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The Prather's of Southern Indiana have been traced back to early 500 A.D. However, I only included the individuals I was able to verify through other records and sources. Below you will find the names of the individuals who are significant in my researching my line of ancestors. |
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Aron Allen Prather b. 10 Oct 1710 in Orphans Gift, Prince George Co., MD married to Mary Jane Prather b. 12 Sep 1703 in Prince George Co., MD. Aron and Mary had 12 children: |
| 1) Mary Prather b. 6 Jan 1729 2) Aron Prather II b. 1739 |
| 3) Samuel Prather b. 1740 4) Basil William Prather b. 1 Feb 1741 |
| 5) Baruch William Prather b. 1 Feb 1741 6) Barbara Prather b. 1747 |
| 7) Ruth Prather b. 1749 8) Walter Prather b. 1751 |
| 9) Elisha Prather b. 1755 10) Zachariah Prather b. 25 Aug 1756 |
| 11) Verlinda Prather b. Abt 1757 12) Elizabeth Prather b. Abt 1760 |
| Basil William Prather, child #4 of Aron Allen Prather and Mary Jane Prather, was born in Rock Creek, Frederick Co., MD on 1 Feb 1741, along with his twin Baruch William Prather. In 1765 he married Chlorenda Robertson. She was born 14 Aug 1748 in Salisbury District, MD. Basil and Chlorenda had 16 children: |
| 1) John Prather b. Unknown 2) Nancy Prather b. Abt. 1765 |
| 3) William Prather b. 15 Aug 1766 4) Walter Prather b. 2 Feb 1768 |
| 5) Thomas Prather b. 23 Jul 1769 6) Basil Robertson Prather Sr. b. 27 Jun 1771 |
| 7) Catherine Prather b. 1772 8) Aaron Prather b. 1775 |
| 9) John Asa Prather b. 1776 10) Samuel Prather b. 1780 |
| 11) Lloyd Benton Prather b. 25 Nov 1782 12) Rebecca Prather b. 1784 |
| 13) Rachel Prather b. 27 Oct 1787 14) Sihon Simon Prather b. 9 Nov 1791 |
| 15) Chlorinda Prather b. 1794 16) Susanna Prather b. 1798 |
| Some time after the birth of Samuel, their 10th child, they relocated to NC where the remainder of their children were born. Later they continued on to southern Indiana where the name Prather became important to not only a community but also to Clark Co.. |
| Samuel Prather, child #10 of Basil William Prather and Chlorenda Robertson, was born in 1780 in Frederick Co., MD. He died after 1850 in either IL or KS. Samuel married Edith Ann Holman in about 1800 in Clark Co., IN. Samuel and Edith Ann had 10 children: |
| 1) Samuel Prather II b. 1801 2) Edith Prather b. 1803 |
| 3) Mary Prather b. 15 Oct 1806 4) Issac Prather b. 1808 |
| 5) Sihon William Prather b. 4 Oct 1810 6) Rachel Prather b. 1812 |
| 7) Nancy Prather b. 1814 8) Mahala Prather b. Abt 1817 |
| 9) Alvin Prather b. 1819 10) Basil Prather b. 1822 |
| Mahala Prather was the 8th child of Samuel and Chlorenda Prather. Mahala married Jacob Lentz in Clark Co., IN where they settled and had 4 children: |
| 1) Fannie Lentz b. 2 Dec 1856 2) Jacob Lentz Jr. b. 12 May 1860 |
| 3) Frank Lentz b. Unknown 4) Mary Lentz b. Unknown |
| Fannie Lentz was the 1st child of Jacob Lentz and Mahala Prather. Fannie married Jacob Bruner Daily b. 4 Oct 1857 in Clark Co., IN where they settled and had 2 children: |
| 1) Wilmer Lentz Daily b. 22 Jul 1886 2) Edwin Ralph Daily b. 7 Nov 1892 |
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