15 Jan 2009 Descendants of: John Prater (ESQUIRE) 1 John Prater (ESQUIRE) b. ca 1480/1492 prob. Eaton Water, Wilts, Eng d. ca 20 June 1547 m. Elene Kingston b. ca 1493 ? Painswick, Gloucestershire, Eng d. ca 1557 2 George Prater (ESQUIRE) b. ca 1510/1512 Inglesham, or Eaton Water, Wilts, Eng d. ca 15 June 1564 m. Jane Plott b. ca 1515/1516 Blewberye (Blueberry), Berkshire, Eng d. ca 1587 3 Anthony Thomas Prater (GENTLEMAN) b. 1545 Latton, Wiltshire co, England d. 21 Aug 1593 m. Judith Ivye (Ivry) b. 1550 prob. West Kingston, Wiltshire co, England d. 6 Feb 1578 4 Thomas Prater (GENTLEMAN) b. 1577 Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, England d. ca 1628 m. Margaret Quintyne b. 1578 Nushton Manor,Wiltshire co, England d. 1628 5 Thomas Prather (Prater) b. 26 Dec 1604/1605 Eaton Water, Wiltshire England d. ca 1666 m. Mary (McKay? Powell?) 6 Jonathan Prather (Prater) b. ca 1630 Norfolk co, VA d. bef 1 Aug 1680 m. Lyle Jane MacKay b. ca 1638 VA d. 1713 7 William Nathan Prather I b. 1670 Calvert co, MD d. 1747 m. Ann Yates b. ca 1674 Calvert co, MD d. after 1735 8 William Nathan Prather II b. 8 Mar 1700 Prince George MD d. 20 Sept 1780 m. Martha ? b. 1707 MD 9 John Josiah Prather b. ca 1722 Prince George co, MD d. before 1764 Prince George co, MD m. Abarilla Hyatt b. ca 1719 MD d. 15 Apr 1814 [daughter of Seth Hyatt and Alice Duval ?] 10 Basil (Bazel) Pitts Prather (Prater) b. ca 1745 Prince George co, MD d. ca 14 July 1842 m. Priscilla Van Swearingen 11 Holloway Prather (Prater) b. 23 Jan 1777 Laurens, SC d. 28 Nov 1846 m. Ann Adair b. 1 May 1776 SC d. 30 Aug 1846 12 John Prater b. 1809 Louisville, KY d. 1 Sept 1875 m. Frances "Fanny" Walker b. 1 Sept 1809 VA d. 29 Jan 1879 buried Mt Moriah Cemetery 1860 Census....Harrison Co, MO. Trail Creek township John Prater 50 b. KY Fanny Prater 53 b.KY Rebekah Prater 30 b. IL Nancy J. Prater 14 b. IL Samuel H. Prater 13 b. IL 13 George N. Prater b. abt Dec 1834 IN d. 7 Apr 1862 injuries received at Battle of Shiloh m. Nancy A. Melton m. 8 Sept 1854 b. 3 Sept 1828 Clay Co., IN d. 11 Sept 1908 PRATER George N. Company D Rank on entering service: Pvt Rank on leaving service: Pvt George N. Prater is listed with his wife and four children in the 1860 Census of Madison Township, Mercer County, Missouri. He is listed as a 27 year old farmer, born in Indiana. Died Apr 7, 1862 of wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh Burial Hamilton Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri Nancy A. Prater applied for a pension as his widow with a minor child/children (date unreadable) shares a gravestone with his wife's first husband. 14 John Allen Prater b. 11 Oct 1860 MO d. 13 Sept 1942 Mt Moriah, MO m. Alice Louderback d. before Oct 1891 m. Emma Rosette Dill m. 28 Oct 1891 Harrison co, MO b. 14 Oct 1871 Bethany, Harrison co, MO d. 19 July 1956 Mound City, MO (Potts Old Age Home) [daughter of Abijah Dill and Mary Rayman] info from "the History of Mt Moriah, MO": John Allen Prater, son of George N. and Nancy A. (Hamilton) Prater, was born in the year of 1860. He lived his early life around Mt. Moriah. John's first wife was Alice Louderback and they had two children: Ethlyn was born in the year of 1883 and she was married to Lee Hamilton, they were the parents of three daughters, Jewell who married Ward Wooderson, Marjorie, who married Garland Cooper, and Betty, who married Bob Whitaker. Ethlyn passed away in 1955. Lee in 1972. Both are buried in the Hamilton Cemetery. Merl, was born on May 25, 1888, was raised by her Louderback grandparents and died on January 30, 1918 and is buried in Goshen Cemetery. After the death of his wife Alice, John Allen married Emma R. Dill, daughter of Abija and Mary Ranier Dill, who was born in the year of 1871. John and Emma were the parents of ten children, Glen, Besie, Maxine, Johnnie, Horace, Kathleen, Edna, Blanche, Mattie, and Nelle. John and Emma lived in Mt. Moriah for several years while their family was growing up. John