Wayne Clay Prather and Esme Noel King

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Husband Wayne Clay Prather ¹

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           Born: 23 Oct 1910 - Roane Co, WV 1
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           Died: 13 Mar 1986 - Braidwood, Will Co, IL 2
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Silas Prather (1874-1948) 1
         Mother: Lettie Lillian Smith (1874-1953) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Esme Noel King ¹

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           Born:  - ? England
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Children

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1 M David Cleeve Wellesley Prather ³

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           Born: 9 Nov 1944 - Prenton, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England 3
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         Spouse: Kathleen Philips (      -      ) 3
           Marr: (Divorced)

         Spouse: Shauna [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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2 F Rosalind Diane Prather ³

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           Born: 15 Dec 1946 - Holland, Ottawa Co, MI 3
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         Spouse: Lloyd Junior Finley (      -      ) 3
           Marr: (Divorced)

         Spouse: Robert Munro (      -      ) 3

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3 F Dawn Aleta Prather ³

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           Born: 14 Feb 1948 - Holland, Ottawa Co, MI 3
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         Spouse: Anthony Chellino (      -      ) 3

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4 F Angela Penelope Prather ³

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           Born: 7 May 1950 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: [Unk] Weller (      -      ) 3

         Spouse: [Unk] Kline (      -      ) 3

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5 F Patricia Illene Prather ³

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           Born: 4 Apr 1952 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Gerald Cinotto (      -      ) 3

         Spouse: David Broadwater (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Wayne Clay Prather

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He went to work in the oil fields soon as he was old enough. He worked in Texas and Wyoming and came home and moved a rig to Michigan to drill for oil. He got drafted into the Army during World War II and went to Europe, being stationed in England where he met and married his wife. About 1948 he was invited to come to the home farm by John S. Prather and drill wells. He bought the Lucina Ellen Smith farm in Cherrytree Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and did truck farming plus working with oil wells; all his children grew up on this farm. He moved to Braidwood, Illinois, and worked in a gunpowder factory at one time. He bought a water well machine and tried to drill for oil but the tools got stuck.

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General Notes: Wife - Esme Noel King

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After the death of her husband, she resided in the Chicago, Illinois, area.

1 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 35.

2 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 46.

3 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 47.