Individual Details

His parentage on his death record shows John Ingram and Sallie L. Prater. John Ingram must have been a stepfather, and his mother was carrying her previous Prater marriage surname. The question is whether he is the son of John W. & Sarah Prater or his father John D. and Sarah Prater? Alfred's 1918 WWI Draft Registration indicates he was working to support his mother Sarah Gillespie -- the Joseph Gillespie she married was born 1832, which would seem to me that Sarah married to John W. was his mother, not the Sarah married to John D.

Birth	6 Jun 1878	VA
Marriage	1899	Ninny Lou "Minnie" HOLLEY
Census	1900	Brown Hill, Franklin Co., VA
Living	1918	Vivian, McDowell Co., WV
Marriage	Bef 1920	Gertrude THORNHILL
Census (family)	1920	Browns Creek, McDowell Co., WV - Gertrude THORNHILL
Death	12 Sep 1926	of heart failure - Vivian, McDowell Co., WV
Burial	14 Sep 1926	Terrurm, VA
Occupation		miner

Spouse

Gertrude THORNHILL (1888 - 1920)

Spouse	Ninny Lou "Minnie" HOLLEY (1884 - 1920)
Child	Jerry Mitchell PRATER (1901 - 1986)

Father	John W. PRATER (1857 - 1910)
Mother	Sarah Adrine "Sary/Sallie" BOOTH (1858 - 1926)
Sibling	George W. PRATER (1880 - 1900)
Sibling	Mary A. PRATER (1882 - 1884)
Sibling	Lelia J. PRATER (1886 - 1900)
Sibling	Bled PRATER (1886 - 1900)
Sibling	Acia Lee "Ace" PRATER (1884 - 1924)
Sibling	John P. PRATER (1891 - 1910)
Sibling	William M. PRATER (1892 - 1900)
Sibling	Cora E. PRATER (1894 - 1900)
Sibling	Hattie May PRATER (1896 - 1900)
Sibling	Lottie Floy PRATER (1900 - )
Sibling	Isaac B. PRATER (1901 - 1910)

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