Individual Details
Thurman PRATER
(18 Aug 1920 - 15 Mar 1979)
Events
| Birth | 18 Aug 1920 | Magoffin Co., KY |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Magoffin Co., KY | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Magoffin Co., KY | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Apr 1942 | Prestonsburg, Floyd Co., KY - Jane H. SPARKS | | ||
| Census (family) | 1950 | Floyd Co., KY - Jane H. SPARKS | | ||
| Death | 15 Mar 1979 | Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., MI | | ||
| Burial | Clarendon Cemetery, Bentleys Corner, Calhoun Co., MI |  |
Families
| Spouse | Jane H. SPARKS (1922 - 2013) |
| Child | Erve PRATER (1943 - 2021) |
| Child | Christine PRATER (1945 - 1952) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Abraham "Abe" PRATER (1896 - 1940) |
| Mother | Dora "Daisy" BAILEY (1894 - 1940) |
| Sibling | James Oral "Jimmie/Jim" PRATER (1917 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Estill PRATER (1918 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Fannie PRATER (1923 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Sherman PRATER (1924 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Markie Ellen PRATER (1927 - 2011) |
Notes
Birth
From: Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 (Ancestry.com); Gravestone shows 1920.Census
Age 9, shown as "Herman".Census
Age 19, living with parents, shown as "Themon".Marriage
From: Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 (FamilySearch.com); wife's obituary. Columbus and Thurman Prater, her two spouses, were 3rd cousins once removed.Census (family)
Thurman Prater Head M 29 years KentuckyMary Prater Daughter F 2 years Michigan
Jane Prater Wife F 28 years Kentucky
Erne Prater Son M 7 years Kentucky
Abe Prater Son M Kentucky
Christine Prater Daughter F 6 years Kentucky
Death
Gravestone shows only 1979.Endnotes
1. From Find-A-Grave website., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27897605.
2. From: David Buchroeder -- davida@edgeconnection.ca Alternate Address: gandalf8@telus.net Alternate Address: buchroeder@telus.net.