Individual Details
Samuel Hays PRATHER
(15 Mar 1824 - 17 Jun 1917)
NARA M-432, Roll 392, 1850 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Dist. No. 8, p. 452, #1731/1731: Samuel H. Prather, 26, m, $1600, Kentucky; Mary J, 27, f, KY; Wm T, 5, m, Missouri; Mary E, 2, f, MO; Catharine Ritchey, 23, f, Kentucky.
NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Columbia Township, p. 789, #1094/1050: Samuel H Prather, 36, m, [occupation omitted], [property value omitted], KY; Mary J, 36, f, KY; Mary E, 12, f, MO; Catharine, 10, f, MO; Margaret, 4, f, MO; Edward, 8/12, m, MO.
NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Township Forty-nine, p. 160r, 1/1: Prather, Samuel H, 44, m, W, Farmer, $7000/$1000, KY; Mary J, 42, f, W, Keeps House, KY; Mary E, 21, f, W, MO; Catharine, 18, f, W, MO; Margaret, 13, f, W, MO; Edward M, 9, m, W, MO; Charles C, 7, m, W, MO; McLane, Margaret, 95, f, W, Penn.
NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Columbia Township, p. 789, #1094/1050: Samuel H Prather, 36, m, [occupation omitted], [property value omitted], KY; Mary J, 36, f, KY; Mary E, 12, f, MO; Catharine, 10, f, MO; Margaret, 4, f, MO; Edward, 8/12, m, MO.
NARA M-593, Roll 760, 1870 U.S. Census, Boone Co., MO, Township Forty-nine, p. 160r, 1/1: Prather, Samuel H, 44, m, W, Farmer, $7000/$1000, KY; Mary J, 42, f, W, Keeps House, KY; Mary E, 21, f, W, MO; Catharine, 18, f, W, MO; Margaret, 13, f, W, MO; Edward M, 9, m, W, MO; Charles C, 7, m, W, MO; McLane, Margaret, 95, f, W, Penn.
Events
| Birth | 15 Mar 1824 | Pulaski Co., KY |  | ||
| Marriage License | 15 Apr 1844 | Mary Jane RITCHIE | |||
| Marriage | 25 Apr 1844 | Boone Co., MO - Mary Jane RITCHIE | | ||
| Military | Abt 1863 | drafted, but hired a substitute | |||
| Occupation | 1878 | postmaster - Armstrong, Howard Co., MO | |||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Columbia, Boone Co., MO - Mary Jane RITCHIE | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Columbia, Boone Co., MO - Mary Jane RITCHIE | | ||
| Death | 17 Jun 1917 | of natural causes - Columbia, Boone Co., MO | | ||
| Burial | 18 Jun 1917 | Oakland Christian Church, Columbia Twp., Boone Co., MO | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Jane RITCHIE (1823 - 1911) |
| Child | William T. PRATHER (1845 - 1857) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth PRATHER (1848 - 1879) |
| Child | Catherine R. "Cathi" PRATHER (1851 - 1941) |
| Child | James S. PRATHER (1854 - 1855) |
| Child | Margaret Spence "Maggie" PRATHER (1856 - 1951) |
| Child | Edward McCutchen PRATHER (1859 - 1929) |
| Child | Charles Cowan PRATHER (1863 - 1940) |
| Father | Thomas James PRATHER (1797 - 1840) |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth G. "Polly" COWAN (1807 - 1860) |
| Sibling | James Cowan PRATHER (1827 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Charles Hunt PRATHER (1829 - 1904) |
| Sibling | John PRATHER (1830 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Ann Prather (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas R. PRATHER (1832 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Philip PRATHER (1834 - 1924) |
| Sibling | Amanda M. PRATHER (1836 - 1916) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" PRATHER (1840 - 1910) |
Notes
Birth
From death certificate.Marriage
From: Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (Ancestry.com).Census (family)
Samuel Prather 45Mary J. Prather 45
Cathi Prather 22
Charles Prather 16
Hattie Nichols 7 [granddaughter]
Mary Nichols 1[granddaughter]
Samuel Wright 16
Emeline Rogers 20
Census (family)
Samuel H Prather 87Mary J Prather 87
Catherine Prather 56
Death
From: Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1961 {MO Secretary of State) #21303.Burial
From death certificate.Endnotes
1. Evans, Mrs. E.E. and Mrs. J. Frank Thompson, comps., Tombstone Records of Boone County, Missouri (Columbia, MO: Privately Printed, 1934.), 99.