Individual Details

The spelling of this surname changes to Prater in Texas.

1880 Census. Freestone Co, TX, Hh 460
Loyd P. Prater, age 21, b. GA
Mary, wife, 25, b. LA
Cicero C., 2, son, b. TX
Frances E., dau, age 1, b. TX
Aron Priest, age 17, laborer, b. TX
Alexander Crook, 24, laborer, b. AL

I think that Mary died fairly young, probably before 1883, and Lloyd remarried to Eliza Parker.
1900 Census, Campbells Store, Anderson Co, TX, Hh 46
Loyd P. Prater, b. Apr 1852, age 48, married 17 years. b. AR, father b. LA, mother b. GA
Eliza J., wife, b. Apr 1863, age 37; has had 7 children and 5 are living, b. TX
Jay D., son, b. Jun 1887, age 13
Bertha M., dau, b. Sep 1889, age 10
James L., son, b. Dec 1892, age 7
Nancy P., dau, b. Feb 1896, age 4
Francis E., dau, b. July 1897, age 2

1910 Census. Justice Prec 3, Anderson Co, TX, Hh 165
Loyd P. Prater, age 54, married twice, 27 years this last time, b. AL, mother b. GA
Lizza L., wife, age 46, married once for 27 years, 8 children, but only 5 are living, b. TX
J. D., son, 24. James, son, 16. Nancie A., dau, 12.

1920 Census. Benson Springs, Anderson Co, TX
Pitchford Prater, age 71, b. GA. Eliza, wife, age 54, b. TX.

Texas Death Certificate #26977
Lloyd Pich Prater of Grapeland, Anderson Co TX, died 31 Aug 1926 of heart failure. Said to be about 65 - his birth was marked out and rewritten - the original was Aug 31, 1926, then June 1851. Neither was correct. His parents were unknown. The informant was J. D. Prater.

Buried Muse Cemetery, Slocum, Anderson Co, TX
Loy Pitchford Prater, b. 9 Jun 1856, d. 31 Aug 1925.
Eliza Jane Parker Prater; b. 1864, d. 1935
Buried Garden of Memories, Elkhart, Anderson co TX
J. D. Prater, b. 1884, d. 1964 [the census shows he was born 1887]

Birth	9 Jun 1856	Georgia
Marriage	10 Jul 1876	Smith County, Texas - Mary Higginbotham
Marriage	27 Dec 1882	Cherokee County, Texas - Eliza Jane Parker
Death	31 Aug 1926	Anderson County, Texas

Spouse	Mary Higginbotham (1853 - 1882)
Child	Carter Cicero Prater (1878 - )
Child	Frances E. Prater (1879 - )

Spouse

Eliza Jane Parker (1864 - 1935)

Father	Jeff F. Prather (1820 - 1880)
Mother	Nancy [Prather] (1830 - )
Sibling	Martha Jane Prather (1848 - )
Sibling	Benjamin Prather (1852 - )
Sibling	John C. Prather (1856 - )
Sibling	Rockford Prather (1858 - )
Sibling	Cicero Prater (1860 - )