Kate Mullins, can you help me out a little more? Like where and when. These are all in LA In Marriages and Funerals (Congregational Ch. Records): A. B. Prather married Maude Allen on June 9, 1909 in Kinder, LA married in the Church Parsonage by Rev. Paul Leeds. Cannot find him in any Cemetery listing in our Parish. In my personal files: Heezenah Prather married Rachel LeBerge in St. Landry Parish, LA on Oct. 9, 1857 (Recorded in the Opelousas Court House in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish--Marriage #1650.). Nothing more on Prather, but LeBerge is in my family line. In St. Landry Parish, LA on the 1860 Census: Each one of these is a household. Samuel Wallace 49M born Kentucky Celestine Prather 37F born LA Same census: George Marsh 51 M born: PA Uranie Prather 31 F born: LA Same census: A. Prather 35 M born: LA Rachel--?--23 F born: LA If this is any help, let me know. I have a couple more on the 1850 St. Landry Census, spelled "Preter". Good luck. Ethel

Ethel--Thanks for replying--I am looking for some side/links in an effort to take my Prather's back a generation or two. My Robert Prather married Margaret Conn in Jefferson CO MS in 1824, had 4 children and with the Cupits just about populated several southern Counties. These are well documented. BUT-My Robert b 1778 had a first family--wife-name unknown and 6 children--all documented in the 1818 Adams CO Census. Not only that, he also had a brother John b abt 1780 who had a wife, name unknown, and 6 children, also in the 1818 Census of Adams CO. I have found 5 of John's children and 3 or 4 of Robert's and have accounted for most of their descendants. Al of these children claim to have been born in TN (Robert reports he was born in SC, PA, or TN as does John) John's family were in Wilkinson CO by 1830 census--they had land on Black River just at the mouth of the Homochitto River as it reached the MS River. I found about 50 people--all Prathers or married-into related--all buried in Oswalt Cemetery in Concordia Parish LA. They owned land near Trinity=after the Civil War, most of the descendants (all female lines so the Prather name was lost) moved on to Texas. there are a number of Prathers--all cousins--who have been in MS and LA before 1800. I believe that the ones you listed are William's family--he might be--or not--a brother of Robert and John. Some of that family claim Indian heritage--I am not sure how. As you can see--I am fishing for an angle--maybe some name for these two men's first wives so I can trace a sideline and get back to these men. I realize that this is not your family but I take every chance I get to check with long-time researchers in this area to see if they have a new bit of data for me. (That is how I first found the Oswalt Cemetery) So I do thank you so much for your efforts to help me. Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: Ethel Sacker To: MSJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [MSJEFFER-L] Thank you Kate Mullins, can you help me out a little more? Like where and when. These are all in LA In Marriages and Funerals (Congregational Ch. Records): A. B. Prather married Maude Allen on June 9, 1909 in Kinder, LA married in the Church Parsonage by Rev. Paul Leeds. Cannot find him in any Cemetery listing in our Parish. In my personal files: Heezenah Prather married Rachel LeBerge in St. Landry Parish, LA on Oct. 9, 1857 (Recorded in the Opelousas Court House in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish--Marriage #1650.). Nothing more on Prather, but LeBerge is in my family line. In St. Landry Parish, LA on the 1860 Census: Each one of these is a household. Samuel Wallace 49M born Kentucky Celestine Prather 37F born LA Same census: George Marsh 51 M born: PA Uranie Prather 31 F born: LA Same census: A. Prather 35 M born: LA Rachel--?--23 F born: LA If this is any help, let me know. I have a couple more on the 1850 St. Landry Census, spelled "Preter". Good luck. Ethel ==== MSJEFFER Mailing List ==== "May your brickwalls come tumblin' down!"