Individual Details

BIO: Court Records, Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO
Deeds and Abstracts, Book 116, Page 391
Special Warranty Deed
28 Nov 1928
Jess Prather and wife purchased from St. Joseph Land Company, Lot two, block
as show on a plat of the town of Gumbo for $500.
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General Warranty Deed
26 Dec 1928
Jess Prather and wife sold to Lawrence Edgar and wife, Lot two, Block one as
shown on a plat of the town of Gumbo for $500.
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Warranty Deed
3 Sep 1941
Jerss and Elsie Prather sold to V. C. and Florence L. Shaw 160 acres being the
North West quarter of Section 25, Township 36, Range 4, for the sum of one dollar
and other valuable considerations.

Birth	7 Sep 1896	Elvins, St. Francois Co., MO
Census	1900	Randolph, St. Francois Co., MO
Military	1917 - 1919	WWI
Miscellaneous	20 Sep 1917	enlisted in the U.S. Army - Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO
Miscellaneous	3 May 1919	was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army
Census	1920
Marriage	2 May 1920	Farmington, St. Francois Co., MO - Elsie Lucretia LOVORN
Census (family)	1930	Randolph, St. Francois Co., MO - Elsie Lucretia LOVORN
Living	1938	Gumbo, St. Francois Co., MO
Census (family)	1940	St. Francois, St. Francois Co., MO - Elsie Lucretia LOVORN
Living	1977	TX
Living	1978	Buena Park, Orange Co., CA
Death	8 Jul 1978	of bronchial pneumonia - Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA
Burial	13 Jul 1978	Mitchell Cemetery, Leadwood, St. Francois Co., MO
Obituary	20 Jul 1978	Lead Belt News - Flat River, St. Francois Co., MO
Occupation		a miner

Spouse	Elsie Lucretia LOVORN (1904 - 1946)
Child	Jessie 'Irene' PRATHER (1921 - 2003)
Child	Firman Loyd PRATHER (1923 - 1999)
Child	Living
Child	Helen Mae PRATHER (1927 - 1947)
Child	Living
Child	Floyd 'Howard' PRATHER (1931 - 2019)
Child	Charles Leonard PRATHER Sr. (1941 - 2021)

Father	William Henry "Bee" PRATHER (1860 - 1938)
Mother	Anna "Annie" WILLIAMS (1873 - 1900)
Sibling	Wade Hampton PRATHER (1892 - 1964)
Sibling	Firman PRATHER (1895 - 1960)
Sibling	Perry Edward PRATHER (1898 - 1973)
Sibling	Mary G. PRATHER (1900 - 1904)
Sibling	Alonzo "Lon" PRATHER (1903 - 1977)

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