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- 1841 BIRTH: MO,Linn Co-near Browning: William Thomas Prather born 1 Feb 1841. 15 June 1922, son of Thomas &
Lucinda Dawson Prather [more on ancestors of William Thomas, The Warrens and You pg 80].
1861-65 MILITARY: The Warres and You pg 80: "William Thomas Prather served as a private in the Civil War..."
1870 CENSUS; MO,Linn Co-Benton Twp-Linneus PO: pg 80(232), 4 Aug, Dw 72/93:
PRATHER, Wm T 29/MO farmer (4000,2000); Rebecca 28/MO; Wm W 7/MO
1880 CENSUS: MO,Linn Co-Benton Twp-ED 187: pg 7,1st June,pg 507, Dw 7/7:
PRATHER, William 39/MO (KY,KY) farmer; Rebecca 39/MO (TN,TN); Walter 16/MO;
Bertha 9/MO; Mary E 7/MO; Grace 5/MO-measles; Ross 2/MO
1900 CENSUS:MO,Linn-Benton Twp /ed 65: Anc.com Img 20 sheet 11, 16 June, Dw 210/221:
PRATHER, William T-head 59/MO bn F1841 (KY,KY) 39yrs, farmer-own farm; Rebecca-wife
58/MO bn March 1842 (TN,MO)md39yrs 6/7 children living; Ross E-son22/MO
bn May 1898 (MO,MO)wd, farmer Ernst F-son 15/MO bn Aug 1884 (MO,MO)
1910 CENSUS: MO,Linn Co-N Benton Twp-Browning ED66: Anc.com Img 18 pg22, 28 Apr Dw//:
PRATHER, William T-head 69/MO (Ky,Ky)md 1x-49yrs-gen farmer; Rebecca A-wifw 68/MO
(MO,MO)md 1x-49yrs 6/8 children living; Fay E-son 23/MO (MO,MO)single
1920 CENSUS: MO,Linn Co-N Benton Twp: A/c Img #? pg 16, 12-14 Jan, Farm 14:
PRATHER, Wm T-head 78/MO (KY,KY)md farmer; Rebecca A-wife 77/MO (TN,MO)
md, no occ; Earnest F-son 35/MO (MO,KY) no occupation
1922 DEATH,BURIAL: MO,Linn Co-Browning: William Thomas Prather died 11 June 1922, buried in Prather Cemetery
NOTES: The Prather farm, owned by George W Prather at time of book, The Warrens & You-1958 , has been handed down through the generations.
Ck out: Prather Cem, Cem Rcds of NW Linn Co MO Vol 1, pg 68: "Prather... Thomas, died July 30, 1892, aged 84 yrs, 8 mos, 7 das; Lucinda, wife of Thomas, died June 27, 1876, aged 61 yrs, 7 mos, 10 das" [parents of Wm Thomas] Also - sis? "Prather... Mary E., November 30, 1843-May 1, 1856" From The Warrens and You pg 80, it said William's father and many slaves, some of them being buried in the Prather Cemetery, some bought homes in Linneus MO.
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