Archibald Prater Jr. was born 13 Jan 1794 in Russell, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Powell 5 Feb 1818 in Nicholas Co, Kentucky. They were parents to several children (not all listed here):
Allen Dial Prater 1822–1884
Louisa Prater Bateman 1832–1894
Martha Ellen Prater Van Kirk 1837–1916
Archibald Prater 1844–1881
He died in 1 May 1885.
Sources
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-MX9R : 17 May 2018), Prater and MM9.1.1/QKJ9-MXSM:, 1818; citing Marriage, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 252,396.
"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-TX9 : accessed 30 December 2020), Archibald Prator, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 14, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65S-432 : 19 December 2020), Annabell Prater, Fleming, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCF-G6G : 13 November 2020), Archibald Prater, Fleming, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 416D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,413.
WikiTree profile Prather-338 created through the import of Kuehn Family File.ged on Oct 26, 2011 by Timothy Kuehn. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Timothy and others.
This person was created through the import of Kara_s.ged on 22 September 2010.
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