Individual Details

Frank Ray PRATER Sr., twin

(12 Dec 1895 - 14 Feb 1988)

Events

Birth12 Dec 1895TX
Census1900Alto, Cherokee Co., TX
Census1910Alto, Cherokee Co., TX
Military26 Jul 1918 - 23 Jul 1919U.S. Army 31st Infantry Division - WWI
Marriage1926Nacogdoches Co., TX - Texie B. WALLING
Census (family)1930Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co., TX - Texie B. WALLING
Census (family)1940Tyler, Smith Co., TX - Texie B. WALLING
Death14 Feb 1988Tyler, Smith Co., TX
BurialTyler Memorial Park, Tyler, Smith Co., TX

Families

SpouseTexie B. WALLING (1905 - 1988)
ChildFrank Ray PRATER Jr. (1929 - 2017)
ChildNellie B. PRATER (1935 - 1977)
FatherJohnston 'Carter' PRATER (1854 - 1906)
MotherElizabeth E. "Pink/Pinky" WATKINS (1865 - 1905)
SiblingAnnie Elizabeth PRATER (1882 - 1961)
SiblingLee 'Cicero' PRATER (1884 - 1957)
SiblingCharles Wesley "Charley" PRATER (1891 - 1969)
SiblingHugh Tigue PRATER (1893 - 1918)
SiblingFred Ray PRATER twin (1895 - 1964)
SiblingMarvin Thomas PRATER (1897 - 1963)
SiblingJim Johnson "Jimmie" PRATER (1899 - 1984)
SiblingChester Lewis "Chek" PRATER (1901 - 1987)
SiblingNellie K. PRATER (1903 - 1982)

Notes

Birth

From grave plaque. enlistment record; BIRLS.

Census

Age 5

Census

Age 15, living with brother in the household of uncle Coleman Hardy, husband of aunt Florence, sister of his mother Elizabeth Watkins.

Military

From grave plaque; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com).

Marriage

From: Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 (Ancestry.com).

Census (family)

Frank R Prater 34
Texie B Prater 24
Frank R Prater 8/12

Census (family)

Frank R Prater 44
Texie B Prater 35
Frank R Prater 10
Nellie B Prater 4

Death

From grave plaque; enlistment record; BIRLS.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prater&GSiman=1&GScid=7319&GRid=38582861&.