Individual Details
Roscoe Vernon PRATHER
(28 Oct 1897 - 7 Apr 1969)
Events
| Birth | 28 Oct 1897 | Madison Twp., Coles Co., IL |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Paradise, Coles Co., IL | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Mattoon, Coles Co., IL | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1920 | Coles Co., IL - Verbal Madera TUCKER | |||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Mattoon, Coles Co., IL - Verbal Madera TUCKER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Lafayette Twp., Coles Co., IL - Verbal Madera TUCKER | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Sep 1952 | Dorothy Virginia DAVIDSON | | ||
| Death | 7 Apr 1969 | Mattoon, Coles Co., IL | | ||
| Burial | Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., IL |  |
Families
| Spouse | Verbal Madera TUCKER (1907 - 1973) |
| Child | Helen Irene PRATHER (1921 - 1995) |
| Child | Robert Alonzo "Bob" PRATHER (1923 - 1996) |
| Child | William Gene "Bill/Billy" PRATHER (1928 - 2011) |
| Child | Sandra Kay PRATHER (1940 - 1940) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Dorothy Virginia DAVIDSON (1912 - 1992) |
| Father | S. Rufus PRATHER (1873 - 1904) |
| Mother | Neoskaleta Osley "Nancy" EASTER (1876 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Hazel Bell PRATHER (1900 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Zora Susan PRATHER (1901 - 1989) |
Notes
Birth
From: Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940 (FamilySearch); gravestone shows just 1897.Census
Age 3Census
Age 22, single, boarder.Census (family)
Dougherty Prather Head Male 31 IllinoisVerbal M Prather Wife Female 24 Kentucky
Helen I Prather Daughter Female 9 Illinois
Robert L Prather Son Male 7 Illinois
William G Prather Son Male 2 Illinois
Census (family)
Roscoe Prather Head Male 38 IllinoisVerbal Prather Wife Female 34 Kentucky
Robert Prather Son Male 16 Illinois
Billy Prather Son Male 12 Illinois
Marriage
From: shared gravestone; husband's obituary.Death
From wife's obituary; gravestone shows just 1969..Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70112781/roscoe-vernon-prather#source.