Individual Details

There were two contemporary Elster Praters born 1906/1907 in Pike Co., KY and many genealogists have gotten them confused. They were in fact 1st cousins once removed, one being the son of John Prater and Ruth Estep, and the other the son of James Louis Prater.

Birth	4 Feb 1907	Pike Co., KY
Census	1910	Freeburn, Pike Co., KY
Marriage	7 Apr 1927	McDowell Co., WV - Stella Jane PRUITT
Census (family)	1930	Knox, Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT
Census (family)	1940	Pike Co., KY - Stella Jane PRUITT
Divorce	21 Oct 1966	Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT
Living	1973	Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA
Marriage License	15 May 1973	Grundy, Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT
Marriage	15 May 1973	Grundy, Buchanan Co., VA - Stella Jane PRUITT
Living	1975	Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA
Death	26 May 1975	Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA
Obituary	Ca 27 May 1975	undated & unattested
Burial	28 May 1975	Estep Cemetery, Swan Fork, Hurley, Buchanan Co., VA

Spouse	Stella Jane PRUITT (1910 - 2002)
Child	Bertha PRATER (1927 - 2006)
Child	Nellie Jean PRATER (1929 - 1999)
Child	Wayne PRATER (1931 - 2017)
Child	Berlyn 'Elster' PRATER Jr (1934 - 1988)
Child	Daniel PRATER (1936 - 1957)
Child	Earnest PRATER (1940 - 2006)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	George W. PRATER ( - 2006)
Child	Living
Child	Douglas MacArthur PRATER (1948 - 1976)
Child	Naomi Lois PRATER (1949 - 1949)
Child	Gerturde PRATER ( - 2006)

Father	John Wesley "Johnny" PRATER (1871 - 1952)
Mother	Ruth Virgina ESTEP (1870 - 1907)
Sibling	Lyge PRATER (1890 - 1900)
Sibling	Paris PRATER (1892 - 1920)
Sibling	William 'Wallace' PRATER (1896 - 1920)
Sibling	Jane PRATER (1895 - 1910)
Sibling	Mary Magdelene PRATER (1900 - 1955)
Sibling	John "Johnie" PRATER (1901 - 1950)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Lizzie" PRATER (1904 - 1975)
Sibling	Rowland PRATER ( - 1975)

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