Individual Details
Elder Benajah 'Rees' PRATHER
(8 Nov 1857 - 1 Oct 1949)
Shown as "Rees" on his gravestone.
Events
| Birth | 8 Nov 1857 | Rocky Mount, Meriwether Co., GA |  |  | |
| Census | 1860 | Rocky Mount, Meriwether Co., GA | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Troup Co., GA | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Dec 1877 | Coweta Co., GA - Mary MUSIK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Heard Co., GA - Mary MUSIK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Long Cane, Troup Co., GA - Mary MUSIK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Long Cane, Troup Co., GA - Mary MUSIK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Mary MUSIK | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Newman, Coweta Co., GA - Mary MUSIK | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Hogansville, Troup Co., GA | | ||
| Death | 1 Oct 1949 | Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA | | | |
| Alt name | Benegal Rees PRATHER | ||||
| Burial | Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Hogansville, Troup Co., GA | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary MUSIK (1861 - 1935) |
| Child | Jessie Lou PRATHER (1879 - 1946) |
| Child | Annie Dell PRATHER (1882 - 1962) |
| Child | Judson Reese PRATHER (1884 - 1962) |
| Father | William Henry PRATHER (1830 - 1886) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann WOODRUFF (1835 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Enoch Callaway PRATHER (1854 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Anna Toccoa PRATHER (1860 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Mary E. PRATHER (1860 - 1870) |
| Sibling | William 'Judson' PRATHER (1866 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Thomas Henry PRATHER (1868 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Walter D. PRATHER (1875 - 1913) |
Notes
Birth
From cemetery record; gravestone.Census
Age 2, shown as "B.R."Census
Age 12, shown as "B.A.R"Census (family)
Reese Prather 22 M Farmer Born GAMary Prather 19 F Wife Keeping House Born GA
Louiza Music 36 F Mother-in-law Born GA (Widow)
Jessie/Jonnie(?) L. Prather 11/12 F Daughter Born GA
Jutson Prather 14 M Brother Farm Laborer Born GA
Census (family)
Reese Prather 42 M Preacher Born Nov. 1857 in GAMary Prather 38 F Wife Born Dec. 1961 in GA (Married 23 years. Mother of 3 children; 3 children living)
Judson Prather 15 M Son At School Born Sept. 1884 in GA
Louisa Musick 55 F Mother-in-law Born June 1844 in GA (Widow. Mother of 1 child; 1 child living)
Coy Britton 23 M Son-in-law Farmer Born July 1876 in GA
Annie Britton 18 F Daughter Born July 1882 in GA
Census (family)
Reese Prather 52 M Farmer Born GAMary M. Prather 48 F Wife Born GA (Married 32 years. Mother of 3 children; 3 children living)
L. P. Musick 65 F Mother-in-law Born GA (Widow. Mother of 2 children; 1 child living)
Census (family)
Reese Prather 62 M Minister-Baptist Church Born GAMary Prather 58 F Wife Born GA
Census (family)
Reese L. Prather 72 M Minister-Baptist Church Born GAMary M. Prather 68 F Wife Born GA
Census
Age 82, livining with daughter Annie BrittonDeath
From gravestone.Endnotes
1. Biographical Sketches of Old School or Primitive Baptist Ministers.
2. Biographical Sketches of Old School or Primitive Baptist Ministers.
3. Biographical Sketches of Old School or Primitive Baptist Ministers.
4. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96569570.