Individual Details

William Harrison "Shorty" PRATHER

(25 Oct 1836 - 4 Oct 1893)

Events

Birth25 Oct 1836Kentucky Co., VA (now Madison Co., KY)
Census1850Pulaski Co., KY
Census1860Middleton, Lafayette Co., MO
Military18611st Lt., MO State Guards - CSA
Marriage7 Nov 1866Dallas, Dallas Co., TX - Ann Elizabeth "Bessie" EDMONDSON
Death4 Oct 1893Dallas, Dallas Co., TX

Families

SpouseAnn Elizabeth "Bessie" EDMONDSON (1840 - 1900)
ChildEdwin "Ed" PRATHER (1869 - 1900)
ChildJesse PRATHER (1870 - )
ChildW. Harry PRATHER (1877 - 1900)
ChildHugh Edmondson PRATHER (1879 - 1959)
ChildPhillip T. PRATHER (1873 - 1900)
FatherPhilip PRATHER (1799 - 1885)
MotherElizabeth DOLLARHIDE (1803 - 1885)
SiblingThomas Dollarhide PRATHER (1826 - 1911)
SiblingRebecca PRATHER (1829 - 1853)
SiblingMargaret Ann PRATHER (1831 - 1878)
SiblingElizabeth B. PRATHER (1833 - 1908)
SiblingGalin Marion PRATHER (1839 - 1840)
SiblingJohn Holman PRATHER twin (1839 - 1840)
SiblingJames PRATHER (1840 - 1850)
SiblingEmmiline Francis PRATHER (1843 - 1847)
SiblingEmma Pauline PRATHER (1849 - 1852)

Notes

Birth


Census

Age 14

Census

Age 22, living with parents.

Military

In May of 1861 he enlisted in the Confed. Army as 1st. Lieut. State Guards of Mo. under the command of Capt. Gordon, in Col. Graves Reg. He fought in the battles of Carthage, Lexington, and Oak Hills. He then went into the Regular Army (Confed.) in Capt. Taylors Co., 6th Reg. Mo. Infantry as 2nd. Lieut. He then fought in other battles such as Corinth and Vicksburg. He was wounded in the left leg, and taken prisoner. The Union Army surgeons amputated his leg at a hospital at Vicksburg.