James Sylas Prater, Cyrus Prather

1836 - 1908  (72 years)

• Name	James Sylas Prater
  Suffix	Cyrus Prather
  Born	06 Jan 1836	Randolph Co., Mo
  Christened	Lived Maries, Osage, Gascona Co's., Mo.
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jan 1908	Mo.
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Mt. Sterling, Gasconade Co., Mo.
  Person ID	I55729	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas J Prather,   b. Abt 1807, ,Garrard, Ky ,   d. Abt 1857  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Rebecca Helman,   b. Abt 1808, of, Ky ,   d. 10 Jun 1873, Linden, Sj, Ca  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1824	of, Randolph, Mo
  Family ID	F20189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virgina Francis Dyson,   b. 27 Feb 1869, Randolph Co., Mo ,   d. 27 Jun 1962, Mo.  (Age 93 years)
  Married	06 Mar 1887	Maries Co., Mo.
  Children	1. Ina Prater,   b. 26 Nov 1886, Randolph Co., Mo  [Natural]   2. Jesse James Prater,   b. 16 Feb 1888, Randolph Co., Mo ,   d. 15 Sep 1975  (Age 87 years)  [Natural]   3. Richard Franklin Prater, Dick,   b. 24 Jul 1891, Mo. ,   d. 26 Apr 1919, Ww I, France  (Age 27 years)  [Natural]   4. Frank James Prater,   b. 13 Apr 1895, Randolph Co., Mo ,   d. 27 Nov 1975  (Age 80 years)  [Natural]   5. Ada Mae Prater,   b. 04 Jun 1896, Randolph Co., Mo ,   d. 26 Feb 1923  (Age 26 years)  [Natural]   6. Lola Belle Prater,   b. 20 Feb 1898, Randolph Co., Mo ,   d. 04 Mar 1984  (Age 86 years)  [Natural]   7. Living Prater  [Natural]   8. Minnie Prater,   b. 04 Jun 1902, Mo. ,   d. Mo.  [Natural]   9. Living Prater  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F24742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He claimed to have riden with Contrell after the Civil War. (Contrell Raiders) He also claimed that he was in the group that robbed a train in California, MO. at which time he stoled a set of wine glasses from the daughter of the governer, which he sent to his wife Virginia. He also claimed that he rode with Contrell using the alis name of Jim Cummings. Research done by Rita Tyree, a relative of Cyrus, proved that there was a Jim Cummings that rode with Contrell, but this Jim Cummings lived his later years in a retirement home and wrote a book about his life........ it was found that this Jim Cummings and Cyrus were NOT one in the same. His wife, Virginia, told her children and grandchildren that the outlaw brothers, "the James Boys", came to there house for supper a couple of times and were friends of the family. It is thought that Cyrus even rode with the James Brothers a couple of times. Research by: Rita Tyree 220 E. Crestwood, MO. 63037 (1998)