I find a marriage of Joseph F Prather s/o Jonathan Prather and Nancy Martin, age 20 from Vermilion Co who married Malissa Jane Rogers 20 of Vermilion Co, il on 10/16 1884 d/o William M Rogers and Almire Fogan. This is the only Malissa/Melissa that I find married to a Prather in the books that I have at hand.