David Martin Prater

1844 - 1933  (89 years)

• Name	David Martin Prater
  Born	28 Jan 1844	Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Ala.
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Oct 1933	Shannon Co., Mo.
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Short Cem.
  Person ID	I25014	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	William Carl Prater,   b. of Warren Co., Tn ,   d. Prob. Rutherford Co., Tn.
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Delilah Stanfield,   b. of Shelby Co., Ala.
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	17 Feb 1843	Cannon Co., Tn.
  Family ID	F12582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Jane Maxey, Polly,   b. 13 Oct 1842, Lawence Co., Tn. ,   d. 12 Jul 1926, Bixby, Mo.  (Age 83 years)
  Married	07 Dec 1865	Woodbury, Cannon Co., Tn.
  Children	1. Sarah Prater,   b. of Murfreesboro, Tn. ,   d. 16 Oct 1875  [Natural]   2. Frank Prater,   b. of Shannon Co., Mo  [Natural]   3. Thomas E. Prater,   b. 26 Aug 1874, of Murfreesboro, Tn. ,   d. 20 Nov 1962, Buick, Mo.  (Age 88 years)  [Natural]   4. William Peter Prater,   b. 01 Jan 1876, Shannon Co., Mo. ,   d. 03 Mar 1957, Bixby, Mo.  (Age 81 years)  [Natural]   5. Lewis Martin Prater,   b. 09 Apr 1880, Sinking Crk., Shannon Co., Mo. ,   d. 09 Oct 1971  (Age 91 years)  [Natural]   6. James Garfield Prater,   b. 04 Apr 1882, of Shannon Co., Mo ,   d. 01 Jan 1966  (Age 83 years)  [Natural]   7. Tennesse Prater,   b. 04 Mar 1885, of Shannon Co., Mo ,   d. 25 Dec 1960  (Age 75 years)  [Natural]   8. Daniel David Prater, Buck,   b. 22 May 1888, of Shannon Co., Mo ,   d. Jul 1926, Denver, Colo.  (Age 38 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F12590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mrs Rosa Lee, Prater,   b. Newton Twp, Shannon Co., Mo
  Married	Newton Twp, Shannon Co., Mo
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F12589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David served as Pvt. in the Cival War on the Union side. He was in Co. E. 5th Tenn. Calv. from 12 Aug., 1864 to 14 Aug., 1865. Recieved a hernia on the left side at Tulahoma, TN. while on active service carrying a dispatch to Gen. Millrey on or about 16 Apr, 1865. Injury sustained from falling on a saddle horn. Honorable discharged at Pulaskey, TN. and given pension in 1890. After descharge he returned to Cannon Co., TN. and married Nancy Maxey. Farmed in Cannon Co., until spring 1870 then moved to Shannon Co., MO. They returned to their farm in Cannon Co., TN. spring 1871 traveling by oxen. Spring of 1875 they returned to their farm in Shannon Co., MO. that they formally lived on, this time traveling with a team of gray mules. After Nancy's death in 1926 David remarried Mrs. Rosa Lee. Rosa couln't get the disability pension reassigned to her after Davids death. Sarah was born in TN. but died in Shannon Co. MO. on their first visit and is buried in Short Cem. near Bunker. David moved back to MO. to "be with our little girl". Information obtained from VA pension office and Robert Prater and conveyed to me by a descendant of the family, Mr. James R. Henning of Overland, MO. (1994) Gary Benton Prather 1880 Census: (info. supplied by Chris Grant) Jackson Township, Shannon Co., MO. David Prater 36 Born TN. Nancy 38 Born TN. Thomas A. 6 Born TN. William P. 6 Born MO. Lewis M. 1 Born MO.