Individual Details
Martha A. "Mattie" WRIGHT
(3 Nov 1865 - 27 Nov 1940)
Events
| Birth | 3 Nov 1865 | Monticello, Wayne Co., KY |  | ||
| Census | 1870 | Clinton Co., KY | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Somerset, Pulaski Co., KY | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1892 | John Milton "Dock" PRATER | |||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Bourbon, Pulaski Co., KY - John Milton "Dock" PRATER | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Bourbon, Pulaski Co., KY | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Bloomington, McLean Co., IL | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Bloomington, McLean Co., IL | | ||
| Death | 27 Nov 1940 | Bloomington, McLean Co., IL | | ||
| Alt name | Martha A. HUDSON | | |||
| Burial | Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL |  |
Families
| Spouse | John Milton "Dock" PRATER (1861 - 1904) |
| Child | John 'Herschel' "Doc" PRATER (1893 - 1955) |
| Child | Grace B. "Gracie" PRATER (1895 - 1910) |
| Child | Eliza 'Pearl' "Pearlie" PRATER (1897 - 1920) |
| Child | Russell Jones PRATER (1900 - 1980) |
| Child | Bertha PRATER (1902 - 1910) |
| Father | Thomas B. HUDSON (1844 - 1870) |
| Mother | Charity Ann WRIGHT (1847 - 1870) |
Notes
Birth
Gravestone shows just 1865.Census
Age 4, shown as "Martha A. Hudson".Census
Age 15, shown as "Martha A. Wright". She had adopted the surname of her stepfather.Census (family)
John M Prather 38Mallie A Prather 34
John H Prather 6
Gracie B Prather 5
Eliza P Prather 1
Russell J Prather 1/12
Susie Neil 17
Census
Mattie D Prather 44Herschiel Prather 16
Gracie Prather15
Pearlie Prather 11
Russell Prather 9
Bertha Prather 8
Census
Age 58, living with daughter Pearl in household of son-in-law George Tarter.Census
Age 64, living by self.Death
Gravestone shows just 1940.Alt name
After her mother Charity divorced her father Thomas Hudson, Charity re-assumed her Wright surname, and all of her children, including Mattie were adopted by grandfather Ballinger Wright.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17314735.