Abraham S. Prather and Lucy Jane Holmden

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Husband Abraham S. Prather ¹

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           Born: 24 Feb 1841 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Abraham Crunkleton Prather (1786-1850) 1 3 4
         Mother: Sarah McCalmont (1803-1874) 1 5

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       Marriage: 4 Feb 1864 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

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   Other Spouse: Martha Fuller (1848-      ) 7

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Wife Lucy Jane Holmden ⁷

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           Born: 30 Sep 1844 7
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           Died: 24 Dec 1885 7
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         Father: Thomas Holmden, Esq. (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Sarah Henderson (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 F Sarah May Prather ⁷

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           Born: 21 Sep 1865 7
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           Died: 10 Jul 1877 7
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2 M John H. Prather ⁷

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           Born: 1 Nov or 21 Nov 1866 - Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 7
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           Died: 1931 or 1932 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY 7
 Cause of Death: Automobile accident
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3 F Myrtle Prather ⁷

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           Born: 16 Mar 1868 7
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         Spouse: Charles Wiltsie (      -      ) 7

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4 F Lucy Ama Prather ⁷

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           Born: 3 Dec 1869 7
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         Spouse: Addison H. Brown (      -      ) 7

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5 M George A. Prather ⁷

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           Born: 11 Oct 1873 7
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           Died: 4 Mar 1875 7
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6 F Ida Florence Prather ⁷

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           Born: 2 Aug 1875 7
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           Died: 16 Aug 1876 7
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General Notes: Husband - Abraham S. Prather

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He was born on the old homestead farm, Cornplanter Township, Venango County, PA. He was educated in the public schools, supplimented by a special business course at Duff's College, Pittsburgh, Pa. He was reared on the farm and began his career as a member of the firm of Prather Brothers, lumber dealers in Venango County. Later he was extensively engaged in the oil business and still later in the banking business. In the year 1873, he came to Jamestown, New York, where he engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber and where he built the first brick manufacturing plant which he operated for a number of years. It was destroyed by fire Feb. 4, 1881. Later he returned to the lumber business. On Aug. 4, 1862, He enlisted in Co. I, 142nd Regiment, Penna. Volunteer Infantry, ranking as 1st Sergeant. He was honorably discharged Jan. 6, 1863, on account of disability. His name appears on the war records as Abraham S. Prather. He was a charter member of James M. Brown Post No. 285 Grand Army of the Republic, and was elected first Commander of the post after its organization in 1882. He was made a Mason in Shepherd Lodge, F. & A. M. at Titusville, in 1866, but on moving to Jamestown, NY, became a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge No, 145 of that city. He was also a member of the Western Chapter No. 67, Royal Arch Masons, Jamestown Council, and Rose Croix Commandery of Titusville. He belonged to the Union Grange Patrons of Husbandry. He was a Republican and a member of the Congregational Church and the men's club of that Congregation.

He operated the Jamestown Metal Art Company. There is a Prather Street named for him in Jamestown, NY.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 366.

2 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 13.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1085.

4 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 11.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 650.

6 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 197.

7 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 14.