I had a distant cousin reach out on Ancestry earlier this month, and I ended up diving back into the Prater line to find our connection. Since I did the work, I figured I should share! So this is a listing of the children of Emily Cassid Prater (1886-1968) who married Eliga Sparks (1883-1965) August 11, 1906, in Lawrence, Ohio.
Okay - that's just spooky. This morning, I was drafting a future post for my connection to the May family that lived in Lewis County, KY:
"America Ann May (1839-1926), stood out for having an unusual name. She married Evan H. Day (b. 1839) in 1861, and later became the second wife of Henry Clay Prater (1836–1920) of Lewis County, Kentucky."
Henry had a daughter from his first marriage: Emily J. Prater (1862–1931) - clearly a different Emily, but uncanny that we're working in the same general area there.
Okay - that's just spooky. This morning, I was drafting a future post for my connection to the May family that lived in Lewis County, KY:
"America Ann May (1839-1926), stood out for having an unusual name. She married Evan H. Day (b. 1839) in 1861, and later became the second wife of Henry Clay Prater (1836–1920) of Lewis County, Kentucky."
Here's my ancestry page on Henry:
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/152394881/person/232425747548/facts
Henry had a daughter from his first marriage: Emily J. Prater (1862–1931) - clearly a different Emily, but uncanny that we're working in the same general area there.
I have a Henry Clay May (1860-1948) in my tree lol his great-grandparents were Praters. What are the odds
America Ann's brother was a different Henry Clay May (1828-1878) - https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/152394881/person/232425671005/facts
I'm going to keep an eye out for these folks!