Individual Details

Sherman Lynard PRATER

(6 Mar 1902 - 6 Jul 1981)

Events

Birth6 Mar 1902TN
Census1910Cannon Co., TN
Marriage8 Jun 1919Cannon Co., TN - Ebbie Jane PRATER
Census (family)1920Davidson Co., TN - Ebbie Jane PRATER
Census (family)1930Cannon Co., TN - Ebbie Jane PRATER
Occupation1930laborer - Cannon Co., TN
Census (family)1940Cannon Co., TN - Ebbie Jane PRATER
Marriage7 Feb 1958Rutherford Co., TN - Ruby POTTS
MarriageAft 1965Living
MarriageAft 1970Dovie S. HUGHES
Death6 Jul 1981Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN
Alt nameSherman Leonard PRATER
BurialPrater (Mears) Cemetery, Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN

Families

SpouseEbbie Jane PRATER (1897 - 1948)
ChildBessie Lee PRATER (1921 - 2013)
ChildJoseph Edward "Joe" PRATER (1922 - 2000)
ChildJohn Houston "Hookey" PRATER (1927 - 1991)
SpouseLiving
SpouseDovie S. HUGHES (1900 - 1987)
SpouseRuby POTTS (1917 - 1958)
FatherWilliam Edward "Ed" PRATER (1869 - 1935)
MotherNora Elizabeth COLLINS (1880 - 1914)
SiblingMoses PRATER (1897 - 1913)
SiblingWhitelaw PRATER (1907 - 2002)
SiblingDaisy PRATER (1910 - 1987)
SiblingRuby PRATER (1914 - 1930)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; SSDI.

Census

Age 8

Marriage

From: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com). They were 3rd cousins.

Census (family)

Sherman Prater Head Male 21 Tennessee
Eva Prater Wife Female 19 Tennessee

Census (family)

Shirman Prater Head Male 27 Tennessee
Ebbie J Prater Wife Female 26 Tennessee
Bessie L Prater Daughter Female 10 Tennessee
Joe Prater Son Male 7 Tennessee
John H Prater Son Male 2-7/12 Tennesse

Census (family)

Sherman Prater Head Male 39 Tennessee
Ibbie Prater Wife Female 39 Tennessee
Joe Prater Son Male 17 Tennessee
Houston Prater Son Male 13 Tennessee

Marriage

From: Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch). She m2 -NN Ross.

Death

From gravestone; SSDI shows just Jul 1981.

Alt name

From marriage record.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40141583.