Individual Details
James Bailey "Jim" PRATHER
(11 Aug 1837 - 16 Nov 1889)
Events
| Birth | 11 Aug 1837 | MS |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | Franklin Co., MS | | ||
| Marriage | 13 Jul 1858 | Franklin Co., MS - Martha Ann CUPIT | | ||
| Census (family) | 1860 | Franklin Co., MS - Martha Ann CUPIT | | ||
| Military | Ca 1865 | CSA | | ||
| Census (family) | 1870 | Franklin Co., MS - Martha Ann CUPIT | | ||
| Marriage | 31 Mar 1879 | Franklin Co., MO - Emily Catherine "Emma" EMFINGER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Meadville, Franklin Co., MS - Emily Catherine "Emma" EMFINGER | | ||
| Death | 16 Nov 1889 | Franklin Co., MO | | ||
| Burial | Cool Springs Methodist Church Cemetery, Eddiceton, Franklin Co., MS | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Ann CUPIT (1842 - 1877) |
| Child | William Alonzo "Lon" PRATHER Sr. (1859 - 1917) |
| Child | Sina Alverta "Sinie" PRATHER (1861 - 1940) |
| Child | James Clark PRATHER (1863 - 1944) |
| Child | Mary Ella PRATHER (1865 - 1953) |
| Child | Perly P. PRATHER (1867 - 1909) |
| Child | Wiley Otto PRATHER (1868 - 1901) |
| Child | Rovella "Jo" PRATHER (1870 - ) |
| Child | Margaret PRATHER (1871 - 1911) |
| Child | -NN PRATHER infant (1873 - ) |
| Child | Walter Harvey PRATHER (1874 - 1935) |
| Child | Edmon PRATHER (1876 - 1900) |
| Spouse | Emily Catherine "Emma" EMFINGER (1859 - 1935) |
| Child | Calvin PRATHER (1880 - 1920) |
| Child | Roena Adeline PRATHER (1881 - 1922) |
| Child | Harmond Edmund PRATHER (1887 - 1950) |
| Child | Ethel PRATHER (1887 - 1974) |
| Child | Gordon Bailey PRATHER Sr. (1889 - 1991) |
| Father | Robert Evan PRATHER (1778 - 1866) |
| Mother | Margaret CONN (1804 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Mather Cotton "Matt" PRATHER (1828 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Wellman [William] Pickens PRATHER (1831 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Selata Jane PRATHER (1833 - 1917) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone; grave record.Census
Age 12Marriage
From: Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 (Ancestry.com).Census (family)
James B Prather 23Martha Prather 18
Robert Prather 83 [father]
Nancy Prather 60 [mother]
William Prather 8/12 [son]
Military
From grave recordCensus (family)
James B Prather Male 32 MississippiMartha J Prather Female 28 Mississippi
Wm E Prather Male 10 Mississippi
Anna A Prather Female 8 Mississippi
James C Prather Male 7 Mississippi Mary E Prather Female 5 Mississippi
Parlin P Prather Male 3 Mississippi
W O Prather Male 2 Mississippi
Revilla Prather Female 2/12 Mississippi
Marriage
3 childrenCensus (family)
V B Prather Self Male 43 MississippiEmily C Prather Wife Female 21 Mississippi
Mary E Prather Daughter Female 15 Mississippi
James C Prather Son Male 17 Mississippi
Purley P Prather Son Male 13 Mississippi
Wiley Prather Son Male 12 Mississippi
Revella Prather Daughter Female 10 Mississippi
Walter Prather Son Male 5 Mississippi
Edward Prather Son Male 4 Mississippi
Calvin Prather Son Male 0 Mississippi
Death
From gravestone; grave record.Burial
From: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (Ancestry.com).Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23055569.