William
Prather
Born in Bath County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Prather
and Sarah (Wilson) Prather
Brother of
Mary (Prather) Martin, Jeremiah Prather, Uriah Prather, Deborah (Prather) Rouse and Jonathan Prather
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Cornelius Milton Prather
Died
at age 58
in Vermilion County, Illinois
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Nov 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1824. He was the son of Jonathan Prather and Sarah Wilson. He passed away in 1882.
Sources
- Rootsweb, Genealogy is Hereditary, I heir my Genealogy in Public. Elsa's Notes:.THE ROSSVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S CEMETERY REGISTER LISTS ONE WILLIAM PRATHER BURIED IN MILLER CEMETERY, BORN 1804 AND DIED AUG 8,1862. HISTORY OF ROSS TOWNSHIP STATES THE FAMILY MOVED TO VERMILION COUNTY IN 1831 SETTLING EAST OF DANVILLE AND A FEW YEARS LATER PURCHASED A FARM ON THE ILLINOIS-INDIANA STATE LINE. The 1880 census shows William in Grant Township, no wife. Children: Ann, age 28; John T. age 26; Moses W. age 24; Cornelius M., age 22; Maria age 17; and Catharine, age 14. William and family are next door to Cornelius Bowman, age 42, wife Mary J, age 38 and their children, Henry age 15, Moses age 10 and Flora Etta age 6.Cornelius is certainly the brother of William's deceased wife, Mary Bowman.[1]
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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%
Anthony Malina :
23andMe, GEDmatch XN4960424 [compare]
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~0.78%
Connie (Daniels) Graves :
23andMe, GEDmatch T402351 [compare], yourDNAportal CONa2d8a633
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T402351 [compare], yourDNAportal CONa2d8a633, FTDNA kit #576234
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