James Preston Prater

1859 - 1917  (57 years)

• Name	James Preston Prater
  Born	17 Jun 1859	,Edgefield, Sc
  Gender	Male
  Died	07 Jun 1917	Prater Farm, Jefferson, Tx
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Tx
  Person ID	I24739	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Larkin Chriswell Prater, Chris,   b. 08 Feb 1832, ,Lexington, Sc ,   d. 02 Jul 1864, Atlanta, Ga  (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Emaline Rhoden,   b. 07 Nov 1822, ,Edgefield, Sc ,   d. 05 Feb 1899, Louise, Wharton Co., Tx.  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	11 Jan 1853	Edgefield Co., S.C.
  Family ID	F11638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Angie Dearing,   b. 05 Apr 1875, ,Hart, Ky ,   d. 07 Oct 1952, Houston, Tx  (Age 77 years)
  Married	03 Mar 1903	Bonniebille, Ky.
  Children	1. George Lewis Prater  [Natural]   2. Living Prater  [Natural]   3. Living Prater  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F12407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  * Press built and designed houses, was tought music by members of the family, and went to night school in New Orleans. He drove a mule-drawn street car in Atlanta, packed seed for Hastings Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga. then he worked in the Oil fields near Beaumont, Tx., sang in the choir at First Bapt. Church in Beaumont, Tx., he bought a farm 7 Mi. West of Beoumont. He died of Typhoid fever in 1917. In 1968 the family had 3 Oil Wells come in on the Prater Farm.