Prater Family Tree

Descendants of --- de Presbyter (Prester/de Praers).

Generation No. 23

23. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN²³ PRATER (THOMAS M.²², ARCHELUS ARCHIBALD²¹, BASIL "BAZEL" PITTS²⁰ PRATHER/PRATER, JOHN JOSIAH¹⁹ PRATHER, WILLIAM NATHAN¹⁸, WILLIAM NATHAN¹⁷, JOHNATHAN¹⁶, THOMAS¹⁵ PRATHER/PRATER, THOMAS PRATER¹⁴ (GENTLEMAN), ANTHONY THOMAS PRATER¹³, GEORGE PRATER¹² (ESQUIRE), JOHN PRATER¹¹, WILLIAM PRATER (ESQUIRE) (DE¹⁰ PRAERS?), --- PRATER (DE PREERS /⁹ PRAERS), --- PRATER (DE⁸ PREERS/PRAERS), --- PRATER (DE⁷ PRAERS?), --- PRATER (DE⁶, --- PRATER (PRETOR) (DE⁵, ROBERTUS PRETOR (PRATER) (DE⁴, WILLIAMUS PRETOR (PRATER/DE³ PRAERS), GUILLIUMUS (WILLIAMUS) JOHONNIE² PRATER, --- DE PRESBYTER (PRESTER/DE¹ PRAERS).) was born January 1868 in Tennessee, and died 1925 in Loving, Texas. He married (marriage certificate) LAURA ANN EMERY August 08, 1886, daughter of FRANCIS EMERY and ELIZABETH BLADES (1880 census). She was born May 13, 1865 in Tennessee, and died March 11, 1946 in Loving, Texas.

June 1900 Census Record

More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PRATER:
Burried: Loving Cemetary

Benjamin Prater and Laura Emery

These photos provided by Darla Maxwell Goins

4gypsie1@gte.net

Ben and Laura's grave site, Loving Cemetary, Texas. Ben's stone is to the right of the tree, Laura's marker is on the left.

Pictured is Darla Maxwell Goins and daughter, great-great grandaughter of Ben and Laura, granddaughter of ELIZA BELL PRATER and WALTER E. GRIZZLE.

Children of BENJAMIN PRATER and LAURA EMERY are:

24.

JIMMIE LEE²⁴ PRATER, b. April 28, 1905; d. April 30, 1984, Amarillo, Texas.

ii.

ELIZA BELL PRATER, b. August 1886, Tenneesee; d. 1964, Texas; m. WALTER E. GRIZZLE.

iii.

OSCAR HARRIS PRATER, b. December 1888, Tenneesee; d. November 1959, Frederick, Oklahoma; m. LILLIE V. DAVIS, 1908, Hill County, Texas.

iv.

RICHARD FLOYD PRATER, b. December 1890, Tennessee; m. BETTIE UNKNOWN.

More About RICHARD FLOYD PRATER:
Burried: Muscogee, Oklahoma

ADA DELLA PRATER, b. September 18, 1892, Tenneesee; d. December 18, 1970, Ennis, Texas; m. IVY? W. GENTZEL.

More About ADA DELLA PRATER:
Burried: Crestview Memorial Cemetary, Wichita Falls, Texas

vi.

BESSIE L. PRATER, b. December 1894, Tenneesee; m. (1) WILL HUBBARD; m. (2) GEORGE TARIMER.

vii.

HOMER PRATER, b. December 24, 1897, Tenneesee; d. September 17, 1964; m. LAVENA HUFFMAN.

More About HOMER PRATER:
Burried: Loving Cemetary, Loving Texas

viii.

LETTIE ELIZABETH PRATER, b. February 1899, Tenneesee; m. UNKNOWN ARMOR.

ix.

OLLIE PRATER, b. 1907, Texas; m. MOLLIE UNKNOWN.

(left) Eliza Bell Prater Grizzell
with her sister
(right)Bessie Prater

Richard (Floyd Prater & Wife Betty (Betty is
the sister to Lavina ) so 2 brothers married 2 sisters.
Viola Grizzell Sanders with her brothers Carl & Mutt
Grizzell . Homer Prater, Wilburn & Herman ( Herman
maybe also be Viola's brother (Grizzell) And J.C.Floyd
Boys. (They may have called Floyd Prater 's sons Floyd Boys)

Homer Prater & Wife Lavena

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