedition. April 1779.
Head of Household Brooke Co., VA. 1810
Charles Prather
Henry Prather
Maryland Assessment of 1783; Charles Prather, Friendship Manor,
128 acres. WA Cumberland p.10 MSA S1161-10-8. 1/4/5/53
Founded Wellsburg, W.VA. then called Charlestown after him.(Recorded in 1789).
Charles laid out the Town that was first called Charlestown and later changed
to Wellsburg. He was one of the first to settle there and owned the land.
Shortly after it was settled a lady was killed and scalped near the river
which the settlement was located on. The Mingo Indians had an encampment on
the other side of the river and nearby. Nothing else recorded of this event.
!He was the founder of Charlestown,Brook Co.WV.The name was changed to Wellsburg.Charles married Ruth Tannehill-Radford 1760, Prob. W. Va.. Ruth (daughter of William Tennihill, IV and Mrs Mary Tennihill) was born Abt 1732, ,Frederick, Md; died 07 Oct 1807, Wellsburg, Brooke, W.Va; was buried , Prather Cem, Steubenville Rd, Wellsburg, W.Va. [Group Sheet]
9. Ruth Tannehill-Radford was born Abt 1732, ,Frederick, Md (daughter of William Tennihill, IV and Mrs Mary Tennihill); died 07 Oct 1807, Wellsburg, Brooke, W.Va; was buried , Prather Cem, Steubenville Rd, Wellsburg, W.Va. Other Events:
- Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
Children:
- Charles Prather was born , of Frederick Co., Md; died , Va. or Ohio.
- Catherine E. Prather was born , of Frederick Co., Md.
- Henry Harry Prather was born Aft 1760, of, Frederick, Md.
- 4. John Prather, Sr was born Abt 1763, of, Frederick, Md; died Bef 27 Nov 1837, Brooke, Harrison, Va.
- Elizabeth Prather was born 01 Jul 1765, of, Frederick, Md; died 20 Apr 1845, ,Tyler, Va; was buried , Wells Fam Cem, Sistersville, Wv.