Individual Details
Benjamin Franklin "Ben" PRATER
(17 Jan 1868 - 1 Jun 1925)
Re: his parentage:
"CHARLOTTE WHO WAS BEN PRATER'S MOTHER. I HAVE A PICTURE OF BEN AND CHARLOTTE. LETTIE MOVED BACK TO N.C. WITH CHILDREN..." -- Maggie Race
Henry, it seems we have opened a can of worms. Even Aunt Hazel (who just turned 90, but still has a great memory) wrote me this past January that your grandfather, Benjamin, and my great uncle, Thomas, were born to Charlotte Yvonne Crits. Yet, subesequent notes from others who have dates, show Lettie and Thomas M. stayed married until he died between 1880 and 1890. Family rumor is that she left him and moved to NC (which could have been TN before state lines were changed), and then he married Charlotte. -- Carol Gray
"CHARLOTTE WHO WAS BEN PRATER'S MOTHER. I HAVE A PICTURE OF BEN AND CHARLOTTE. LETTIE MOVED BACK TO N.C. WITH CHILDREN..." -- Maggie Race
Henry, it seems we have opened a can of worms. Even Aunt Hazel (who just turned 90, but still has a great memory) wrote me this past January that your grandfather, Benjamin, and my great uncle, Thomas, were born to Charlotte Yvonne Crits. Yet, subesequent notes from others who have dates, show Lettie and Thomas M. stayed married until he died between 1880 and 1890. Family rumor is that she left him and moved to NC (which could have been TN before state lines were changed), and then he married Charlotte. -- Carol Gray
Events
Families
Spouse | Laura Ann "Lory" EMERY (1865 - 1946) |
Child | Eliza Bell "Lisa" PRATER (1886 - 1964) |
Child | Oscar Harrison PRATER (1888 - 1960) |
Child | Richard 'Floyd' PRATER (1891 - 1954) |
Child | Ada Della PRATER (1892 - 1970) |
Child | Bessie L. PRATER (1894 - ) |
Child | Claude 'Homer' PRATER (1897 - 1964) |
Child | Lettie Elizabeth "Lizzy" PRATER (1899 - ) |
Child | James Lee "Jimmy" PRATER (1905 - 1984) |
Child | Ollie PRATER (1907 - 1910) |
Father | Thomas M. "Tom" PRATER (1828 - 1880) |
Mother | Charlotte Yvonne CRITS Cherokee Indian (1834 - 1895) |
Sibling | Francis Elizabeth PRATER (1858 - 1901) |
Sibling | Thomas J. PRATER (1859 - 1870) |
Sibling | Jessie D. PRATER (1863 - 1880) |
Sibling | Martha Ann PRATER (1863 - 1918) |
Sibling | Mary PRATER (1868 - 1870) |
Sibling | John PRATER (1868 - 1943) |
Sibling | Elisha/Elijah PRATER (1875 - 1893) |
Sibling | Nancy "Nan" PRATER (1876 - 1930) |
Sibling | Thomas Paul "Tom" PRATER (1878 - 1969) |
Notes
Birth
from tombstoneA esearcher wrote Bob Prater in a 7/7/1999 email: "James Jimmy Lee Prater was born on a wagon train to Texas from Tennessee"
Census
Age 5Census
Age 13, shown as "Ben F."Census (family)
Benjamin Prater Head M 32 TennesseeLaura Ann Prater Wife F 35 Tennessee
Lisa Bell Prater Daughter F 16 Tennessee
Oscar H Prater Son M 12 Tennessee
Richard F Prater Son M 10 Tennessee
Ada D Prater Daughter F 8 Tennessee
Bessie L Prater Daughter F 6 Tennessee
Homer Prater Son M 4 Tennessee
Lettie C Prater Daughter F 1 Tennessee
Census (family)
Ben Prater 42Lory Prater 44
Floid Prater 19
Bessie Prater 15
Hamer Prater 12
Lizzy Prater 11
Jimmie Prater 5
Ollie Prater 3
Death
from tombstoneEndnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33661605.