Individual Details

John 'Bosey' PRATER

(18 Apr 1885 - 21 Jan 1949)

Events

Birth18 Apr 1885Carter Co., KY
Census1900Carter Co., KY
Marriage16 Apr 1910Johnson Co., KY - Elizabeth "Lizzie" RATLIFF
Census (family)1920Caw, Floyd Co., KY - Elizabeth "Lizzie" RATLIFF
Census (family)1930Floyd Co., KY - Elizabeth "Lizzie" RATLIFF
Census (family)1940Knott Co., KY - Elizabeth "Lizzie" RATLIFF
Death21 Jan 1949of coronary thrombosis - Garrett, Floyd Co., KY
Burial25 Jan 1949Tom Martin Cemetery, Garrett Co., KY
Occupationcoal miner

Families

SpouseElizabeth "Lizzie" RATLIFF (1891 - 1977)
ChildBeatrice PRATER (1911 - 1983)
ChildEdith 'Mae' PRATER (1913 - 1997)
ChildErnest D. PRATER (1915 - 1982)
ChildArnold "Arnel" PRATER (1917 - 1941)
ChildDouglas PRATER (1919 - 1982)
ChildEllen PRATER (1924 - 1997)
ChildJames PRATER (1927 - 1975)
ChildLiving
FatherWilliam 'Henderson' "St. Vides" PRATER (1855 - 1900)
MotherEllen ROSEBERRY ( - 1897)
SiblingLiving
SiblingLiza PRATER (1880 - )
SiblingSusan PRATER (1888 - 1900)
SiblingFrank PRATER (1889 - 1972)
SiblingSissy PRATER (1897 - 1900)

Notes

Birth

Last digit on birth year was illegible on death certificate.

Census

Age 15

Marriage

From Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 (FamilySearch).

Census (family)

Basey Prater Head M 38 Kentucky
Elizebeth Prater Wife F 28 Kentucky
Bettres Prater Daughter F 8 Kentucky
May Prater Daughter F 6 Kentucky
Earnest Prater Son M 4Kentucky
Arnel Prater Son M 2 Kentucky
Thomas Prater Son M 0 Kentucky

Census (family)

John Prater 46
Lizzie Prater 39
Beatrice Prater 18
May Prater 16
Ernest Prater 14
Arnold Prater 12
Dudlus Prater 11
Ellen Prater 6
James Prater 3-1/12

Census (family)

John Prater Head M 58 Kentucky
Lizzie Prater Wife F 49 Kentucky
Douglas Prater Son M 20 Kentucky
Ellen Prater Daughter F 15 Kentucky
James Prater Son M 13 Kentucky
Geraldine Prater Daughter F 10 Kentucky
Hughes Granddaughter F 9 Kentucky
Lilly Hughes Granddaughter F 7 Kentucky
Betty Louise Hughes Granddaughter F 5 Kentucky

Death

From KY Death Certificate #2365.

Burial

From death certificate.

Occupation

From death certificate.