Individual Details
Benjamin Joseph "Ben" PRATOR
(26 Nov 1889 - 24 May 1963)
Order of given names from gravestone.
We have a problem here. I have him marrying twice -- first to Mattie A. Bryant in 1911, having one child; secondly to Erne Simpson in 1918, having two children. Unfortunately, we now have two different 1930 Census, one with each wife. Either he was a bigamist, or we're dealing with two different Ben Prators in Cass Co., TX at the same time.
We have a problem here. I have him marrying twice -- first to Mattie A. Bryant in 1911, having one child; secondly to Erne Simpson in 1918, having two children. Unfortunately, we now have two different 1930 Census, one with each wife. Either he was a bigamist, or we're dealing with two different Ben Prators in Cass Co., TX at the same time.
Events
Families
| Spouse | Mattie Irene BRYANT (1891 - 1968) |
| Child | Dr. Ben Rollin PRATOR (1914 - 1990) |
| Father | O'Jeter Bell "Jeter" PRATOR (1861 - 1935) |
| Mother | Maggie Rebekah JOHNSON (1868 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Harry Melvin PRATOR Sr. (1886 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Annie Cornelia PRATOR (1887 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Oliver Bell "Ollie" PRATOR (1891 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Mattie Mae PRATOR (1893 - 1985) |
| Sibling | James Willis "Willie" PRATOR (1896 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Thelma Estell PRATOR (1904 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Guy Bartlett PRATOR (1907 - 1980) |
Notes
Birth
From: gravestone; SSDI.Census
Age 10, shown as "Joseph B. Prichard"Census
Age 19, shown as "Benjamin J. Prator".Census
Age 27, shown as "Joseph B. Prator".Census (family)
Ben J Prator 40Mattie A Prator 39
Death
From: gravestone.Endnotes
1. Cass Co., TX - Index to Marriages 1847- 2002.
2. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169166578/benjamin-joseph-prator.

