GENERATION
#1
MARY EMILY CATOR married JOHN PRATHER June 2, 1856 in Prince
George's County, MD (one of the primary locations of "Our
Cators".)
1880 Census for Prince George's
County, Maryland
John R. Prather is 47 years old and works as a carpenter. He was born in
DC to a DC born father and a MD born mother. All others are born in MD to
MD born parents.
His wife Mary E. is 40 (?) years old and keeps house.
Their children are: Edward M. (23), Richard F.(21), Elizabeth V (18;
married a Magnum),
Francis C, a son (9), Susan E (7), William Platt (4; born 17 Jan. 1877; died 17
Jan 1899), Lethia A. (infant). A
daughter Edith Prather was born later.
1910 Census for Nottingham, Prince George's
County, Maryland
John R. Prather, a farmer, is now 75 and has been married 53 years
to his 73 year old wife, Mary E., who gave birth to 9 children, 6 of whom are
still living. Their daughter Edith E. Grimes is living with them and has
been married for 6 years. Her husband Mordacai R. is 33 and works at a
grocery store. They had 3 children, only 2 of whom have survived, Mary M. who is
4 and Emma V.
who is 2.
GENERATION #2
daughter EMMA SUSAN PRATHER
m.
john luther jones April 28, 1896
in DC.
Emma died at 100 in the year 1972; she died at the
Masonic and
Eastern Star Home in Washington, DC.
Emma Susan was born 1872 at Nottingham, Maryland
1920 Census for Washington DC, V St.
John L. Jones was 50 in 1920 and his wife was 47. Children listed
are son, Elsworth W. age 19; Vangie age 13; Irene age 5. Also living with
them is Catherine McDaniel, who is listed as "mother," assumedly John's.
John and Emma were born in MD. The children in Washington DC. John
worked as an "oiler" at the steelworks. Emma as a saleswoman at a
department store.
Elsworth W. , born 1901, was an apprentice machinist and eventually
married MAUDE LNU, but they had no children.
Vangie E. Jones, b. 1907, married Jack Stanton; d. 1967; Jack and
Vangie had a daughter Mae Viola Elizabeth Jones.
Other children of John and Emma were Judith; William; Irene E. Jones, b.
1915.
There also was a daughter Catherine "Katie" Virginia who died at about 5 yr.
Katie may be buried at Andrews Air Force Base.
Emma S. and John L. Jones are buried at
Congressional Cemetery at Site R110/201. Emma died April 24, 1972.
John died 10 years earlier on June 14, 1962.
daughter Edith "Edie" Prather
(born 1881) m.
Mordecai R. Grimes
1930 Census for Washington DC, 11th
St SE
Mordecai is the head of household and works as a custodian for the US
government, he 54 years old and married at age 26 to Edith E. Grimes who does
not work. She is 50. Children still in the home are Emma V. who is
22 and single. Emma works as an office clerk. Mordecai Jr is 19 and
works in an electrical shop. Mellica F. Grimes is 14 and Roy H. is 9.
daughter
ELIZABETH V. magnum/mitchell
Death Notice:
DC: Congressional Cemetery
On Saturday, March 21,
1931 at 8:30 p.m. at the
Emergency Hospital,
Elizabeth Mangum
Mitchell, beloved wife
of Robert C. Mitchell
and daughter of the late
John R. and Mary E.
Prather. Funeral from
the residence of her son
Kelly Mangum, 468 G
street southwest on
Wednesday, March 25 at
10 a.m. Relatives and
friends invited to
attend.
Last Residence:
468 G St. S.W.
Father's Last Name:
Prather
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