operated a Drey Wagon at Ridgeway and Mt. Moriah. They moved to Atchison County, MO then back to Mt. Moriah to the Herbst residence in the east part of town where John died in 1942. John's parents, George and Alice Prater are buried in the Hamilton Cemetery. John and Emma are buried in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Northwest of Mt. Moriah. In 1880, John was apparently living with an uncle, Samual, in Nebraska Samual PRATER Self M Male W 32 IL Farmer KY KY Liddy PRATER Wife M Female W 30 OH Keeping House VA VA Brice PRATER Son S Male W 12 MO At Home IL OH Geoge PRATER Son S Male W 10 MO At Home IL OH Adel PRATER Dau S Female W 6 MO At Home IL OH Haden PRATER Son S Male W 3 MO At Home IL OH John PRATER Nephew S Male W 20 MO Stone Mason IL IL Rosa HINDMAN Niece S Female W 18 MO At Home OH TN - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Arago, Richardson, Nebraska Family History Library Film 1254754 NA Film Number T9-0754 Page Number 424A 1930 census.... Atchison Co, Mo, Dale twp John, 68, Emma, 58, son John, 21, daughter Nell, 16 info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates Emma: info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates 15 Ethlyn Prater b. abt 1882 d. 1955 m. Lee Hamilton m. 24 Sept 1905 Mercer co, MO b. abt 1882 d. 1972 Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 Name: Etheyn Prater Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1882 Marriage Date: 24 Sep 1905 Marriage Location: Mercer, Missouri Marriage County: Mercer Spouse Name: A L Hamilton Spouse Age: 23 Spouse Birth Date: abt 1882 16 Jewell Hamilton m. Ward Wooderson 16 Marjorie Hamilton m. Garland Cooper 16 Betty Hamilton m. Bob Whitaker 15 Murl Prater b. 26 May 1887 MO d. 30 Jan 1918 Mercer co, MO info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates 15 Glen Wood Prater b. 10 Dec 1897 MO d. 23 Dec 1976 MO m. Ethel Evelyn Wright b. 7 Jan 1900 Mt Moriah, MO d. 14 Jan 1978 Hamburg, IA [daughter of George Lewis Wright and Jennie Henryetta Stoner] Glen and Ethel are buried in Walkup Grove cemetery, near Fairfax MO Ethel: Glen and Ethel are buried in Walkup Grove cemetery, near Fairfax MO 16 Harlan Rex Prater b. 2 Sept 1918 d. 10 Dec 1998 m. Neva Dean Brewer m. 10 June 1937 m. Charlotte Puett m. 26 Sept 1970 b. 31 May 1921 buried Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, MO 17 George Russell Prater (details excluded) 17 Philip Wayne Prater (details excluded) 17 Harlon Eugene Prater (details excluded) 16 Avis Lucille Prater b. 31 Oct 1920 Bethany, MO d. 24 Jan 2006 m. Willard Powell m. 21 May 1945 b. 3 Aug 1918 d. 18 Apr 1979 Maryville MO [son of Earl Monroe Powell and Zula Wiley] 17 Glennda Lou Powell (details excluded) 17 Earl Lyn Powell (details excluded) 17 Charles Dale Powell (details excluded) m. Patty Calfee 17 Wilda June Powell (details excluded) 16 George Allen (Jim) Prater b. 15 Feb 1923 d. 16 May 1994 MO m. Dorothy Margaret Craig m. 8 May 1941 b. 14 Oct 1923 Jim hosted bluegrass music festivals on his farm near Bolckow, MO. buried Fillmore Cemetery, Fillmore, MO 17 Lon Craig Prater (details excluded) 17 Ramona June Prater (details excluded) 17 Alan Ray Prater (details excluded) 18 Josh Prater m. Kim Schuman 18 Stephanie Prater m. Warren Clark 16 Lois Pauline Prater b. 7 June 1925 Fairfax, MO d. 31 July 2006 St. Joseph, MO m. Jack Owens m. 1943 m. Drexel Eldon Gray m. 16 Jan 1958 b. 27 Oct 1915 Pickering, MO d. 11 Apr 2000 Savannah, MO 17 Basil Dean Owens (details excluded) m. Linda Sue Griffin (details excluded) 17 Glen David Owens (details excluded) m. Tommasine Lynette Kirsch 17 Connie Sue Owens (details excluded) m. Curtis Taylor 16 Jerry Dale Prater b. 24 May 1928 Fairfax, MO d. 17 Jul 2008 St Joseph, MO m. Mary Ellen Gilland (details excluded) De Kalb, MO Prater, Jerry AGENCY, Mo. - Jerry Dale "J.D." Prater, 80, Agency, formerly of St. Joseph, Mo., passed away Thursday, July 17, 2008, at the Living Community of St. Joseph, with his beloved