Individual Details
Frances 'Margaret' "Cooch" PRATER
(10 Mar 1880 - 21 Mar 1953)
Find-A-Grave as her parents as Ark & Betts Prater. I cannot find an Ark Prater with a daughter Margaret, and the chronology does not seem to work.
Events
| Birth | 10 Mar 1880 | Floyd Co., KY |  | ||
| Marriage | 16 Oct 1897 | Blue River, Caney Creek, Floyd Co., KY - Stephen "Steve" WHITAKER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Middle Creek, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY - Stephen "Steve" WHITAKER | | ||
| Living | 1953 | West Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Death | 21 Mar 1953 | of a cerebral hemorrhage - West Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY | | ||
| Burial | 23 Mar 1953 | Jack Arnett Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY | |  | |
| Alt name | Margaret GEARHEART |
Families
| Spouse | Stephen "Steve" WHITAKER (1875 - 1971) |
| Child | Nora WHITAKER (1900 - 1920) |
| Child | Judia "Judie" WHITAKER (1902 - 1920) |
| Child | Della WHITAKER (1904 - 1920) |
| Child | Mella "Mellie/Millie" WHITAKER (1907 - 1920) |
| Child | Carrie WHITAKER (1909 - 1920) |
| Child | Susan "Susie" WHITAKER (1911 - 1920) |
| Child | Cheryl WHITAKER (1913 - 1920) |
| Child | Clara Anna WHITAKER (1910 - 1990) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Ellis WHITAKER (1918 - 1987) |
| Father | Larkin "Ark" PRATER ● (1862 - 1900) |
| Mother | Elizabeth "Betts/Betsy" (1862 - 1900) |
Notes
Birth
From: gravestone; death record shows Mar 1881 instead.Marriage
She m1 -NN Gearheart; he m2 Dollie Holbrook.Census (family)
Stephe Whitaker 48Cooch Whitaker 40
Nora Whitaker 20
Judie Whitaker 18
Della Whitaker 16
Millie Whitaker 13
Carry Whitaker 11
Susie Whitaker 9
Cheril Whitaker 7
Landie Whitaker 5-8/12
Ellis Whitaker 1-8/12
Living
From death certificate.Death
From: gravestone; KY Death Certificate #9737; Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 (Ancestry.com)Burial
From death certificate.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126342881/margaret-whittaker.