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Benjamin Franklin Prater 1826–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Oct 1826

Birth Location: Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 09 Oct 1893

Death Location: Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Thomas Prater

Mother: Julia Browder

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Benjamin Franklin Prater was born in 1826 in Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Prater And Julia Browder. Benjamin Franklin Prater passed away in 1893 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Franklin Prater was born in 1826 in Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA, the child of Thomas Prater And Julia Browder.
  • Benjamin Franklin Prater passed away in 1893 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Benjamin Prater's Ancestors

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Benjamin Prater
1826–1893
Birth Place: Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Parents
Thomas Prater
1801–1842
Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Julia Browder
1795–1869
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin (Franklin) Prather
1772–1851
Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, USA
Nancy (Elizabeth) Layne
1777–1833
Virginia, USA
John (Browder) (Richardson)
1760–1818
Chesterfield, Brunswick, Virginia
Frances Richardson
1769–1838
Culpepper, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Prather
1738–1796
Martha Wyatt
1745–1783
William Layne
1740–1822
Sarah Prather
1750–1794
Edmund Browder
1715–1785
Anne (Browder)
1725–1781
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Prather
1730–1772
Catherine Reece
1725–1826
Haute Wyatt
1715–
Thomas Layne
1725–1801
Mary
1715–1767
John GGF
1690–1755
Elizabeth Wales
1690–1751
Lt. II
1696–1760

Benjamin Prater's Timeline

2 Records

1826
8 Oct 1826
Birth of Benjamin Franklin Prater in Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
1893
09 Oct 1893
Age 67
Death of Benjamin Franklin Prater in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, USA
Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Oct 1826
    Event Place: Lenoir City, Roane County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Oct 1893
    Event Place: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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