Individual Details
John Wesley PRATER
(23 Nov 1878 - 18 Nov 1925)
Events
| Birth | 23 Nov 1878 | Hunt Co., TX |  | ||
| Census | 1880 | Smith Co., TX | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Hunt Co., TX | | ||
| Marriage | 30 Dec 1905 | Lassater, Marion Co., TX - Bessie Irene SIMMONS | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX - Bessie Irene SIMMONS | | ||
| Living | 1917 | Ellis Co., TX | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Marion Co., TX | |||
| Death | 18 Nov 1925 | | |||
| Burial | Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK |  |
Families
| Spouse | Bessie Irene SIMMONS (1887 - 1977) |
| Child | Alice Gertrude PRATER (1906 - 1983) |
| Child | Horace Milton PRATER (1909 - 1985) |
| Child | John Edward PRATER attorney (1914 - 1953) |
| Child | William Travis PRATER (1919 - 1941) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Josephus Orcenith Fisher PRATER (1854 - 1911) |
| Mother | Octavia Pearlea "Octavie" ELLIS (1860 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Stella L. PRATER (1884 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Maud PRATER (1888 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Boyd "Ben" PRATER (1889 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Lula "Lou" PRATER (1892 - 1951) |
| Sibling | William PRATER (1901 - 1910) |
Notes
Birth
From: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch); gravestone shows just 1878 (see stone in wife's Find-A-Grave listing).Census
Age 1Census
Age 21, living with parents.Marriage
She m2 1931 Robert Lee Keys.Census (family)
John W Prater Head Male 31 TexasBessie Prater Wife Female 22 Texas
Alice Prater Daughter Female 3 Texas
Horace M Prater Son Male 1 Texas
Living
From draft registration.Death
Gravestone shows just 1925 (see stone in wife's Find-A-Grave listing).Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Prater&GSiman=1&GScid=99406&GRid=6329557&.