Individual Details
Olison Sloan "Tog" PRATER
(9 Sep 1895 - 16 Dec 1973)
Events
| Birth | 9 Sep 1895 | Wayne Co., TN |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Living | 1918 | Clifton, Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Military | 6 Sep 1918 | inducted into the U.S. Army as a corporal. - Waynesboro, Wayne Co., TN | |||
| Military | 5 Mar 1919 | discharged from the U.S. Army - Camps Wadsworth, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Mar 1919 | Wayne Co., TN - Elvis Mae "Elvie" CONWAY | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Wayne Co., TN - Elvis Mae "Elvie" CONWAY | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | Wayne Co., TN - Elvis Mae "Elvie" CONWAY | | ||
| Living | 1935 | Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Wayne Co., TN - Elvis Mae "Elvie" CONWAY | | ||
| Death | 16 Dec 1973 | Clifton, Wayne Co., TN | | ||
| Burial | Praters Chapel (Old Warrington) Cemetery, Clifton, Wayne Co., TN |  |
Families
| Spouse | Elvis Mae "Elvie" CONWAY (1899 - 1990) |
| Child | James Jerry PRATER (1919 - 1919) |
| Child | Connie Howe PRATER Sr. (1920 - 1994) |
| Child | Marjorie Viola "Margie" PRATER (1923 - ) |
| Child | Mae Olison PRATER (1927 - 1983) |
| Child | Billy Joe PRATER (1929 - 1929) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Clovis 'Tode' PRATER (1867 - 1900) |
| Mother | Lucy Ann BATTLES (1869 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Minnie Ethel PRATER (1888 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Charles Hadelton PRATER (1889 - 1946) |
| Sibling | Edgar Wallace PRATER (1891 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Albert Louis PRATER (1893 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Arthur Kirkland "Kirk" PRATER (1897 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Nancy PRATER (1899 - 1907) |
Notes
Birth
From cemetery records; gravestone; SSDI. Wayne Co., TN WWI Draft Registration show 9 Sep 1896.Census
Age 4Living
From draft registration.Military
Someone in the barracks where Olison was stationed came down with measles and the whole barracks was quarantined. They could not go overseas so they were discharged and sent home after only six months of service.Marriage
From: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 (Ancestry.com)Census (family)
Olison Prater 23Elvis Prater 20
Census (family)
Alison S Prater 34Elvis Prater 31
Connie H Prater 9
Marjorie Prater 7
Mary Prater 2-11/12
Living
From 1940 Census.Census (family)
Prater, Olison head M 44 TN-------, Elvis wife F 40 TN
-------, Connie H. son M 19 TN
-------, Margie dau F 17 TN
-------, Mae Olison dau F 13 TN
-------, Dorothy J. dau F 8 TN
-------, Lucy Ann dau F 6 TN
-------, Elizabeth Sue dau F 3 TN
-------, Patricia Ellen dau F 6/12 TN
Death
From cemetery records; gravestone; SSDI shows Dec 1873.Endnotes
1. USGENWEB Project, http://www.tngenweb.org/wayne/clifton.htm#3.
2. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSmid=47065787&GRid=52626335&.