Hello I would love to talk to you about my grandfather Harry Prather I know my dad had a half brother named gaylord
my email address is devcon4u@hotmail.com

thank you
Charles Prather

I am so sorry this message was delayed. My sister, Doris Ann Butler Lucas, had a major heart attack two and a half years ago. Since then she has had several minor strokes. Unfortunately, every time we all think she is getting well enough to start back with her genealogy work, something else presents a physically challenge.

The strokes or simply the aging process has also caused her to suffer from extreme dry eye syndrome. So, even when her thinking process has been up to par, she can only read or do paperwork for short periods of time because her vision gets too blurry for her to see. Even working on the computer becomes extremely difficult causing her to suffer from major headaches. Then her computer started acting up this fall and now she is waiting to get it back from the shop.

I just came across your note while I was trying to help her out with some of her backlog of work. We would both love to correspond with you. You are welcome to e-mail me directly, robindaviet at cs dot com, and I will share all the information with Doris Ann as well. I am Doris Ann’s baby sister, so I have not been doing genealogy quite as long as she has (she has about 20 years on me), but I have been researching myself for over 40 years now.

The following is the story of William Lucius Butler’s trek to Kentucky with his Uncle Julius.

William Lucius BUTLER born 11 September 1848 on the Butler farm, County Line, Davie County, North Carolina; died 30 April 1910, Morganfield, Union County, Kentucky – In his youth William worked in a mill and mine. In 1867 his father taught a five month school, which he attended. He developed an interest in books. He wanted to study Latin and law, so he could become a lawyer. When he asked his father for the money to attend school, his father told him “to go paddle his own canoe.” Hearing Kentucky had a lot to offer enterprising young men, he joined his Uncle William “Julius” Alexander PRATHER and set out on foot for Kentucky. They left North Carolina on 14 June 1868. William had two dimes in his pocket that his mother had given him as he stepped off the porch of the familys home. Fortunately his Uncle Julius had about fifteen dollars. They walked, passing through Tennessee on their way to the home of Julius brother, Williams Uncle Thomas Roby PRATHER near Wadesboro, Calloway County, Kentucky. They slept in the woods at night as the weather was warm. They arrived 6 July 1868, a total of three weeks and 1 day after they had begun their journey of about seven hundred miles.

Both Doris Ann and would love to have a copy of the picture you have of Thomas Roby PRATHER. Can you scan and e-mail it to me? That would fine with us or if you want to snail mail it, you can e-mail me off line and I will give you my address.

We are excited to hear from you.

Sincerely your cousin,
Robin Butler Daviet

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PRATHER Haskell L and Lucille H

I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 214,103 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is most likely not my family.

Woke early, Got so much on my mind to do this week my body is so tense but first thing I always do in the mornings is ck my email then I thought of you. I had save in Doc a list of all the sites I had used for my Daddy’s book as I had listed them and printed them off and put them in the back of his book. Here is a list if they will help you find addtional information on your Grandmother.

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take in mind some of these lead straight to the person I was research at the time but if you back up to the main home page you can search out other prathers on the site. Good luck I get back with later after the first of the new year.

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hello Margaret

20 June 1851
John Morris Brazil born ,address 51 Somerville Street Birkenhead , his father was William and his mother Margaret Hearn. dont know when she died and dont know were she is buried, he then married a Susan Becton in Our Lady Immaculate R/C church Everton Liverpool in July 1866, she was my grandmothers mother .after she died he again married a Jane Nulty at St Sylvesters church R/C in Liverpool in August 1887,( I think he liked wedding cake) out lived him by 4 years William died 22 Feb 1895 and is buried in a public grave in Ford cemetery Liverpool his address then was 97 Raymond Street Liverpool,,will get back to you soon
Doreen

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Help!! Help!! All Prathers. I am running out of time to have this ready for Christmas for my Daddy and I have been working on this since Feb. I need a high resolution copy or jpeg file of the Prather Black Yellow family crest which is considered the #2. My son and daughter in law work have worked for a printing company for several years and my son have worked with professional equipment since he has been 18 yrs old and they are not able to enlarge the one only small copy that is the everywhere. It enlarges to be fuzzy blurry. The original crest enlarges perfectly and the #3 crest which is considered the modern version which I didn’t even know they had till my daddy had his 75th birthday in November and I had ordered him the framed family crest with the history and it looked a little differet and was called the modern version. But both enlarged great. It the Black Yellow that looks horrible.

This has been a very endearing project to my heart as my daddy lost his wife suddenly to which he was married to for 50 years and mother to 4 girls to which I am the eldest. Cannot mention enough what a shock it was as she was not sick or ill. Dad and we girls were all in a shocked state for 2 years and didn’t know how to deal with it for a long time since she just sat down in her chair to take a nap like she always did and never woke up. And no one was home. And it was Dad who came home and found her.

For some reason my husband signed up to do his ancestry and after a week I literally took over and saw what my mission was to be for my daddy to help not only he but my self also to heal.

I remember as a child he became interested in his ancestry the old fashioned way by writing letters all over not only the U.S. but also England and as a small child I was astonished that you could writed to people that far away and get answers from people that had the same last name as yourself. I remember how I too became interested. Some of those letter panned out some did not. At this time I some how have those letter to which I have no idea how they came to be in my possession. Being the eldest maybe at one time Mom felt that she wanted me to have them.

Well now working on this book I have spent a tremedous amount of time on a plan on working his letters and he spent also a tremedous amount of time on into his book and I believe this book is going to be such a great treasure to him to see how far back I have been able to go back and even have pictures of the castles and churches of the ones he use to just be able to tell me about as a child.

But what I know he will be is Blessed knowing the work that went into all the information that has been collected through all the years from the Blessed and Blood of the Prather.

Please, Please If anyone know of a was I can get a excellent full page copy of Black Yellow copy of the Prather Family Crest. My son and daughter-in-law are taking these copies and copying them on heavy high quality paper and using high quality gloss ink and in my Book that will be the first open presentation as he opens the book. The page will be the 1st Original Family Crest. The second page will be the 2nd Family Crest. And the third page will be the 3rd Family Crest. And every page will be in a page protector so he won’t tear or smear or be afraid of touching the page. On the outside view I have listed of the different version of the Prather names starting with the first original all in calligraphy giving it the old english look. At the heading I have “LINEAGE DE” which means “LINEAGE OF”. At the very end I have the name of Prather which of course is his name which I have in Arial which I decided because he is of present and the other names cames from history/past. Bordering the name to which I searched serveral hours for the perfect one I have a scroll looking border but not girly fancy. The scroll is made with thin branches and in each corner are a 3 piece leaf. When I found it I knew it was it because it looked old historic. I am so proud of of what I have done with my daddy’s book I know I am going to cry because my daddy is a cryer too and I just know this is going to be something he will going over and over and be astonished with our heritage and be Proud of where we came from. My is a devoted Christen even though he does not go to church for he believes there is too much politics in church these days. He meets with about 5 men twice a week at a restuarant for a Bible study and I have told him just a few snippets here and there and told him that the Prather came from Church and a little Royalty.

Better wrap up so I can hopefully get some replys in time to get this done.

Please Please Help

Thank you to any Prathers

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