Individual Details

The 1900 Census for Bouleware Twp., Gasconade Co., MO indicates both his parents were born in Scotland, so he could well not be related to the main Prater/Prather line. -- rj

Said to be the son of Thomas James Prater and Rebecca Holman, but I don't see how it fits -- there is already a James and a Silas, plus someone else born too close in 1836. -- Tamara Owens

I feel strongly that my Cyrus J. Prater is NOT the child of Rebecca Holman/Helman and her husband Thomas J. Prather BECAUSE the dates just do not work and he never was in California. -- Barbara Doshi

I did have one interesting comment from a direct descendant: "What I hear, Cyrus Prater was very mysterious. Take a look at the names of his and Virginia's children. Was he hooked on the James gang or what? Story was that he had an alias of Jim Cummins. He rode with the James Gang and also was running with the renegades after the war. I looked up this Jim Cummins, and he was in a nursing home after Cyrus died, and he also wrote a book with his picture on the inside cover. It wasn't Cyrus." "Also, Cyrus was supposed to have robbed a train right before his marriage to Virginia, and sent her some crystal wine goblets. These glasses were given to Bill's mom, along with a letter from Cyrus." -- Clifford Ocheltree

His dates may be confused with those of James Sylas "Cyrus" Prater (20290).

Birth	6 Jan 1836	Randolph Co., MO
Marriage	6 Mar 1887	Maries Co., MO - Virginia Frances "Fannie" DYSON
Census	1900	Boulware Twp., Gasconade Co., MO
Death	18 Jan 1908	MO
Alt name		Cyrus James PRATHER
Burial		Buschmann Cemetery, Gasconade Co., MO

Spouse	Virginia Frances "Fannie" DYSON (1869 - 1962)
Child	Ina Lee PRATER (1886 - 1985)
Child	Jesse James "Jess/Jessey" PRATER (1888 - 1975)
Child	Richard Franklin "Dick" PRATER (1891 - 1919)
Child	Ada Mae PRATER (1894 - 1923)
Child	Frank James PRATER (1895 - 1975)
Child	Lola Belle PRATER (1898 - 1984)
Child	Dora PRATER (1899 - 1900)
Child	Minnie PRATER (1902 - 1902)
Child	Martha Ellen PRATER (1904 - 1981)

Father	Thomas James PRATHER (1802 - 1846)
Mother	Rebecca HOLMAN (1806 - 1873)
Sibling	William Freeman PRATHER (1824 - 1898)
Sibling	James Jackson PRATHER (1824 - 1859)
Sibling	Willis G. PRATHER (1828 - 1891)
Sibling	Squire H. PRATHER (1830 - 1906)
Sibling	Phillip Holman PRATHER (1833 - 1897)
Sibling	Benjamin Franklin "Benny" PRATHER (1836 - 1910)
Sibling	Martha Jane PRATHER (1839 - 1919)
Sibling	Sarah Frances PRATHER (1843 - )
Sibling	Thomas Theodore PRATHER (1843 - 1904)
Sibling	Silas Edward PRATHER of Wise Co., TX (1846 - 1925)

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