Individual Details

William Beckwith PRATHER

(Calc 4 Dec 1812 - 19 Mar 1882)

He owned a Donation Land Claim in southern Polk Co (just south of present-day Independence), that is still (1996) owned by the Prather family.

Events

Birth	Calc 4 Dec 1812	Hampshire Co., VA (now WV)
Emigration	1845	Hampshire Co., VA (now WV) to Polk Co., IN
Marriage	28 Dec 1848	Marysville, Benton Co., OR - Clara 'Barbara' DERR
Census (family)	1860	Lane, Polk Co., OR - Clara 'Barbara' DERR
Census (family)	1880	Buena Vista, Polk Co., OR - Clara 'Barbara' DERR
Death	19 Mar 1882	Buena Vista, Polk Co., OR
Burial		Buena Vista Cemetery, Buena Vista, Polk Co., OR

Families

Spouse	Clara 'Barbara' DERR (1824 - 1881)
Child	Perry Wright PRATHER (1849 - 1888)
Child	Martha PRATHER (1852 - 1908)
Child	James M. PRATHER (1855 - 1922)
Child	Eliza Jane "Jennie" PRATHER (1857 - 1933)
Child	Martin Van Buren PRATHER (1859 - 1933)
Child	Miles Newton "Newt" PRATHER (1861 - 1924)
Child	Ruth E. PRATHER (1864 - 1891)
Child	Bertha PRATHER (1868 - 1880)

Father	Silas Humstead PRATHER (1780 - 1849)
Mother	Ann Harrison MALLORY (1787 - 1873)
Sibling	Elizabeth Jane PRATHER (1808 - 1809)
Sibling	Laban Austin PRATHER (1810 - 1880)
Sibling	John Hutchinson PRATHER (1812 - 1855)
Sibling	Lucy PRATHER (1816 - 1816)
Sibling	Theodore Williamson PRATHER (1817 - 1880)
Sibling	Samuel PRATHER (1818 - 1818)
Sibling	Rhoda PRATHER (1819 - 1820)
Sibling	Van Buren PRATHER (1821 - 1900)
Sibling	Thomas PRATHER (1824 - 1824)
Sibling	Socratorious PRATHER (1825 - 1847)
Sibling	Anna Mariah [Marie] PRATHER (1829 - 1890)
Sibling	Silas Humstead PRATHER (1831 - 1895)
Sibling	Martha Malvina PRATHER (1832 - 1904)

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