Individual Details

Ray W. PRATHER

(9 Dec 1894 - 2 Nov 1949)

Events

Birth9 Dec 1894Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., OH
Census1900West Union, Adams Co., OH
Census1900Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., OH
Census1910Tiffin, Senaca Co., OH
Military1 Jul 1916enlisted in National Guard - Manchester Co., OH
MilitaryCa 1918U.S. Army 37th Division - WWI
Census1920in military, Bendorf, GER
Census1920Springfield Twp., Clark Co., OH
Census1930West Union, Adams Co., OH
Death2 Nov 1949
BurialWest Union Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams Co., OH

Families

FatherWalter Wirt PRATHER (1845 - 1920)
MotherLaura B. ROBUCK (1858 - 1918)
SiblingWirt Randolph PRATHER (1875 - 1918)
SiblingAnna L. PRATHER (1877 - 1932)
SiblingWilson Thurman PRATHER (1878 - 1952)
SiblingMary Margaret PRATHER (1881 - 1944)
SiblingMack PRATHER (1882 - 1883)
SiblingClara A. PRATHER (1883 - 1940)
SiblingBessie Louise "Bess" PRATHER (1885 - 1929)
SiblingFrederick Herbert "Fred" PRATHER (1886 - 1973)
SiblingJohn Leonard PRATHER (1888 - 1973)
SiblingEdith Agnes PRATHER (1891 - 1896)
SiblingCharles Thomas "Charley" PRATHER (1893 - 1957)
SiblingDr. Reuben Grant PRATHER DDS (1896 - 1960)
SiblingDr. Harvey Conner PRATHER DDS (1897 - 1987)
SiblingDoris Alberta PRATHER (1901 - 1901)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone.

Census

Age 35, living as a boarder with brother John.

Census

Age 6, living with parents.

Census

Age 15

Military

Co L 1 Infantry ONG (Co L 148 Infantry) to Discharge Corporal 5 Aug 1917; Private 20 Nov 1917; Corporal 1 June 1918. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 23 June 1918 to 28 March 1919. Honorable discharge 21 Apr 1919.

Military

From gravestone.

Census

Age 23, living with brother Fred.

Death

From gravestone.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101659435.