Abraham Crunkleton Prather and Sarah McCalmont

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Husband Abraham Crunkleton Prather ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Sep 1786 - Franklin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jul 1850 - Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 4
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Thomas Hicks Prather, Sr. (1755-1818) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Crunkleton (1758-1831) 5

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       Marriage: 7 Feb 1822 4

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Wife Sarah McCalmont ^{2 6}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1803 - Centre Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Dec 1874 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY 2
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Henry McCalmont (1776-1855) 8 9
         Mother: Sarah Anne Wilson (1774-1836) 10

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Children

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1 M Henry M. Prather ^{2 4}

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           Born: 17 May 1823 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Dec 1907 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Muss (      -      ) 11

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2 F Julia Ann Prather ^{2 4 11}

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           Born: 19 Feb 1825 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Apr 1860-1861 4 11
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Mary Prather ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 20 Oct 1827 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jun 1909 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Philip M. Hatch (1833-      ) 1
           Marr: 20 Mar 1856 1

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4 M John S. Prather ^{2 4}

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           Born: 17 Feb 1830 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1879 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anna Henry (      -      ) 11

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5 F Jane W. Prather ^{2 4}

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           Born: 18 May 1832 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Oct 1851 4 11
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M George Crunkleton Prather ^{2 4}

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           Born: 16 May 1835 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1871 or 1872 4
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Sarah Elizabeth Prather ^{2 4 11}

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           Born: 31 Aug 1838 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1879
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. William P. Bemus (      -Aft 1879) 4 11

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8 M Abraham S. Prather ²

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           Born: 24 Feb 1841 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Lucy Jane Holmden (1844-1885) 12
           Marr: 4 Feb 1864 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: Martha Fuller (1848-      ) 12

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9 F Ruhana Rebecca Prather ^{2 3}

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           Born: 11 Dec 1843 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John W. McClure (      -      ) 4 11
           Marr: 1868 4

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10 M Robert T. A. Prather ^{2 11}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1847 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Nov 1851 11
         Buried:  - U. P. Cemetery, Plumer, Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Crunkleton Prather

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After his father had located in Forest County, PA, he returned to Franklin Coun­ty and learned tanning. He was drafted for military service in the war of 1812, and on the expiration of his term visited his father at East Hickory. The land in Cornplanter Township, Venango County, where he had lived as a boy in the winter of 1801-02 being still unoccupied, he decided to complete the purchase, and with the exception of the time he served as a volunteer in the defense of Erie and other brief absences passed the remainder of his life in the township. He built a log house on the Warren road east of Plumer, and later a frame dwelling at that location, where he followed tanning and became a respected resident of the neighborhood. For many years he was a trustee of the Associate Reformed Church at Plumer. [CAB, 366]

About the year 1798, his father took up a tract of land in Venango County, PA, and with his two sons, Abraham and Robert, rode from Maryland to Venango County on horseback bringing with them the necessaries of life and some of the comforts prepared by the mother. The father remained with the boys for some time and saw them settled in a log cabin, then left them and returned to Maryland (Franklin County, PA, actually - they had moved from Maryland to Franklin County, PA, then to Huntingdon County, then to Venango County). During the early period the boys were molested by a roving band of Indians which occasionally ransacked the cabin and destroyed their crops. This fact, together with a dispute with Holland Land Company concerning the land they occupied for several years caused them to
return to Maryland (or Franklin County, PA). The son, Abraham Crunkleton Prather, finally returned and finding the tract still unoccupied, purchased it, built a log cabin, and ever afterward made it his home, clearing the tract of it's timber, and converting it finally into a well tilled farm of 250 acres. He prospered and from time to time bought more land on some of which was valuable pine timber. He also operated a tannery. During the War of 1812 he shouldered his musket and with his brother-in-law, James Ricketts, walked from Venango County to Erie, PA, (about 60 miles) and they enlisted in the militia. Abraham C. Prather was one of the most highly respected men in his county, very energetic in business and capable, kind and jovial in disposition.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah McCalmont

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She died in 1879. [HVC 1879, 576] She died at the residence of her son Abraham S. Prather.

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

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

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

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 576.

5 Earl M. Prather, Pioneers 1795 - 1997 Ricketts, Prather, & McCalmont (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 2.

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

7 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 12.

8 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 545.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 366, 453, 587.

10 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 1.

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

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

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