John Samuel Prather

1860 - 1943  (83 years)

• Name	John Samuel Prather
  Born	28 Apr 1860	Somerset, Pulaski Co., Ky.
  Gender	Male
  Died	09 Nov 1943	Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Occupation	Rancher
  	Law enforcement
  Person ID	I73750	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	William Frederick Prather,   b. 1828, ,Pulaski, Ky ,   d. Aft 1880, ,Pulaski, Ky  (Age > 53 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Martha Patsy Ann Hart,   b. Abt 1835, ,Pulaski, Ky ,   d. 13 Jul 1875, ,Pulaski, Ky  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	12 Dec 1853	Pulaski Co., Ky.
  Family ID	F26624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Godley,   b. 23 Apr 1862, Louisiana ,   d. 23 Oct 1936, Saint Jo, Montague Co., Texas  (Age 74 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1890	of Montague, Tx
  Notes	!Has a 2nd death,9 Nov 1913,Nocona,Montague,TX. WJP
  Children	1. Mary Callaway Prather,   b. of Okla.  [Natural]   2. Lora Lee Prather, Lona,   b. 26 Sep 1891, of Okla.  [Natural]   3. Grissom Bartlett Prather,   b. 11 Feb 1893, Leon, Okla. ,   d. 05 Jun 1978, Nocona, Montague Co., Texas  (Age 85 years)  [Natural]   4. Miriam Prather,   b. 09 Nov 1894, of Okla. or Tx. ,   d. 02 May 1896, Nocona, Montague, Tx  (Age 1 years)  [Natural]   5. Living Prather  [Natural]   6. John Samuel Prather, II,   b. 28 Oct 1901, of Okla. or Tx. ,   d. 20 Mar 1903, Nocona, Montague, Tx  (Age 1 years)  [Natural]   7. Living Prather  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John moved from Ky. to Okla. and settled near Leon, Okla., his son Grissom was born there. Later he moved to Ft. Worth, TX. On May 12, 1894, J.S.Prather, Mr. Madsen, and Louis Eichoff arrested Felix Young. Ten days later, those three men and several others trailed and arrested o;utlaw Vic Casey. Casey was wounded during his arrest and died before he stood trial. On Nov. 24, 1894, four men attempted to rob the Panhandle Express at Canadian, Tx. but botched the job. Prather, Eichoff, Madsen, and William Banks followed the would-be robbers and arrested them, apparenty with no resistance. In April, 1895, the Bill Dooin gang held up the Rock Island train at dover, near Kingfisher, Okla. Prather and Banks wsere among the several men in the posse which trailed them. They caught up with the gang, and in a sharp gun battle, outlaw "Tulas Jack" was killed. From: Western Publications, Stillwater, Okla. (Sept., 1995) Submitted to this researcher by: Wm.C.Bailey Broken Arrow, Okla. (1995)