Individual Details
Col. Allen Wiley PRATHER
(10 Aug 1836 - 19 Nov 1891)
Events
| Birth | 10 Aug 1836 | IN |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | Vernon, Jennings Co., IN | | ||
| Census | 1860 | Vernon, Jennings Co., IN | | ||
| Military | 1861 - 1865 | Col., U.S. Army - Civil War | | ||
| Military | 23 Apr 1861 | enlisted as Lt., 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment - Civil War, Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN | |||
| Marriage | 27 May 1861 | Bartholomew Co., IN - Hannah McKane LINTON | | ||
| Census (family) | 1870 | Columbus, Bartholomew Co., IN - Hannah McKane LINTON | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN - Hannah McKane LINTON | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 | an attorney - Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN | |||
| Marriage | 4 May 1890 | Elizabeth Catherine DRYDEN | |||
| Death | 19 Nov 1891 | Washington, DC | | ||
| Burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC |  |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah McKane LINTON (1837 - 1889) |
| Child | Allen Lee PRATHER (1864 - 1913) |
| Child | Jesse May "Jessie" PRATHER (1867 - 1924) |
| Child | Catherine S. "Cathie" PRATHER (1869 - 1940) |
| Child | Clifford H. PRATHER (1870 - 1880) |
| Child | Cordelia T. "Cordie" PRATHER (1873 - 1880) |
| Child | Bertha PRATHER (1875 - 1880) |
| Child | Anna Mary PRATHER (1875 - 1954) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Catherine DRYDEN (1861 - 1927) |
| Father | Col. Hiram PRATHER (1809 - 1874) |
| Mother | Mary Ann HUCKLEBERRY (1816 - 1894) |
| Sibling | Silas PRATHER (1835 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Capt. Uriah Clark PRATHER (1838 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Col. Alonzo Smith PRATHER (1840 - 1910) |
| Sibling | William Brown PRATHER (1841 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Judge Leander Hamilton PRATHER (1843 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Ara [Ary] Ellen PRATHER (1846 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Walter Scott PRATHER (1847 - 1904) |
| Sibling | John Quincy PRATHER (1848 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Andrew Hamilton PRATHER (1850 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Mary Alice PRATHER (1852 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Eliza Jane "Lida" PRATHER (1854 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Theodore Allison PRATHER (1856 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Susan K. "Tooda" PRATHER (1858 - 1880) |
| Sibling | McKee Dunn PRATHER (1860 - 1863) |
Notes
Birth
Alternate Date: 19 Feb 1837Census
Age 14Census
Age 24, living with parents.Military
Civil War Union Army Officer. He began his Civil War service as a 1st Lieutenant in Company B, 6th Indiana Volunteer Militia, a 3-month enlistment regiment that was raise at the very beginning of the war. After it was mustered out in July 1861, another 6th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was raised, this time for a three-year enlistment. Commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant in Company C in the new regiment, he was eventually advanced to Captain. When the 120th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was raised, he was transferred and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He assumed command of the regiment when Colonel Richard F, Barter was evelated to brigade command. Allen Prather led the regiment through its participation in the Summer 1864 battles for Atlanta, Georgia, the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, and the drive through the Carolinas. Promoted to Colonel in September 1864, he saw the war through to it's conclusion, and served in post-War occupation duty until he resigned on September 9, 1865.Marriage
From: Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 (Ancestry.com)Census (family)
Allen W Prather 32Hannah J Prather 32
Allen N Prather 6
Jesse Prather 4
Catherine S Prather 2
Clifford H Prather 3/12
Lizzie Werner 18
John Jenkins 18
Margrett Gilmore 15
Census (family)
Allen W. Prather 43Hannah Prather 43
Jessie May Prather 13
Allen L. Prather 16
Cathie Prather 11
Bertha Prather 5
Cordie Prather 7
Death
He shares a gravestone with his 2nd wife Elizabeth Catherine Dryden.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11917168.