Individual Details

Josiah--was the son of Josiah Hyatt Prather and Francinah Townsend. He first married Lydia Wesson in S.C.
To this marriage 6 children were born; Halaway-Cissaro--Febrarey--Malserey--Balsarena-and Totherona.

Lydia died , around 1868, leaving Josiah with 6 children to raise. He then married Nancy Lucinda Bennett.

Josiah and Nancy Lucinda, had the following children----
Mary Magdaline--Frances R. (Fannie)---Richard Arestus Bulas---Bethena--Amoline L.--James Edward (Jim Edd)---William Lemuel- and Lucy L.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4P4-SVQ : 12 August 2017), Josiah S Prather, Beat 5, Union, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 204, sheet 310C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,666.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9F4-QSY : accessed 24 December 2019), Jo S Prather, Beat 5 Kennedy Shop Precinct, Union, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 128, sheet 19A, family 358, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,830.

Birth	5 Nov 1818	Laurens County, South Carolina
Death	12 Nov 1900	Mississippi
Burial		Mount Zion Cemetery, Union County, Mississippi

Father	Josiah Hyatt Prather (1770 - 1824)
Mother	Francinah Townsend (1780 - 1851)
Sibling	Sarah Prather (1801 - 1850)
Sibling	King Prather (1802 - 1873)
Sibling	Mary Prather (1805 - )
Sibling	Naomi Prather (1809 - )
Sibling	Martha Prather (1811 - 1888)
Sibling	Basil Prather (1812 - 1857)
Sibling	John Thedford Prather (1815 - 1902)
Sibling	William Hyatt Prather (1821 - 1899)
Sibling	Priscilla Prather (1829 - )