James Marion Prater

1860 - 1939  (78 years)

• Name	James Marion Prater
  Born	24 Nov 1860	Pleasant Hope, Polk, Mo
  Gender	Male
  Died	03 Oct 1939	Ellensburg, Wash
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Thorpe Cem, Ellensburg, Wa
  Person ID	I39083	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	John Aaron Prater,   b. 24 Mar 1835, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tn ,   d. 09 Nov 1882, ,Polk, Mo  (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Martha Jane Roberts,   b. 17 Aug 1840, ,Switzerland, In ,   d. 06 Nov 1882, ,Polk, Mo  (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	19 Sep 1856	Polk Co., Mo.
  Family ID	F18978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Farris,   b. 14 Feb 1869, Stockton, San Joaquin, California ,   d. 18 Dec 1961, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wa  (Age 92 years)
  Married	01 Jan 1882	Ellensburg, Washington
  Children	1. Daisy May Prater,   b. 05 Jan 1883, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wash ,   d. 29 Apr 1982, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wash  (Age 99 years)  [Natural]   2. Jesse Cleveland Prater,   b. 24 Dec 1884, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wash ,   d. 28 Feb 1975, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wa  (Age 90 years)  [Natural]   3. James William Prater,   b. 31 Jul 1886, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wash ,   d. 22 Sep 1944, Boston, Mass  (Age 58 years)  [Natural]   4. Gertie Lavinta Prater,   b. 29 Nov 1888, Roslyn, Kittitas, Wash ,   d. 04 Apr 1889, Roslyn, Kittitas, Wash  (Age 0 years)  [Natural]   5. Grace Angeline Prater,   b. 01 Jan 1891, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wash ,   d. 11 Apr 1967, Ellensburg, Kittitas, Wash  (Age 76 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F17570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James left Mo. in 1877, at the age of 17, and headed for Stockton, Ca., where he stayed and worked before moving on to the State of Washington. He arrived in Ellensburg, Kittitas Co., in 1879. He was following three uncles who had gone west before him; Feliz Grundy Prater, the first Prater to head west and Moses Jay DPrater, who had followed Felix, and third, Henry Ortho Prater (called "Bud" & "Long Henry"). James "Jim" Prater lived, raised a family, and died in the eastern part of the State of Washington. He was a prosperous farmer -- a man loved and respected by his family and community. He was the first of the Praters in the western part of our county to become interested in the Prater genealogy. To him we owe considerable credit, for it was he who laid the groundwork upon which we have tried to build. Later he was joined in his efforts by his brother William C. and his son James M. Prater II.