Nancy Tunnell

1821 - 1894  (72 years)

• Name	Nancy Tunnell
  Born	27 Sep 1821	Jefferson Co., Ala.
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Jan 1894	,Smith, Tx
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Buried	Antoach, Smith Co., Tx.
  Person ID	I63083	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	D Perry Tunnell, Rev,   b. 1787, of Greene Co., Tn ,   d. Jun 1826, of Coosa Co., Al  (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Catherine Self,   b. of Sc ,   d. Garden Valley, Smith, Tx
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	1807	of Greene Co., Tn
  Family ID	F22051	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel Benton Prater,   b. 09 Feb 1817, Pickens Dist., S.C. ,   d. 27 Nov 1866, Rockwall, Tx.  (Age 49 years)
  Married	1841	Gunters Crossing, Ala.
  Children	1. Columbus R. Prather,   b. Smith Co., Tx  [Natural]   2. Mahulda Catherine Prather,   b. 04 Nov 1842, Gunters Crossing, Guntersville, Ala. ,   d. 1865  (Age 22 years)  [Natural]   3. Catherine Prather,   b. 04 Nov 1842, , , Al  [Natural]   4. John Ellis Prather, Rev,   b. 15 Feb 1845, ,,Al ,   d. 1922, Alamogordo, Otero, Nm  (Age 76 years)  [Natural]   5. Riley Benton Prather,   b. 10 Mar 1848, ,Smith, Tx ,   d. 30 Apr 1918, ,Van Zandt, Tx  (Age 70 years)  [Natural]   6. Soloman Bowden Prather,   b. 16 Mar 1852, Luther, Smith, Tx ,   d. 10 Feb 1919, Fisher Co., Tx.  (Age 66 years)  [Natural]   7. Texana Prather,   b. Abt 1854, , Smith, Tx  [Natural]   8. Cornelia Texanna Prather,   b. 03 Aug 1855, ,Smith, Tx ,   d. 14 Sep 1905, Smith Co., Tx.  (Age 50 years)  [Natural]   9. Samuel Lynch Prather,   b. Abt 1856, ,Smith, Tx  [Natural]   10. Samuel Prather,   b. Abt 1856, , Smith, Tx  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F20437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Tunnel name was an English variation of the French name Tonnelier. Mr. Tunnel was a Frenchman who married a noteable English Lady. "Lady" Ann Howard. She was descended of the Howards, Earls of Northhampton, Viscounts of Bindon, Viscounts and Earls of Stafford in England, this family is of the most noteable noble families in England. Lady Ann Howard lived to be over 100 yrs. and was still addressed as Lady Ann until her death in Tenn. The Howards also married to other allied families that the Praters were married to in earlier England. Example: Isabella Howard (ca. 1680's -- who was descended from Sir William Howard, Viscount and Earl of Stafford) married Sir John Paulet, Marquess of Winchester. John was descended from Sir William Paulet, Lord St. John of Nunney Castle, Nunney, Somerset, England. The Praters received Nunney Castle from their kinsman Sir William Paulet and Richard Prater owned and lived at Nunney Castle, he died in 1580. His will names our grandfather, Anthony Prater (his brother) as a Trustee to his estates (which were very numerous and sizeable) for 6 yrs. until his son and heir became of age. Richards son and heir was named after his grandfather George Prater of Latton Manor, Latton, Wiltshire, England. As stated before, there are many other such allied families of earlier England that Praters/Prathers/Praytors continued to marry into. Guillaume Tonnelier born about 1675 in France, with his wife, whose name is unknown, and a son, settled near Scarbrrough, North Riding, Yorkshire, England in 1702/3. The name was Anglicized to Tunnel. Their son, William Tunnel, born ca. 1702/3 in France, married Lady Ann Howard and then in about 1736 they emigrated to the Colonies in America and settled near Fredricksburg, Va. Later they moved to Fairfax Co., William Tunnel died 28 Dec., 1787. His wife Lady Ann Howard Tunnel died 18 Feb., 1814 (at 104 years old). One of their sons, Stephen Tunnel was a Methodist Minister married Kezsia Money in 1776 in Georgetown, Md. Stephen and Kezsia had 10 boys and one girl. 5 of the boys became ministers. One of these sons was Perry Tunnel who married Catherine Self who was of Indian lineage, and a granddaughter to John Gunter. In the summer of 1826, when at the age of 39, Perry attended a camp meeting in Alabama, preached the morning sermon, started home and died before reaching home only a few miles away. One of Perry and Catherines children was Nancy Tunnel who married Samuel Prather. (a Tunnell family researcher: Wilma Brown 4100 Algerita St. Ft. Worth, TX.) (76119 / 817-534-2468 ..... 1996.)