Individual Details

James Franklin "Jim" PRATER

(6 Apr 1896 - 11 Apr 1964)

Events

Birth6 Apr 1896Montague Co., TX
Census1910Montague Co., TX
Marriage3 May 1918Montague Co., TX - Bessie Mae HILL
Census (family)1920Bowie, Montague Co., TX - Bessie Mae HILL
Census (family)1930Lawton, Comanche Co., OK - Bessie Mae HILL
Living1935Lawton, Comanche Co., OK
Census (family)1940Lawton, Comanche Co., OK - Bessie Mae HILL
Living1944Lawton, Comanche Co., OK
Death11 Apr 1964Lawton, Comanche Co., OK
BurialSunset Memorial Gardens, Lawton, Comanche Co., OK

Families

SpouseBessie Mae HILL (1898 - 1965)
ChildClayton James PRATER (1919 - 1988)
ChildAdrian Logan PRATER (1920 - 2002)
ChildLiving
ChildPearl Delia PRATER (1930 - 1960)
FatherLogan Henderson PRATER (1856 - 1944)
MotherLuella Theau "Ella" VINES (1871 - 1939)
SiblingEdward Henderson "Edd" PRATER (1892 - 1955)
SiblingWilliam Henry "Bill" PRATER (1893 - 1944)
SiblingMattie Mae PRATER (1894 - 1976)
SiblingOde Henderson "Odie" PRATER (1899 - 1956)
SiblingJohn Ruben "Rube" PRATER (1901 - 1978)
SiblingFaye Bell PRATER twin (1903 - 1923)
SiblingJay Logan PRATER twin (1903 - 1903)
SiblingLoney D. "Lon/Lonnie" PRATER twin (1906 - 1986)
SiblingLee Ray PRATER twin (1906 - 1965)
SiblingMary 'Lou' "Lula" PRATER (1909 - 1969)

Notes

Birth

From: Montague Co., TX WWI Draft Registration; grave plaque shows just 1896..

Census

Age 14

Marriage

She m1 -NN McWilliams

Census (family)

Jim F Prater 23
Bessie M Prater 22
James C Prater 11/12

Census (family)

James F Prater 33
Bessie M Prater 32
Clayton C Prater 11
Adrian D Prater 9
Junior Prater 3-2/12
Delia P Prater 1/12

Living

From 1940 Census.

Census (family)

James Prater 45
Bessie Prater 44
Clayton Prater 22
Adrian Prater 19
James Prater 13
Pearl Prater 10

Living

From father's & bother Bill's obituary.

Death

Grave plaque shows just 1964.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=38&GScnty=2143&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=76839051&df=all&.