Benjamin married Elizabeth Ann Warren in Cannon County, Tennessee March 10, 1839. See copy of marriage license at right in this memorial. They had 10 children. Information in the memorial for Benjamin's father indicates that Benjamin was the son of Archelus and his second wife Sally Huet, whom he married on June 18, 1816; their two children were Thomas and Benjamin.
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The source for this cemetery and burial information is a Find A Grave contributor who is researching the burials in this old cemetery. Reportedly, old gravestones were removed from the area where they had been toppled by flooding. They apparently reside on a farmland near the old cemetery area. Some descendants of Benjamin Prater are studying the family history to document his burial at this site. For more information see the the note field in the cemetery record. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
Several family trees on Ancestry.com indicate that Benjamin died in the Oklahoma Territory, where his wife died while visiting her family in 1903. While Benjamin was alive for the 1860 Federal census, his wife Elizabeth was listed as a widow in the 1900 census. The year of Benjamin's death has not been found. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
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The source for this cemetery and burial information is a Find A Grave contributor who is researching the burials in this old cemetery. Reportedly, old gravestones were removed from the area where they had been toppled by flooding. They apparently reside on a farmland near the old cemetery area. Some descendants of Benjamin Prater are studying the family history to document his burial at this site. For more information see the the note field in the cemetery record. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
Several family trees on Ancestry.com indicate that Benjamin died in the Oklahoma Territory, where his wife died while visiting her family in 1903. While Benjamin was alive for the 1860 Federal census, his wife Elizabeth was listed as a widow in the 1900 census. The year of Benjamin's death has not been found. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
Benjamin married Elizabeth Ann Warren in Cannon County, Tennessee March 10, 1839. See copy of marriage license at right in this memorial. They had 10 children. Information in the memorial for Benjamin's father indicates that Benjamin was the son of Archelus and his second wife Sally Huet, whom he married on June 18, 1816; their two children were Thomas and Benjamin.
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The source for this cemetery and burial information is a Find A Grave contributor who is researching the burials in this old cemetery. Reportedly, old gravestones were removed from the area where they had been toppled by flooding. They apparently reside on a farmland near the old cemetery area. Some descendants of Benjamin Prater are studying the family history to document his burial at this site. For more information see the the note field in the cemetery record. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
Several family trees on Ancestry.com indicate that Benjamin died in the Oklahoma Territory, where his wife died while visiting her family in 1903. While Benjamin was alive for the 1860 Federal census, his wife Elizabeth was listed as a widow in the 1900 census. The year of Benjamin's death has not been found. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
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The source for this cemetery and burial information is a Find A Grave contributor who is researching the burials in this old cemetery. Reportedly, old gravestones were removed from the area where they had been toppled by flooding. They apparently reside on a farmland near the old cemetery area. Some descendants of Benjamin Prater are studying the family history to document his burial at this site. For more information see the the note field in the cemetery record. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
Several family trees on Ancestry.com indicate that Benjamin died in the Oklahoma Territory, where his wife died while visiting her family in 1903. While Benjamin was alive for the 1860 Federal census, his wife Elizabeth was listed as a widow in the 1900 census. The year of Benjamin's death has not been found. [T. Ferl, Mar. 25, 2017.]
