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Benjamin Franklin Prater 1822–1887 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jan 1822

Birth Location: Roane, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 30 Apr 1887

Death Location: Martel, Loudon, Tennessee, USA

Father: Samuel Prater

Mother: Isabella BLAIR

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Benjamin Franklin Prater was born in 1822 in Roane, Tennessee, United States, the child of Samuel Sam Prater And Isabella Isabel Blair. Benjamin Franklin Prater passed away in 1887 in Martel, Loudon, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Franklin Prater was born in 1822 in Roane, Tennessee, United States, the child of Samuel Sam Prater And Isabella Isabel Blair.
  • Benjamin Franklin Prater passed away in 1887 in Martel, Loudon, Tennessee, USA.

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Benjamin Prater's Ancestors

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Benjamin Prater
1822–1887
Birth Place: Roane, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Samuel Sam Prater
1800–1840
Tennessee, Roane, Tennessee, USA
Isabella (Isabel) BLAIR
1801–1832
Roane, Tennessee, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin (Franklin) Prather
1772–1851
Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Nancy (Elizabeth) Layne
1777–1833
Virginia, USA
Rev. (James Avery) Blair
1777–1826
Jonesboro, Washington, Tennessee, USA
Jane (Jenny) Carmichael
1775–1841
Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Prather
1738–1796
Martha Wyatt
1745–1783
William Layne
1740–1822
Sarah Prather
1750–1794
John Leesburg)
1749–1819
Jean Gamble
1749–1793
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Prather
1730–1772
Catherine Reece
1725–1826
Haute Wyatt
1715–
Thomas Layne
1725–1801
Mary
1715–1767
Hugh Blair
1720–1783
Mary Dawson
1728–1828

Benjamin Prater's Timeline

2 Records

1822
8 Jan 1822
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Prater in Roane, Tennessee, United States
Roane, Tennessee, United States
1887
30 Apr 1887
Age 65
Death of Benjamin Franklin Prater in Martel, Loudon, Tennessee, USA
Martel, Loudon, Tennessee, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1822
    Event Place: Roane, Tennessee, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1887
    Event Place: Martel, Loudon, Tennessee, USA

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