Individual Details

Melvin Custer "Mel" PRATHER

(6 Jan 1869 - 9 Feb 1934)

Nickname: "Mell"
Mell was a farmer.
He died of Bright's disease (kidney failure) at the home of his sister Mina.
Buried at Darkesville Cemetery, Darkesville, WV.

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Events

Birth	6 Jan 1869	Berkeley Co., WV
Census	1870	WV
Marriage	14 Dec 1892	WV - Vallie Virgina VOORHEES
Death	9 Feb 1934	Darkesville, Berkeley Co., WV
Burial		Darkesville Cemetery, Darkesville, Berkeley Co., WV

Families

Spouse	Vallie Virgina VOORHEES (1875 - 1964)
Child	Esther Custer Prather (1894 - 1964)
Child	Ethel Irene Prather (1896 - 1968)
Child	Josie Kathaleen PRATHER (1898 - 1988)
Child	Charles Mitchell "Bud" PRATHER (1901 - 1951)
Child	Charlotte Virginia PRATHER (1903 - 1968)
Child	Margaret Elizabeth Prather (1905 - 1956)
Child	James Allen Prather (1906 - 1964)
Child	Harold Wise PRATHER (1908 - 1982)
Child	Laurence Preston PRATHER (1909 - 1947)
Child	Eugene Woodrow PRATHER (1912 - 1918)

Father	Charles PRATHER (1839 - 1887)
Mother	Joana Page "Josie" CUSTER (1847 - 1921)
Sibling	Charles L. PRATHER (1869 - 1870)
Sibling	William PRATHER (1870 - 1880)
Sibling	Edward PRATHER (1871 - )
Sibling	Jean A. PRATHER (1872 - 1890)
Sibling	Josie PRATHER (1873 - 1896)
Sibling	J. Walter PRATHER (1874 - 1955)
Sibling	Lillie M. PRATHER (1878 - 1878)
Sibling	Julian Mayberry PRATHER (1880 - 1957)
Sibling	Mattie PRATHER (1882 - 1937)
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth "Mina" PRATHER (1886 - 1970)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living

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