Individual Details

Robert G. PRATHER

(16 Mar 1837 - 23 Feb 1915)

Events

Birth16 Mar 1837Saline Co., IL
Marriage1861Eliza Jane RAY
MilitaryCa 1865U.S. Army - Civil War
Census (family)1870Monroe, Hardin Co., IL - Eliza Jane RAY
Marriage2 Oct 1899White Co., IL - Electa Ann "Lecta" WARD
Census (family)1900Brushy, Saline Co., IL - Electa Ann "Lecta" WARD
Death23 Feb 1915
BurialMethodist Cemetery, Marion, Williamson Co., IL

Families

SpouseEliza Jane RAY (1844 - 1897)
ChildWilliam PRATHER (1861 - 1870)
ChildCharles PRATHER (1864 - 1925)
ChildEliza PRATHER (1865 - 1918)
ChildDelia PRATHER (1875 - 1931)
ChildAlonzo "Lola" PRATHER (1875 - 1950)
ChildHaywood PRATHER (1879 - 1919)
ChildAda PRATHER (1882 - 1900)
ChildSylvia PRATHER (1888 - 1900)
SpouseElecta Ann "Lecta" WARD (1853 - 1943)
FatherNathan Williamson PRATHER (1813 - 1844)
MotherNancy 'Unity' CARRY [CARVERY] (1817 - 1836)
SiblingWilliam S. PRATHER (1832 - 1858)
SiblingMargaret M. PRATHER (1834 - )
SiblingThomas PRATHER (1836 - )
SiblingLeonard PRATHER (1836 - )
SiblingNathaniel W. PRATHER (1841 - 1864)
SiblingSamuel C. PRATHER (1844 - 1934)

Notes

Birth

From: gravestone; burial record.

Census (family)

Robert Prather 31
Eliza Prather 25
William Prather 9

Marriage

From: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900 (Ancestry.com) death record. She m1 Thomas Oldham; m2 1874 Walter F. Parks.

Census (family)

Robert G Prather 63
Electa A Prather 43
Haywood Prather 22
Ada Prather 18
Sylvia Prather 12
Marshal Parks 15
Earlie M Parks 12
Minnie L Parks 10

Death

From: gravestone; burial record.

Burial

From: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (Ancestry.com)

Endnotes

1. Prather/Prater Genealogy Website, by Martin Prater & Gary Benton Prather http://prathergenealogy.com/.

2. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102386975.