William
Harris
[uncertain]
Prater
Born about in Floyd, Kentucky, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Brother of
Rebecca (Prater) Patton and George Walter Prater
Husband of
Mary (Salyer) Prater
— married
18 Aug 1846 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William John Prater and George Walter Prater
Died about
at about age 40
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2015
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Biography
William H Prater was born about 1823 in Floyd County, Kentucky to Jonathan Prater and Margaret Griffith. He married twice and was the father of six children. He died 23 Aug 1863 in Arkansas.
- Mary Salyer m. 18 Aug 1846
- William John 1847-1867
- Lydia (Kilgore) 1850-?
- Mary Jane (Kilgore, Roseberry) 1853-1885
- Charlotte 1854-?
- Mary Combs m. ca 1860
- George Walter 1861-1933
- Manerva (Stinnett) 1861-1908
- Note: There is also a Tennessee/Temperance Prater, age 9, listed on the 1870 census with his widow and family that has an unknown relationship.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-SQJ : 12 April 2016), William Preator, Hilburn, Madison, Arkansas, United States; citing family 237, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M875-N2N : 13 December 2017), Wm Prater, 1860.
See also:
- FamilySearch: William Harris Prater LHKC-3Q2
- "The Salyer Family: a Genealogical Record of their first 250 years in America." 688 pages with index. by Elizabeth Salyer. Privately published,1982. Reprinted by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Page 141.
- "Samuel Salyer" by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Page 111.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Jerry Prater
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup E-L117, FTDNA kit #384859 - Michael Prater :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup E-CTS6667, FTDNA kit #N194057
- H Martin Prather :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-BY8439, FTDNA kit #325658
- Wayne Prather :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1a1a-CTS4179, FTDNA kit #78145 +
Y-Chromosome Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1a1a
- David Prater :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup EM35, FTDNA kit #756248, MitoYDNA ID T10867 [compare]
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~1.56%
Joseph Lowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU9846580 [compare], Ancestry member JLoweArkansas
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~0.78%
Jerry Prater :
23andMe, GEDmatch m644834 [compare]
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~0.78%
Suzette Copley :
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