Individual Details
Moses Ulysses "Tidy" PRATER
(27 Jul 1889 - 10 Nov 1957)
Spelling of nickname from marriage record & gravestone. It was told in the family that when he was about 7, he was showing off the new britches his mother made for him when someone declared, "Now don't he look tidy in those!" Hence his unusual nickname.
Events
| Birth | 27 Jul 1889 | TN |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Cannon Co., TN | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Cannon Co., TN | | ||
| Marriage | 25 Apr 1912 | Coffee Co., TN - Sarah Delora DUKE | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Thebes, Alexander Co., IL - Sarah Delora DUKE | | ||
| Marriage | 14 Nov 1925 | Cannon Co., TN - Della Aliean "Allie" MOONGHAM | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Cannon Co., TN - Della Aliean "Allie" MOONGHAM | | ||
| Death | 10 Nov 1957 | Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN | | ||
| Obituary | Ca 11 Nov 1957 | memorial from Blume Funeral Home | |||
| Burial | 13 Nov 1957 | Prater (Mears) Cemetery, Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Della Aliean "Allie" MOONGHAM (1906 - 1999) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Hazel PRATER (1930 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Sarah Delora DUKE (1895 - 1921) |
| Child | Mary P. PRATER (1912 - 1920) |
| Child | Orin PRATER (1914 - 1957) |
| Child | Marvin James PRATER (1915 - 1950) |
| Child | Robert PRATER (1918 - 1957) |
| Child | Estel William PRATER (1920 - 2011) |
| Father | Moses Ulysses Uriah "L.E." PRATER (1838 - 1915) |
| Mother | Tennessee COLLINS (1862 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Lucinda "Lucindy" PRATER (1890 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Samual Arley "Sam" PRATER (1893 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Jenny Lee "Jennie" PRATER (1896 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Jane "Eliza/Lizzie" PRATER (1896 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Lilly Mae PRATER (1898 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Dewey P. "Dewie" PRATER (1902 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Charlie PRATER ( - 1900) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone. Birth year is shown as 1888 on his WWI draft registration.Census
Age 10Census
Age 20, living with parents, shown as "Tida".Marriage
From: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com); Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch).Census (family)
Tidy M Prater Head Male 32 TennesseeSarah Prater Wife Female 25 Tennessee
Mary P Prater Daughter Female 8 Tennessee
Orda Prater Son Male 6 Missouri
Marvin Prater Son Male 4-10/12 Tennessee
Robert Prater Son Male 2-4/12 Tennessee
Ernest Duke Brother-in-law Male 17 Tennessee
William Dixon Boarder Male 56 Missouri
Marriage
From: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com)Census (family)
Lidy Prater 40Alline Prater 22
Raymond Prater 1-2/12
Death
From gravestone.Burial
From obituary.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122071751.