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Abraham Crunkleton Prather
1786 - 1850 (63 years)-
Name Abraham Crunkleton Prather Born 19 Sep 1786 Franklin Co., Pa. 
Gender Male Died 07 Jul 1850 Plumer, Forest Co., Pa. Record Change 12 Apr 2009 Occupation TIMBER TANNERY/FARMER Reference Number 6.415.06 Buried Plumer Presbyterian Cem. Person ID I38716 120k Last Modified 28 Jul 2015
Father Thomas Hicks Prather, Sr, b. 02 Apr 1755, ,Frederick, Md , d. 15 Feb 1818, ,Venango, Pa (Age 62 years) Relationship Natural Mother Elizabeth Crunkleton, b. 12 Feb 1758, of, Franklin, Pa , d. 30 Jun 1831, ,Venango, Pa (Age 73 years) Relationship Natural Married 25 Jan 1776 Franklin Co., Pa. Family ID F15488 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah McCalmont, b. Abt 1790, of, Cumberland, Pa , d. 26 Dec 1874, Plumer, Forest Co. (Age ~ 84 years) Married of, Cumberland, Pa Children 1. Henry McCalmont Prather, b. 18 May 1823, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 03 Dec 1906, Pa. (Age 83 years) [Natural]2. Julia A. Prather, b. 19 Feb 1825, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 01 Apr 1860 (Age 35 years) [Natural]3. Mary Prather, b. 20 Oct 1827, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 27 Jun 1909, Prob. Plumer, Pa. (Age 81 years) [Natural]4. John Shannon Prather, b. 17 Feb 1830, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. [Natural]5. Jane Wilson Prather, b. 18 May 1832, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 03 Oct 1851, Pa. (Age 19 years) [Natural]6. George Celler Prather, b. 16 May 1835, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 24 Nov 1871, Mercer Co., Pa. (Age 36 years) [Natural]7. Sarah Elizabeth Prather, b. 31 Aug 1838, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 16 Dec 1924, Prob. Jamestown, n.y. (Age 86 years) [Natural]8. Abraham Snively Prather, b. 24 Feb 1841, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. [Natural]9. Ruhama Rebecca Prather, b. 11 Dec 1843, of Franklin Co., Pa , d. 30 Jun 1925, Prob. Cleveland, Ohio (Age 81 years) [Natural]10. Robert T. A. Prather, b. 22 Feb 1847, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., Pa. , d. 03 Oct 1851, Pa. (Age 4 years) [Natural]Last Modified 28 Jul 2015 Family ID F10193 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - About the year 1798, his father took up a tract of land in Venango Co. Pa.;
and with his two sons, Abraham and Robert, rode from Maryland to Venango Co.
on horseback, bringing with them the necessaries of life and some of the
comforts prepared by the mother. The father remained with the boys for awhile
saw them comfortably settled in a log cabin, then left them and returned to
Maryland. During this early period the boys were oftem molested by a band of
roving Indians which occasionally ransacked their cabin and destroyed their
crops. This fact, together with the dispute between their father and the
Holland Land Co. concerning the land they occupied for several years caused
them to return to Maryland. Abraham C. Prather finally returned and purchased
the tract, built a log cabin, and ever afterward made it his home, converting
it into a well tilled farm of 250 acres situated in Cornplanter Township,
Venango Co., Pa.
He purchased additional lands on some of which was a large amount of valuable
pine timber.
During the War of 1812, he and his brother-in-law, James Rickets, walked from
Venango Co. to Erie, PA. (60 miles) where he enlisted and served during the
war, as shown by the records at Harrisburg, PA.
Mr. Prather was one of the most highly respected men of his County, ver
energetic and capable in busdiness, kind and jovial in his disposition.
From information recieved from Don Prather, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
(A descendant of Abraham C. Prather) (1996)
- About the year 1798, his father took up a tract of land in Venango Co. Pa.;