The Children and Grandchildren of Elias Prater and Zilpha Adams
Elias Prater was born in 1826 in Floyd Co., Kentucky, to William M. and Obedience Prater. He owned land near modern-day Bonanza, Kentucky. He married (1st) Zilpha Adams (1831-1884) January 30, 1846, in Floyd Co., Kentucky. He is buried in Adams Family Cemetery, Brainard, Kentucky, alongside Zilpha though he had remarried after her death.
The full references for this line are available in My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2 and my upcoming Cousins of Nunney Castle: Four Hundred Years of Praters from England to Kentucky (watch AliconiaPublishing.com for the publication announcement).
Elias and Zilpha had nine children of record. I list them here, as well their children: