Individual Details

Columbus DeVirgie "Tom" PRATER

(3 Oct 1896 - 12 Mar 1976)

Events

Birth3 Oct 1896Wayne Co., TN
Census1900Wayne Co., TN
Census1910Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Marriage20 Feb 1915Wayne Co., TN - Nancy B. PARKER
Living1918Clifton, Wayne Co., TN
Census (family)1920Wayne Co., TN - Nancy B. PARKER
Census (family)1930Decatur Co., TN - Nancy B. PARKER
Living1935Wayne Co., TN
Census (family)1940Wayne Co., TN - Nancy B. PARKER
Death12 Mar 1976Waynesboro, Wayne Co., TN
BurialPraters Chapel (Old Warrington) Cemetery, Clifton, Wayne Co., TN

Families

SpouseNancy B. PARKER (1895 - 1981)
ChildLiving
ChildBonnie Opal PRATER (1919 - )
ChildLee PRATER (1920 - 1930)
ChildJames 'Kirk' "Bubo" PRATER (1922 - 1997)
ChildRobert E. PRATER (1925 - 2003)
ChildHerbet D. PRATER (1929 - 1930)
FatherJames S. PRATER (1865 - 1919)
MotherJemima "Mimie" SMITH (1870 - 1925)
SiblingWilliam 'Allen' PRATER (1890 - 1968)
SiblingOma 'Martha' PRATER (1892 - 1984)
SiblingEugene 'Hershal' PRATER (1902 - 1930)
SiblingEstella PRATER (1903 - 1920)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; 1918 Wayne Co., TN WWI Draft Registration

Census

Age 3, shown as "Virgie".

Census

Age 13

Marriage

From: Wayne Co., TN Marriage Record Book 191-35; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com). He is shown as "Tom".

Living

From 1918 Wayne Co., TN WWI Draft Registration;

Census (family)

Tom Prater 23
Nancy Prater 24
Myrtle Prater 2-1/12
Lee Prater 2/12

Census (family)

Tom Prater 33
Nancy Prater 33
Myrtle Prater 12
Bonnie Prater 10
Curk Prater 8
Robert Prater 4
Herbet Prater 1

Living

From 1940 Census.

Census (family)

Tom Prater 43
Nancy Prater 44
Bonnie Prater 20
Kirk Prater 18
Robert E Prater 14

Death

From: gravestone; cemetery record.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137907075/tom-d-prater#source.