Individual Details

William Anderson "Willie" PRATER

(8 Nov 1872 - 23 Apr 1955)

Events

Birth8 Nov 1872Laclede Co., MO
Census1880Bledsoe Co., TN
MarriageCa 1899Louisa "Lulu/Lou" FERGUSON
Census (family)1900Bledsoe Co., TN - Louisa "Lulu/Lou" FERGUSON
Census (family)1910Bledsoe Co., TN - Louisa "Lulu/Lou" FERGUSON
Census (family)1920Bledsoe Co., TN - Louisa "Lulu/Lou" FERGUSON
Census1940Bledsoe Co., TN
Death23 Apr 1955of heart disease & malnutrition - Bledsoe Co., TN
Burial24 Apr 1955Pikeville Cemetery, Pikeville, Bledsoe Co., TN

Families

SpouseLouisa "Lulu/Lou" FERGUSON (1886 - 1930)
ChildJack 'LeRoy' PRATER (1905 - 1991)
ChildIsaac Claude PRATER (1909 - 1979)
FatherJohn 'Anderson' PRATER (1840 - 1884)
MotherMary Bethany Elizabeth "Beth/Lizzie" WATERMAN (1845 - 1920)
SiblingGeorge W. PRATER (1861 - 1928)
SiblingJohn Ervin PRATER (1864 - 1880)
SiblingNancy Elizabeth PRATER (1868 - 1946)
SiblingDorcas Jane "Janie" PRATER (1870 - 1929)
SiblingJames Thomas "Tom" PRATER (1880 - 1963)
SiblingSarah 'Parthenia' PRATER (1884 - 1903)

Notes

Birth

From death certificate.

Marriage

From 1900 Census.

Census (family)

1900 census of Bledsoe Co., TN
William Prater b. May, 1873, married 0
Lula b. Feb., 1885, 0 born and 0 living

Census (family)

With wife, in household of father-in-law John Ferguson.
William Prater 38
Lou Prater 25
Le Roy Prater 5
Isaac Prater 1

Census (family)

1920 Census of Bledsoe Co., TN
William A. Prater, 47
Louisa, 34
LeRoy, 13
Isaac, C., 10
(William Prater is listed beside his father-in-law John Ferguson).

Census

Age 67, living with son Isaac.

Death

From: TN Death Certificate #55-07013; Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 (Ancestry.com)

Burial

From death certificate.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90868792/william-anderson-prater#source.