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Benjamin Silas Prather[1, 2, 3, 4]
Male 1879 - 1959

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  • Birth  17 Apr 1879  Washington, Plymouth, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Buried  May 1959  Silverton, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  21 May 1959  Canby, Clackamas, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Person ID  I2292  Jacob Strong and Sarah Hill
    Last Modified  26 Apr 2013 
     
    Father  Samuel J. Prather,   b. 11 May 1851, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1928, , Clackamas, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Emmaranda Annabelle Gibbens,   b. 12 Apr 1859, New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1950, Canby, Clackamas, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  24 Jan 1876  Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F976  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Emma Dora Johnson,   b. 6 Jul 1872, near New Boston, Mercer, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1959, Monitor, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  24 Nov 1906  Kalama, Cowlitz, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Cleo Hartman Prather,   b. 20 Aug 1908, , , Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1969, Ironside, Malheur, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Roland W. Prather,   b. 8 Jul 1913, Woodburn, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1992, , Clackamas, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F980  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Jettie A. Callahan,   b. Jul 1876, , , Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown  [8] 
    Married  6 Jul 1902  , Clackamas, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Family ID  F981  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Buried in Miller Cemetery
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S322] Census: 1900, Washington, Cowlitz County, Ostrander, ED 36, sheet 14 A, line 9.
      Prather, Benjamin, 21, boarder, B. April 1879, B. IA, FBP PA, MBP IA, Laborer/Bolt Camp
      [transcribed by June Carroll]

      Date: 23 June 1900

    2. [S328] Census: 1910, Oregon, Clackamas County, Killin Pct., Ed 34, sheet 5A.
      Preather, Benjamin, 30 hh, married 3 yrs, born IL (should be IA), FBP SWED, MBP PA, Gen Farm
      Preather, Dora, 36, wife, married 3 yrs, 1 child/1 living, born IL, FBP SWED, MBP PA
      Preather, Cleo M. 1, son, born OR, FBP IA, MBP IL
      [transcribed by June Carroll]

      Date: 29 April 1910–2 May 1910

    3. [S329] Census: 1920, Oregon, Clackamas County, Killin Pct. ED 41, pg. 6B, Ancestry.com image 12, 137.
      Prather, Benjamin S. 40, Owns farm, (looks like berry farm) b. IA, parents
      b. PA, farmer
      Prather, Dora E., 47, wife, b. IL, FBP Sweden, MBP US
      Prather, Cleo, 11, son, born OR
      Prather, Roland W. 6, son, born OR
      [Transcribed by June Carroll]

      Date: 25 February 1920–26 February 1920

    4. [S330] Census: 1930, Oregon, Clackamas County, Killin Pct, ED 47, sheet 7A.
      Prather, Ben, 51, hh, owns, married age 27, b. IA, PBP PA, farming
      Prather, Dora, 57, wife, married age 32, b. IL, FBP Unknown, MBP US
      Prather, Roland, 16, b. Oregon, FBP IA, MBP IL
      [transcribed by June Carroll]

      Date: 2 May 1930

    5. [S327] Obituary: Oregon.
      WOODBURN INDEPENDENT MARION CO. WOODBURN, OREGON
      Thursday May 28, 1959
      Ben S. Prather
      Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in Mollalla for Ben S. Prather, 80 year old resident of the Oak Lawn district who died Thursday morning at his home following a several months illness. Interment was at the Miller cemetery near Silverton.
      Mr. Prather was born in Iowa April 20, 1878 and came to Oregon when he was 2 years old. He had lived in the Oak Lawn district most of his lifetime, the last 52 years in the same house. He was a retired farmer. His wife, the former Emma Johnson whom he married in Kalama, Washington, November 24, 1906 died in February.
      Survivors include two sons, Cleo Prather of Carson, Washington and Roland Prather of Woodburn Route 2, sister Mrs. Effie Hartman of Canby; brother Glenn Prather of Woodburn Route 2: three grandchildren and three great grandchildren

    6. [S291] Death Index: Oregon.
      Ben S. Prather
      Died Clackamas co., OR
      21 May 1959
      Certificate # 5728
      Wife" Emma"

    7. [S861] Marriage Record: Washington, Kelso WA courthouse, Vo. 3, pg. 220.
      John J. Johnson was a witness

      Date: 26 November 1906

    8. [S301] Oregon Historical Records Index, http://genealogy.state.or.us/..
      Case# 8044
      Name Prather, B. S. and Jettie
      Date 1905
      Record Type Divorce
      County Clackamas
      Source Genealogical
      Identifier
      Remarks

    9. [S862] Divorce: Oregon, Circuit Court, Clackamas County, Case #8044.
      B. S. Prather, Plaintiff, vs. Jettie Prather, Defendant

      That they were lawfully married in Clackamas County , State of Oregon on or About the 6th day of July, 1903, and ever since said time have been and now are husband and wife.
      Divorce procedings began Monday, the 6th day of Nov. A.D. 1905 and granted Saturday the 18th day of Nov. A.D. 1905.

      Date: 1905

    10. [S863] Clackamas County Marriage Records, 979.541 V2e., 1900-1912.
      Name: Prather, B. S.
      Spouses Name: Mazingo, Jettie
      Date: 06/Jul/1902

  

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