Individual Details

Troy PRATER

(1915 - 15 Jun 1957)

Events

Birth1915KY
Census1920Sandy River, McDowell Co., WV
Census1930Knox, Pike Co., KY
Census1940Pike Co., KY
MarriageBef 1941Lexie PRATER
Death15 Jun 1957Lindsey, Mingo Co., WV
Burial17 Jun 1957by a crushed skull after being struck by a train, Looney Curve Cemetery, Devon, Mingo Co., WV

Families

SpouseLexie PRATER ( - 1972)
ChildChristine PRATER (1941 - 2019)
ChildIrene 'Ernestine' PRATER (1943 - 2003)
FatherMellan PRATER (1893 - 1939)
MotherAnna Mae "Annie" PRATER (1893 - 1980)
SiblingAndy "Duey/Drewie" PRATER (1916 - 1951)
SiblingLaura Bell PRATER (1920 - 1921)
SiblingLiving
SiblingWillis "Willie" PRATER (1927 - 1988)
SiblingElizabeth PRATER (1929 - 1963)
SiblingFloyd B. PRATER (1931 - 1991)
SiblingLiving
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; death certificate; dearh record.

Census

Age 3

Census

Age 16

Census

Age 22, living with mother.

Marriage

They were 1st cousins.

Death

From: WV Death Certificate #57-007856; West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (FamilySearch); gravestone shows just 1957.

Burial

From death certificate.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114846219/troy-prater#source.