Harold Reno Prather and Frances Bernice Bowser

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Husband Harold Reno Prather ¹

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           Born: 9 Feb 1897 - near Woodsfield, Monroe Co, OH 2
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           Died: Jun 1976 - ? Guys Mills, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Silas Prather (1874-1948) 2
         Mother: Lettie Lillian Smith (1874-1953) 2

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       Marriage: 24 Dec 1916 - Mayville, Chautauqua Co, NY 3

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Wife Frances Bernice Bowser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1899 3
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           Died: 19 May 1986 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Mary Eleanor Prather ¹

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           Born: 18 Apr 1918 1
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         Spouse: James Taylor Peebles (1909-2000) 1
           Marr: (Divorced)

         Spouse: Fred A. Passamonte (      -      ) 3

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2 F Ethel Lillian Prather ⁴

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           Born: 3 Mar 1920 4
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         Spouse: Robert A. Brink (1920-1993) 4

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3 F Iola Prather ⁴

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           Born: 28 Oct 1921 4
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         Spouse: Clifford H. Miller (      -      ) 4

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4 F Naomi Ruth Prather ⁴

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           Born: 8 Feb 1926 4
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         Spouse: Willard Blauser (      -      ) 4
           Marr: (Divorced)

         Spouse: Frank Valeri (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Harold Reno Prather

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After marriage, he bought a small farm in Dempseytown, PA, and did truck farming and raised outstanding flowers. At the same time he worked as a driller in various oil fields in that area as well as in Michigan and Wyoming. He maintained his home in Dempseytown until all his children had finished school. Then he and his wife went to Florida where he eventually built a service station on the Tamiami Trail and called it NYPANO (New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio). He leased it in summers and came north finally selling it. He bought a small farm near Guys Mills, PA, and did truck farming and raised bees and sold the produce at the Farmer's Market in Meadville.

SSDI: PRATHER, HAROLD 09 Feb 1897 Jun 1976 79 16327 (Guys Mills, Crawford, PA) (none specified) Pennsylvania 211-03-4259

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General Notes: Wife - Frances Bernice Bowser

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She was raised by James H. and Mary Jane Nourse.

SSDI: PRATHER, BERNICE 08 Feb 1899 May 1986 87 16323 (Franklin, Venango, PA) (none specified) Pennsylvania 207-22-3271

1 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 18.

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

3 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 36.

4 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 37.