Individual Details
Clara Lucinda "Cindy" ELKINS
(1856 - 28 Aug 1902)
The father of her second set of children are unknown. She did not remarry after the death of Clayton in 1880.
Clara didn't died easy. She took a bad beating from a man she was living with and pregnant by and it lead to her death. William McKinley was taken in by his mother's niece Dottie Holt and her husband Rev.Holt.
Events
| Birth | 1856 | Cannon Co., TN | |||
| Marriage | 17 Jul 1873 | Cannon Co., TN - Clayton L. PRATER |  | ||
| Census | 1880 | Shannon Co., MO | | ||
| Death | 28 Aug 1902 | of a beating from the man with whom she was living - Bollinger Co., MO | |||
| Marriage | Clayton L. PRATER | | |||
| Burial | Hill Cemetery, Zalma, Bollinger Co., MO |  |
Families
| Spouse | Clayton L. PRATER (1850 - 1895) |
| Child | Hattie F. PRATER (1874 - 1913) |
| Child | George Cycle PRATER (1882 - 1963) |
| Child | William George "Granville" PRATER (1875 - 1961) |
| Child | Tidy M. PRATER (1884 - ) |
| Child | John Henry PRATER (1879 - 1956) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | William McKinley PRATER (1895 - 1983) |
| Father | Edmond Silas ELKINS (1820 - ) |
| Mother | Paralee ESTES (1815 - 1850) |
| Sibling | ELizabeth Louisa Jane "Eliza" ELKINS (1840 - 1880) |
Notes
Marriage
From: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com)Census
Age 28, widowMarriage
It is not know if she was married to a Prater or had these children out of wedlock OR if they took the last name Prater from Clara's marriage to Clayton Prater.Endnotes
1. From Find-A-Grave website., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39767358.