Individual Details

Spelling of surname from 1910 Census. The 1880 Census, when he was living with his parents shows "Prator". His 1942 death record indicates his mother was Mary Ellen Graham. I find no other documentation to verify this. Perhaps Graham was her second marriage.

Birth	4 Nov 1875	Franklin Co., VA
Census	1880	Blackwater, Franklin Co., VA
Marriage	13 Jul 1894	Montgomery Co., VA - Fannie GRAHAM
Census	1910	Falls, Fayette Co., WV
Marriage	20 Nov 1910	Floyd Co., VA - Iowa Lee UNDERWOOD
Death	29 Mar 1942	Fayette Co., WV
Alt name		Owen Henry PRATER
Burial		Humphrey Cemetery, Willis Branch, Fayette Co., VA

Spouse	Fannie GRAHAM (1870 - 1909)
Child	Annie Virginia PRATHER (1895 - 1968)
Child	William 'Lewis' PRATHER Sr. (1897 - 1989)
Child	James Samuel "Sam" PRATHER (1903 - 1946)

Spouse

Iowa Lee UNDERWOOD (1869 - 1940)

Father	George Washington PRATER of Floyd Co., VA (1835 - 1912)
Mother	Mary Ann RADFORD (1841 - 1880)
Sibling	Pleasant Granvelle "Plez" PRATER (1858 - 1935)
Sibling	Amanda "Mandy" PRATER (1862 - 1935)
Sibling	James Edward PRATER (1866 - 1926)
Sibling	Charles Wilbur PRATER (1869 - 1880)
Sibling	Turner Ashby PRATER (1872 - 1947)
Sibling	Homer G. PRATER (1878 - 1880)

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