Individual Details

Nelson R. PRATHER

(13 Feb 1902 - 4 May 1982)

Events

Birth13 Feb 1902
Census1910Chariton, Randolph Co., MO
Census1920Chariton, Randolph Co., MO
Marriage20 Jan 1926Huntsville, Andrew Co., MO - Agnes L. CORDER
Census (family)1930Cairo, Randolph Co., MO - Agnes L. CORDER
Living1935Moberly, Randolph Co., MO
Marriage1936Geneva Mae "Eva" MORRIS
Census (family)1940Marshall, Saline Co., MO - Geneva Mae "Eva" MORRIS
Living1941Marshall, Saline Co., MO
Death4 May 1982
MarriageGertrude
BurialRoselawn Memorial Park, Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN

Families

SpouseAgnes L. CORDER (1908 - 1930)
ChildLiving
SpouseGeneva Mae "Eva" MORRIS (1898 - 1987)
SpouseGertrude (1893 - 1971)
FatherMoses Benton "Mose" PRATHER (1861 - 1941)
MotherLeala Belle LEVELL (1882 - 1914)
SiblingJohn Edmond "Johnnie" PRATHER (1899 - 1953)
SiblingOpal Donnie PRATHER (1901 - 1986)
SiblingMyrtle PRATHER (1903 - 1956)
SiblingMaryetta PRATHER (1909 - 1957)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

Gravestone shows just 1902.

Census

Age 6

Census

Age 16, living with father. Note that the 1940 Census shows him with three older children, the eldest Russell Prather born calc 1919. Could they have been adopted children that his second wife Eva had by a prior marriage?

Marriage

From: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (Ancestry.com)

Census (family)

Nelson R Prather 26
Agnes L Prather 22
Lou A Prather 1-9/12

Living

From 1940 Census.

Marriage

She m1 1917 Frank Delbert Kessler.

Census (family)

Nelson Prather 36
Eva Prather 41
Russell Prather 21 [stepson, son of Eva Morris & Frank Kessler]
Franklin Prather 19 [stepson, son of Eva Morris & Frank Kessler]
Sylvia Norman 19 [stepdaughter, son of Eva Morris & Frank Kessler]
Roger Eugene Norman 3/12 [step grandson, son of Sylvia]

Living

From father's obituary.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181907260/nelson-r-prather.