Individual Details

Merlyn King PRATER

(20 Jan 1900 - 23 Jan 1957)

Calculated from 1900 Census.

Events

Birth20 Jan 1900Dry Point, Shelby Co., IL
Census1900Dry Point, Shelby Co., IL
Census1910Dry Point, Shelby Co., IL
Census1920Dry Point, Shelby Co., IL
Census1930Dry Point, Shelby Co., IL
MilitaryCa 1945WWII
Death23 Jan 1957
MarriageReatha J.
BurialMound Cemetery, Cowden, Shelby Co., IL

Families

SpouseReatha J. (1898 - 1970)
FatherBarthalmue Ernest "Berty" PRATER (1872 - 1947)
MotherSusie Mabel HOLIN (1878 - 1947)
SiblingKenneth Holin PRATER (1898 - 1963)
SiblingCarroll PRATER (1903 - 1992)
SiblingRoberta PRATER (1906 - 1992)
SiblingJohn Holin PRATER (1910 - 2010)

Notes

Birth

From: Shelby Co., IL WWI Draft Registration

Census

Age 4/12, shown as "Merlin"

Census

Age 10

Census

Age 19, living with parents.

Census

Age 30, living with parents.

Military

From gravestone: CAPT 3981 SVC COMD UNIT World War II

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43436254.