Individual Details

Thomas Benjamin "Ben" PRATER

(19 Aug 1881 - 13 Mar 1973)

Events

Birth19 Aug 1881Kenton, Hardin Co., OH
Census1900Kenton, Hardin Co., OH
Marriage25 Jun 1904Union Co., OH - Nora E. SHARP
Census (family)1920Kenton, Hardin Co., OH - Nora E. SHARP
Census (family)1930Kenton, Hardin Co., OH - Nora E. SHARP
Census1940Kenton, Hardin Co., OH
Living1942Kenton, Hardin Co., OH
Death13 Mar 1973Bay Co., FL
BurialGrove Cemetery, Kenton, Hardin Co., KY

Families

SpouseNora E. SHARP (1886 - 1967)
ChildKenneth D. PRATER (1905 - 1951)
ChildThomas Selathiel "Tom" PRATER (1911 - 1976)
ChildGretchen Charlotte PRATER (1916 - 1987)
ChildVera May PRATER (1919 - 1996)
ChildDonald E. PRATER (1922 - 1924)
FatherJohn B. PRATER (1857 - 1922)
MotherClara Ellen SPRING (1861 - 1941)
SiblingCalvin Sylvester PRATER (1880 - 1969)
SiblingCharles Emsley "Charley" PRATER (1883 - 1984)
SiblingIda Mae PRATER (1886 - 1920)
SiblingHazel E. PRATER (1891 - 1986)
SiblingMarjorie Viola "Martha" PRATER (1894 - 1986)
SiblingInez PRATER (1901 - 1910)

Notes

Birth

From Kenton, Hardin Co., OH WWII Draft Registration; SSDI; Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Ancestry.com); gravestone shows just 1881.

Census

Age 18, living with parents.

Marriage

From: Ohio County Marriages, 1790-1950 (FamilySearch)

Census (family)

Ben Prater Head Male 38 Ohio
Nora Prater Wife Female 34 Ohio
Kenneth Prater Son Male 14 Ohio
Thomas Prater Son Male 8 Ohio
Gretchen Prater Daughter Female 3 Ohio
Vera Mae Prater Daughter Female 5/12 Ohio

Census (family)

Ben T Prater 48
Nora E Prater 42
Gretchen E Prater 15
Vero May Prater 11

Census

Age 57, living with son Thomas, shown as "Ben".

Living

From Kenton, Hardin Co., OH WWII Draft Registration.

Death

From: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 (Ancestry.com); SSDI; ; gravestone shows just 1973.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112538110.