grandson, Jeff, at his side. J.D. was born May 24, 1928, in Fairfax, Mo., to Glen and Ethel (Wright) Prater. In 1951, he married Mary Ellen Gilland. They were divorced in 1992 after 41? years of marriage. Both remained close. J.D. worked for the Rock Island Railroad and retired from Western Dairy after 35 years of service. He enjoyed the outdoors, coon hunting, trading, and his grandson, Jeff, who was his greatest joy. As Jeff was growing up, you didn't see one without the other; and then came his great-grandson, Jordan, who became his second greatest joy. J.D. was preceded in death by his parents; an infant brother, Ruben; brothers, Harlan, George A. "Jim" and John Prater; and sisters, Avis Powell and Lois Gray. He is survived by his former wife, Mary Ellen; daughter, Mary Dale Colwell, and husband, Joe; grandson, Jeffrey Dale Hamilton, and wife, Pam; great-grandson, Jordan Dale Hamilton; brother, Richard "Dick" Prater of Tarkio, Mo.; sister, Jennie Lee Grace of Des Moines, Iowa, and their families, along with a host of nieces and nephews; and his companion, Georgia Adkins of Agency. The family will like to give a special thank you to Kendallwood Hospice and the Living Community, which made his final hours peaceful. The funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at Rupp Funeral Home, St. Joseph. Interment will be at the Agency Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to Kendallwood Hospice. Online condolences and obituaries are at www.ruppfuneral.com. Published in the St. Joseph News-Press on 7/19/2008 17 Mary Dale Prater (details excluded) 16 Ruben Prater b. 21 Mar 1931 Atchison co, MO d. 21 Mar 1931 Atchison co, MO buried Walkup Grove Cemetery, near Fairfax, MO info from Missouri State Archives-Death Record Certificates: Death record states date of birth and death to be 21 Mar 1931. Grave marker incorrectly reads 1932. Cause of death listed as "blue baby" (stillborn) 16 Jennie Lea Prater (details excluded) m. Weldon Wilbur Grace (details excluded) Nodaway co, MO [son of Harvey Alexander Grace and Mary Ellen McIntyre] 17 James Weldon Grace (details excluded) m. Cynthia Diane Sotter (details excluded) Los Angeles, CA [daughter of Thomas Raymond Sotter and Rose Blount] m. Joan Marie (Bruch) Lewis (details excluded) Carroll, IA [daughter of Leo Julian Bruch and Betty Haverman] 18 Joshua James Grace (details excluded) 18 Jennilee Rose Grace (details excluded) m. Aaron Scott Anderson 19 Jackson Weldon Anderson (details excluded) 17 Jan Lawson Grace (details excluded) m. Phyllis Lloyd 18 Jeremy Grace (details excluded) m. Adrienne Wiebe 17 Pamela Sue Grace (details excluded) m. Dean Ague m. Tom Mehalovich m. Ed Tam 17 Patricia Lue Grace (details excluded) m. Randy Wilson m. Gary Adams m. Don Richards 18 Sarah Adams 18 Jacob Adams 17 Jon Richard Grace (details excluded) 16 John Lewis "J.L." Prater b. 21 July 1938 Fillmore, MO d. 17 Apr 2008 Council Bluffs, IA m. Arlene June Grace (details excluded) [daughter of Harvey Alexander Grace and Mary Ellen McIntyre] Prater, John HAMBURG, Iowa - John Lewis "Bub" Prater, 69, Hamburg, formerly Burlington Junction, Mo., passed away on Thursday evening, April 17, 2008. Born July 21, 1938, in rural Burlington Junction, he was the son of Glenn and Ethel (Wright) Prater. He was united in marriage to Arlene June Grace on Nov. 28, 1958. Survivors are wife, Arlene of Hamburg; children, Gena Prater of Hamburg, Jayson (Lisa) Prater of Milo, Iowa; and Jerald (Katrina) Prater of Platte Woods, Mo.; three grandchildren; siblings, Jerry D. (Georgia) Prater of Agency, Mo.; Richard E. (Connie) Prater of Tarkio, Mo.; and Jennie Lea (Weldon) Grace of Des Moines, Iowa; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. The service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 20, at the United Methodist Church in Hamburg. Burial will follow in Mount Olive Cemetery at Hamburg, Family visitation will be Saturday, April 19, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Rash-Gude