Individual Details

In the History of The Prater Family, written by Cloyd [Dutch] Prater, he talks about the exploits of John J. and Catlet L. Prater. in a letter Dutch wrote 16 March 1977, he says that John J. and Catlet spent the winter of 1860 at Ft. Riley, Kansas. They spent some time that winter cutting walnut trees and floating logs to Topeka where they sold those logs to the U.S. government for gun stocks. In Dutch's history, he says they were government scouts leading freight trains or caravans to Fort Harker and Fort Wallace and Fort Larned. They also cut hay and killed buffalo for the government.

Birth	9 May 1831	White Oak, Morgan Co., KY
Census	1850	Morgan Co., KY
Emigration	Ca 1863	KY to KS
Census	1870	Salina, Saline Co., KS
Marriage	8 Sep 1872	Clara HENSLEY
Census (family)	1880	Bridgeport, Lawrence Co., IL - Clara HENSLEY
Death	20 Sep 1881	Lawrenceville, Lawrence Co., IL
Burial		Lawrenceville City Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Lawrence Co., IL

Spouse	Clara HENSLEY (1851 - 1935)
Child	Clifton Crowley PRATER (1874 - 1933)
Child	Edwin PRATER (1875 - 1876)

Father	Archibald "Arch/Archie" PRATER (1809 - 1876)
Mother	Christina Lucretia "Titia" HAMMAN (1810 - 1872)
Sibling	Sophronia Elizabeth PRATER (1834 - 1893)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Eliza" PRATER (1839 - 1906)
Sibling	Robert PRATER (1839 - 1847)
Sibling	Catlett L. PRATER (1841 - 1885)
Sibling	Margarette C. "Maggie" PRATER (1844 - 1925)
Sibling	James Thomas PRATER (1845 - 1917)
Sibling	Robert Franklin "Frank" PRATER (1847 - 1932)
Sibling	William W. PRATER (1852 - 1860)
Sibling	Miranda J. "Minnie" PRATER (1856 - 1931)
Sibling	Mary E. PRATER (1854 - 1925)

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