Individual Details

Wesley "Wess" PRATER

(30 Apr 1893 - 29 Aug 1928)

Events

Birth30 Apr 1893Morehead, Rowan Co., KY
Census1900Morehead, Rowan Co., KY
Census1910Morehead, Rowan Co., KY
Marriage21 Dec 1911Rowan Co., KY - Bessie HARDIN
Living1917Morehead, Rowan Co., KY
MarriageCalc 1918Clara B. EDEN
Census1920Morehead, Rowan Co., KY
Death29 Aug 1928Rowan Co., KY

Families

SpouseBessie HARDIN (1896 - 1913)
SpouseClara B. EDEN (1901 - 1930)
ChildGrover C. PRATER (1918 - 1984)
FatherJohn 'Alfred' "Shorty" PRATHER (1873 - 1950)
MotherEliza Bell Jane HALL (1875 - 1900)
SiblingCarmen "Carmi" PRATHER (1895 - 1930)
SiblingPerry M. PRATHER (1898 - 1972)

Notes

Birth

From: WWI Morehead, KY Draft Registration.

Living

From draft registration.

Marriage

Calculated from 1930 Census -- wife was married at age 18. In the 1920 census, Wess was listed as widowed, and Clara as single, in separate households. Their son Grover was listed in the birth index as Grover Praytor, but in the 1920 census as Grover Eden. Either Grover was born out of wedlock but was given his father’s surname at birth, and Wess and Clara married sometime after 1920, or else they were married earlier, but separated in the 1920 time frame, then reunited later. -- Teri Pettit

Census

Age 26, widowed, living with brother Perry.