Funeral Home, Hamburg. Memorials may be made to Nishna Productions in Shenandoah, Iowa. Published in the St. Joseph News-Press on 4/19/2008 17 Gena Grace Prater (details excluded) 17 Jayson Lewis Prater (details excluded) 17 Jerald Harvey Prater 16 Richard Eugene Prater (details excluded) m. Connie Sue Brummitt 17 Shawna Kaye Prater (details excluded) 15 Bessie Prater info from Linda Dill-Daniel 16 Garland Prater b. 26 May 1916 Mt Moriah, MO d. 29 Nov 1916 Mt Moriah, MO info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates: no father listed buried Hamilton Cemetery 15 Maxine Prater info from Linda Dill-Daniel 15 Johnnie Prater b. abt 1909 15 Horace Prater 15 Kathleen Prater 15 Edna Prater b. 30 Aug 1910 Ridgeway, MO d. 10 Aug 1916 Harrison Co., MO info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates states cause of death :"spinal meningitis" 15 Blanche Prater 15 Mattie Prater b. 15 July 1904 MO d. 25 June 1951 Bethany, MO m. Guy Hannah Wright m. Apr 1923 b. 28 Nov 1903 Mt Moriah, MO d. 12 Apr 1969 Mt Moriah, MO [son of George Lewis Wright and Jennie Henryetta Stoner] SOURCE: Newspaper clipping from unidentified newspaper (Probably Bethany Republican-Clipper) Handwritten date of 6-27-51 written on clipping Mrs. Guy Wright Dies; Mt. Moriah Rites Today Mrs. Mattie Wright, 46, wife of Guy Wright, living east of Bethany and with a Ridgeway rural address, died Monday at a local hospital. Mrs. Wright had been ill for several months and in and out of the hospital at times. Besides her husband, Mrs. Wright is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Colleen Hartman of Ridgeway address. Mrs. Wright was a daughter of John A. and Emma (Dill) Prater. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 o'clock this Wednesday at the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. The Rev. Marvin T. Judy of Cainsville will officiate. Burial will be at Lloyd Cemetery (Mt. Moriah). info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates Guy: Guy: info from Larry Wright: More About GUY HANNAH WRIGHT: Fact 1: 1969, Died in tragic Accident 16 Maizie Lavern Wright b. 12 Oct 1923 Fairfax, MO d. 28 Dec 1941 Excelsior Springs, MO m. Luther C. Musser Jr m. 1941 buried Lloyd cemetery Mt Moriah info from Larry Wright: More About MAIZZIE WRIGHT: Fact 1: 1941, Died in car accident right after marriage. info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates 16 Elsie Colleen Wright (details excluded) m. Robert Lee Hartman b. 17 Dec 1924 d. 8 July 2006 17 Christy Elaine Hartman (details excluded) 17 Bobby Gene Hartman (details excluded) 17 Richard Wayne Hartman b. 9 Nov 1959 d. 6 Feb 1968 info from Larry Wright: More About RICHARD WAYNE HARTMAN: Fact 1: February 06, 1968, Died of Kidney Disorder 15 Nelle Prater b. abt 1914 14 Thomas J. Prater m. Sarah I. Sonder m. 3 July 1884 Harrison co, MO 14 M.A.E. Prater b. abt 1854 MO 14 Martha J. Prater b. abt 1858 MO 13 Rebecca Prater b. 1828 IL 13 William J. Prater b. 20 Sept 1832 Vandalia, IL d. 28 Feb 1911 Harrison co, MO m. Elisabeth Bailey info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates 14 Jennie Pocahontas Prater b. 30 Jan 1860 Mt Moriah, MO d. 2 Frb 1938 Bethany, MO info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates 13 Sarah J. Prater b. 1838 13 James Monroe Prater b. 1840 KY m. Sarah Elizabeth Brown m. Fleming co., KY b. abt 1844 IL 1860 Census Harrison Co, MO. Trail Creek township James Prater 19 IL Sarah A. Prater 16 IL John W. Prater 1/12 MO 14 John William Prater b. 29 June 1861 Harrison co.,MO d. 22 Oct 1919 St. Joseph, MO m. Mary Jane ? info from Missouri State Archives Death Record Certificates 15 Claude Hayden Prater b. 7 Mar 1889 MO d. 14 July 1917 St Joseph, MO info from Missouri State Archives--Death Record Certificates 13 Nancy J. Prater b. 1843 IL 13 Samuel H. Prater b. 1846 IL m. Liddy ? b. abt 1850 OH 14 Brice Prater b. 1868 MO 14 George Prater b. 1870 MO 14 Adel Prater b. 1874 MO 14 Haden Prater b. 1877 MO