Individual Details
Ross Ester PRATHER
(8 May 1878 - 5 Feb 1939)
Spelling of name from his obituary; father's obituary has "Ross Estes"; in mother's obituary it is "Ross Estas".
Events
| Birth | 8 May 1878 | Browning, Linn Co., MO |  | ||
| Census | 1880 | Linn Co., MO | | ||
| Marriage | 14 Mar 1899 | Linneus, Linn Co., MO - Thulah WAMPLER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Benton, Linn Co., MO - Thulah WAMPLER | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | Benton, Linn Co., MO - Thulah WAMPLER | | ||
| Living | 1922 | Browning, Linn Co., MO | | ||
| Marriage | 31 Dec 1929 | Brookfield, Linn Co., MO - Gussie Lee PURDIN | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Browning, Linn Co., MO | | ||
| Living | 1934 | Browning, Linn Co., MO | | ||
| Living | 1937 | Browning, Linn Co., MO | | ||
| Death | 5 Feb 1939 | of a self-inflicted gun shot to the head - Linn Co., MO | | ||
| Burial | 9 Feb 1939 | Prather Cemetery, Browning, Linn Co., MO | |  | |
| Obituary | 16 Feb 1939 | Leader-Record - Browning, Linn Co., MO |
Families
| Spouse | Thulah WAMPLER (1879 - 1928) |
| Child | Elizabeth 'Geraldine' PRATHER (1902 - 1939) |
| Child | Keith Wampler PRATHER (1907 - 1989) |
| Spouse | Gussie Lee PURDIN (1880 - 1930) |
| Father | William Thomas PRATHER II (1841 - 1921) |
| Mother | Rebecca Ann SMITH (1842 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Walter William PRATHER (1863 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Charles Edwin PRATHER (1864 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Clarinda Alice "Clara" PRATHER (1865 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Bertha Elizabeth PRATHER (1870 - 1939) |
| Sibling | Mary Ellen PRATHER (1872 - 1913) |
| Sibling | Lillian Grace "Gracie" PRATHER (1875 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Ernest 'Fay' PRATHER unm. (1884 - 1952) |
Notes
Birth
From obituary; death certificateCensus
Age 2Marriage
From: Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 (Ancestry .com); obituary.Census (family)
Ross E Prather 31Thuliah W Prather 30
Geraldine E Prather 8
Keith W Prather 2
Census (family)
Ross E Prather 39Trulia Prather 37
Geraldine Prather 18
Kieth W Prather 12
Living
From father's obituary.Marriage
From: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (Ancestry.com)Census
Age 51, he and his wife living with his mother.Living
From mother's obituary.Living
From brother Walter's obituary.Death
From Linn Co., MO Death Certificate #7088; obituary indicates she died on the 6th.Burial
From death certificate.Endnotes
1. From Find-A-Grave website., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25768431.