Individual Details
Moses Ulysses Uriah "L.E." PRATER
(28 May 1838 - 26 Jun 1915)
Events
| Birth | 28 May 1838 | Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN | |||
| Census | 1850 | Cannon Co., TN |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 Dec 1856 | Cannon Co., TN - ELizabeth Louisa Jane "Eliza" ELKINS | |||
| Census (family) | 1860 | Cannon Co., TN - ELizabeth Louisa Jane "Eliza" ELKINS | | ||
| Census (family) | 1880 | Cannon Co., TN - ELizabeth Louisa Jane "Eliza" ELKINS | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jul 1887 | Cannon Co., TN - Tennessee COLLINS | | ||
| Census (family) | 1900 | Cannon Co., TN - Tennessee COLLINS | | ||
| Death | 26 Jun 1915 | Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN | | ||
| Burial | Prater (Mears) Cemetery, Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN | |  |
Families
| Spouse | ELizabeth Louisa Jane "Eliza" ELKINS (1840 - 1880) |
| Child | John Lafayette PRATER (1858 - 1930) |
| Child | James 'Henry' PRATER (1861 - 1898) |
| Child | Martin Dillard PRATER (1867 - 1935) |
| Child | Dosia C. PRATER (1868 - 1899) |
| Child | William Edward "Ed" PRATER (1869 - 1935) |
| Child | Thomas Indiamond "Indy" PRATER (1872 - 1939) |
| Spouse | Tennessee COLLINS (1862 - 1927) |
| Child | Moses Ulysses "Tidy" PRATER (1889 - 1957) |
| Child | Lucinda "Lucindy" PRATER (1890 - 1956) |
| Child | Samual Arley "Sam" PRATER (1893 - 1963) |
| Child | Jenny Lee "Jennie" PRATER (1896 - 1936) |
| Child | Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" PRATER (1896 - 1928) |
| Child | Lilly Mae PRATER (1898 - 1972) |
| Child | Dewey P. "Dewie" PRATER (1902 - 1976) |
| Child | Charlie PRATER ( - 1900) |
| Father | Martin Luther PRATER of Cannon Co., TN (1808 - 1890) |
| Mother | Nancy 'Lucinda' HARPOOL (1808 - 1881) |
| Sibling | William 'Carl' PRATER (1826 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Basil [Brasil] PRATER (1828 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Brice Carr PRATER (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | James Clayton PRATER (1832 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Doshie Burrell "Burl" PRATER (1835 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Marcus D.L. "Mark" PRATER (1836 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Mary L. Elizabeth PRATER (1841 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Stacy Adaline "Effie/Dosha" PRATER (1849 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Josephine PRATER (1850 - 1860) |
Notes
Census
Age 12Census (family)
M H Prater 22Eliza Prater 19
John Prater 1
Census (family)
Moses U. Prator 41Eliza J. Prator 39
John L. Prator 22
James H. Prator 19
Martin D. Prator 15
Dosia C. Prator 12
William E. Prator 10
Thomas I. Prator 8
Marriage
Cannon Co., TN MB p.384. Alternate Date: 13 Feb 1887 from Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com)Census (family)
Moses Prater b-May 1836 64Tennessee Prater b-Sep 1862 37
Tidy Prater b-July 1889 10
Lucindy Prater b-Aug 1890 9
Samuel Prater b-Jun 1893 6
Eliza Jane Prater b-Oct 1894 5
Jennie Lee Prater b-Apr 1896 4
Lillie Mai Prater B-May 1899 1
Death
Alternate Date: 26 Aug 1915Burial
The Prater Cemetery is also known locally as the Mears Cemetery and can be found by driving 4 miles south from Woodbury, TN, then turning East on the Iconium Road (Hwy 281) for 1.2 miles. The cemetery is on the north side of the road.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5837759.