James Cameron Prather and Emma Hofford

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Husband James Cameron Prather ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Feb 1842 - Venango Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 31 Jan 1924 2
         Buried:  - Troy Center Cemetery, Crawford Co, PA

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         Father: Thomas Prather (1808-1876) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Ann McCalmont (1809-1879) 1 3

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       Marriage: 28 Mar 1867 1

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Wife Emma Hofford ¹

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           Born: 1 May 1840 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jesse Hofford (Abt 1798-1847) 1 5
         Mother: Esther James (      -1848) 5

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   Other Spouse: Samuel E. Benn (      -1864) 1 - 1862 1

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Children

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1 M Virgil H. Prather ¹

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2 M Frank L. Prather ¹

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3 F Emma L. Prather ¹

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4 F Anna Prather ¹

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General Notes: Husband - James Cameron Prather

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He moved to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1860, and settled on land in Troy Town-ship, which had been purchased by his father, and made many valuable improvements, such as clearing, erecting build-ings, etc. He eventually had about 400 acres, which ranged in value from $15 to $100 per acre. The live-stock on the farm consisted of good Durham and Jer-sey bloods. He and his wife were members of the Bap-tist Church of Townville. He served in many township offices; was Justice of the Peace ten years; Auditor nine years; in politics he was a Democrat.

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1104.

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

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1027.