Individual Details

Ray W. PRATHER

(9 Dec 1894 - 2 Nov 1949)

Events

Birth9 Dec 1894Tiffin Twp., Adams Co., OH
Census1900West Union, Adams Co., OH
Census1910Tiffin, Senaca Co., OH
Military1 Jul 1916enlisted in National Guard - Manchester Co., OH
MilitaryCa 1918U.S. Army 37th Division - WWI
Census1920in military, Bendorf, GER
Census1930West Union, Adams Co., OH
Death2 Nov 1949
BurialWest Union Village Cemetery, West Union, Adams Co., OH

Families

FatherWalter Wirt PRATHER (1845 - 1920)
MotherLaura B. ROBUCK (1858 - 1918)
SiblingWirt Randolph PRATHER (1875 - 1918)
SiblingAnna L. PRATHER (1877 - 1932)
SiblingWilson Thurman PRATHER (1878 - 1952)
SiblingMary Margaret PRATHER (1881 - 1944)
SiblingMack PRATHER (1882 - 1883)
SiblingClara A. PRATHER (1883 - 1940)
SiblingC. Bessie PRATHER (1884 - 1929)
SiblingFred Herbert PRATHER (1886 - 1973)
SiblingJohn Leonard PRATHER (1888 - 1973)
SiblingEdith Agnes PRATHER (1891 - 1896)
SiblingCharles Thomas PRATHER (1893 - 1957)
SiblingDr. Reuben Grant PRATHER DDS (1896 - 1960)
SiblingDr. Harvey Conner PRATHER DDS (1897 - 1987)
SiblingDoris Alberta PRATHER (1901 - 1901)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone.

Census

Age 35, living as a boarder with brother John.

Census

Age 15

Military

Co L 1 Infantry ONG (Co L 148 Infantry) to Discharge Corporal 5 Aug 1917; Private 20 Nov 1917; Corporal 1 June 1918. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 23 June 1918 to 28 March 1919. Honorable discharge 21 Apr 1919.

Military

From gravestone.

Death

From gravestone.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101659435.