Individual Details
James Route PRATER
(31 Dec 1898 - 6 Apr 1977)
from son's obituary
Some online genealogies show him as the son of Joseph Hugh Prater & Juda Bentley.
Some online genealogies show him as the son of Joseph Hugh Prater & Juda Bentley.
Events
| Birth | 31 Dec 1898 | Myrtle, Floyd Co., KY |  |  | |
| Census | 1900 | Meadows, Magoffin Co., KY | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Abbott, Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Living | 1917 | Myrtle, Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Nov 1918 | Myrtle, Floyd Co., KY - Ella Caroline MAY | |||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Abbott, Floyd Co., KY - Ella Caroline MAY | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Marrowbone, Pike Co., KY | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Floyd Co., KY - Ella Caroline MAY | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Floyd Co., KY - Ella Caroline MAY | | ||
| Death | 6 Apr 1977 | Portsmouth, Wayne Twp., Scioto Co., OH | | ||
| Burial | Mershon Cemetery, West Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH | |
Families
| Spouse | Ella Caroline MAY (1902 - 1985) |
| Child | Marie PRATER (1920 - 2019) |
| Child | Lawrence Lee "Larry" PRATER (1922 - 1991) |
| Child | Edith Irene PRATER (1924 - 1925) |
| Child | Garnet May PRATER (1926 - 2016) |
| Child | Carl James PRATER (1928 - 2010) |
| Child | Edward Sherman PRATER (1930 - 1930) |
| Child | Frank Harold PRATER (1932 - 2011) |
| Child | Eunice A. PRATER (1936 - 2018) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Janet Faye PRATER (1940 - 2002) |
| Child | Ernest PRATER ( - 2009) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Gaylord Wayne PRATER (1948 - 1949) |
| Father | Alexander "Alex/Elec" PRATER (1874 - 1942) |
| Mother | Artimissa "Artie" ENGLAND (1874 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Dennis Edward PRATER (1892 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Lovelia "Lovely" PRATER (1896 - 1942) |
| Sibling | Amos PRATER (1900 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Wayne "Waynie" PRATER (1903 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Alice PRATER (1906 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Homer PRATER (1913 - 1962) |
Notes
Birth
From 1917 Floyd Co., KY WW1 Draft Registration; gravestone shows just 1898.Census
Age 1Census
Age 12Living
From draft registration.Census (family)
James Prater 21Ella Prater 17
Mayree Prater 8/12
Census
Age 21, living with brother Dennis. Where's his wife & child?Census (family)
James Prater Head M 31 KENTUCKYElla Prater Wife F 27 KENTUCKY
Marie Prater Daughter F 10 KENTUCKY
Lawrence Prater Son M 7 KENTUCKY
Garnet M Prater Daughter F 3 KENTUCKY
Census (family)
James J Prater Head M 41 KentuckyElla Prater Wife F 37 Kentucky
Laurence Prater Son M 17 Kentucky
Garnett M Prater Daughter F 13 Kentucky
Carl Prater Son M 11 Kentucky
Frank Prater Son M 7 Kentucky
Earnest Prater Son M 5 Kentucky
Eunice Prater Daughter F 3 Kentucky
Rosetta Prater Daughter F 1 Kentucky
Death
Gravestone shows just 1977.Endnotes
1. From: Howard Lanham -- , http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hflanham&id=I14075.
2. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=1978562&GRid=75505240&.