Individual Details
Benjamin Daniel "Ben/Bennie" PRATER
(24 Dec 1887 - 5 Aug 1956)
Gravestone shows just "Ben D. Prater". Middle name from death certificate.
Events
| Birth | 24 Dec 1887 | Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., MO |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., MO | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., MO | | ||
| Military | 1918 - 1919 | Sgt., U.S. Army - WWI | |||
| Living | 1919 | Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Grand River, Cass Co., MO | | ||
| Marriage | 15 Mar 1922 | Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO - Zelah Avis BULLOCK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO - Zelah Avis BULLOCK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO - Zelah Avis BULLOCK | | ||
| Marriage | 2 Aug 1942 | Cass Co., MO - Colene Francis SWITZER | | ||
| Death | 5 Aug 1956 | of a cerebral embolism - Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO | | ||
| Burial | 7 Aug 1956 | Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., MO | |  | |
| Alt name | Ben Daniel PRATER | |
Families
| Spouse | Zelah Avis BULLOCK (1896 - 1940) |
| Spouse | Colene Francis SWITZER (1894 - 1961) |
| Father | James Allen PRATER (1856 - 1934) |
| Mother | Martha Alice "Mattie" BLEDSOE (1864 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Willa Mae "Willie" PRATER (1879 - 1914) |
| Sibling | Minnie Alice PRATER (1882 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Nelle "Nellie" PRATER (1884 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Leroy Charles "Roy" PRATER (1890 - 1897) |
Notes
Birth
From: death certificate; U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Ancestry.com); WWI Draft Registration; United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (FamilySearch); gravestone shows just 1887.Census
Age 14, shown as "Bennie".Census
Age 22m living with father.Living
From military record.Census
Age 32, living alone.Marriage
From: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002; Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (FamilySearch).Census (family)
Ben David Prater Head Male 42 MissouriZelah Avis Prater Wife Female 34 Missouri
Clara Bird Bullock Mother-in-law Female 75 Ohio
Census (family)
Ben D Prater 52Zelak B Prater 44
Martha B Prater 75 [mother]
Betty J Beason 15
Marriage
From: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002; Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (FamilySearch). She m2 Glenn A. Crockett.Death
From: MO Death Certificaate #23059; United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (FamilySearch); Gravestone shows just 1956.Burial
From death certificate.Alt name
Find-A-GraveEndnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76190689.