Individual Details

Joseph Jeremiah PRATHER of "Riverside"

(17 Jan 1824 - 29 Dec 1886)

There is disagreement researchers as to whether this child is the son of his father's first or second wife.



He built Prathers Covered Bridge which crossed the Tugalo River between South Carolinaand Georgia it was o the National Historical Register but was destroyed by fire 1978

Events

Birth17 Jan 1824
Census1850Savannah River Regiment, Abbeville Co., SC
MarriageCa 1852Sarah Ann JARRETT
Living1854"Riverside", Toccoa, GA
MarriageCa 1859Elizabeth NEVELLE
Death29 Dec 1886Toccoa, Stephens Co., GA
MilitaryCSA - Maj.

Families

SpouseSarah Ann JARRETT (1827 - 1858)
ChildJames Deveraux PRATHER Sr., of "Riverside" (1853 - 1926)
ChildToccoa PRATHER (1858 - 1903)
SpouseElizabeth NEVELLE ( - 1860)
ChildAlice PRATHER (1860 - 1938)
FatherJames Wallace PRATHER (1782 - 1869)
MotherSarah BEALE (1790 - 1850)
SiblingElizabeth PRATHER (1807 - 1854)
SiblingMary Ann W. PRATHER (1809 - 1845)
SiblingDorcas Elilar PRATHER (1811 - 1888)
SiblingWilliam Harrison PRATHER (1814 - )
SiblingSarah Anna PRATHER (1816 - )
SiblingJames Jackson PRATHER (1820 - )
SiblingPatrick Henry PRATHER (1829 - 1862)
SiblingAndrew PRATHER ( - )

Notes

Census

Age 24, living with parents.

Living

It is a classic example of perhaps the most favored architectural style of the antebellum era, and notable exteriorly for its boxed columns, low wrap-around porch, and small veranda with decorative balustrade overhanging the approach to the main doors.
Riverside had a brief, but noteworthy, role in Confederate history. In April of 1865 General (and first Confederate Secretary of State) Robert Toombs sought refuge at Riverside when pursued by the Union Army. His arrest had been ordered after the assassination of Lincoln, as had that of other high-ranking Confederate officials, including Judah Benjamin, Alexander Stephens, and President Jefferson Davis.