Individual Details
Zenas Russell PRATHER
(5 Dec 1837 - 8 Apr 1916)
Events
| Birth | 5 Dec 1837 | Shelby Co., IL |  | ||
| Military | 1862 - 1865 | 1st Lt., U.S. Army 116th IL Infantry Regiment - Civil War | | ||
| Marriage | 1 Jun 1868 | Casner, Macon Co., IL - Florence Leora MCDONALD | |||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Long Creek, Macon Co., IL - Florence Leora MCDONALD | | ||
| Death | 8 Apr 1916 | at home - Macon Co., IL | | ||
| Obituary | 9 Apr 1916 | Review - Decatur, Macon Co., IL | |||
| Burial | Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Macon Co., IL |  |
Families
| Spouse | Florence Leora MCDONALD (1848 - 1922) |
| Child | William 'Wilbur' Clarence PRATHER (1866 - 1926) |
| Child | Mary Leora "Lolo" PRATHER (1868 - 1963) |
| Child | John Nelson PRATHER (1870 - 1936) |
| Child | Edith Florence PRATHER (1873 - 1903) |
| Child | Charles Louis PRATHER (1875 - 1936) |
| Child | Otto Grant PRATHER (1877 - 1963) |
| Father | Zenas Nelson PRATHER (1799 - 1848) |
| Mother | Mary Abigail "Polly" CUNNINGHAM (1810 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Rev. Nicholas Louis PRATHER (1826 - 1880) |
| Sibling | James Walter PRATHER (1827 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Levi Nelson PRATHER (1828 - 1873) |
| Sibling | -NN PRATHER (1830 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Mary H. PRATHER (1831 - 1851) |
| Sibling | William Spear PRATHER (1833 - 1851) |
| Sibling | Hiram Cunningham PRATHER (1834 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Calvin Ranson PRATHER (1839 - 1911) |
Notes
Birth
Fro obituary; gravestone shows 1 Nov 1836 instead.Military
Taken prisoner 22 Jul 1863, but escaped.Census (family)
Zenas R. Prather 43Florence L. Prather 31
Wilber C. Prather 14
Leora M. Prather 12
John N. Prather 10
Edith F. Prather 8
Charles L. Prather 5
Otto G. Prather 3
Death
From: gravestone; obituary.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61452744.