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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 1 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1885. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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RICHARD C. PRATHER, Fulton County, was born December 25, 1818, in Jefferson County, Ky., where he was reared and resided until 1840, when he settled on the place where he now resides, in Fulton County, Ky. His father, Thomas Prather, a soldier with Jackson at New Orleans, was born in 1795, in Jefferson County, Ky., where he died in 1843. He was the son of Capt. Basil Prather, a Revolutionary soldier of Morgan’s command and a native of Maryland. He was among the first settlers in Kentucky.
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This family biography is one of 114 biographies included in the Fulton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 1 published in 1885 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 1
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