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Hugh Prather and Sarah Ann Prunty were married at Ritchie County, West Virginia on April 11, 1889
Elias Hugh Prather (son of James Johnson Prather and Hannah Etta Summers) was born December 15, 1866 in Ritchie County, West Virginia80, and died September 26, 1947 in West Virginia Pinecrest Sanitarium, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia81.He married (1) Sarah Ann Prunty on April 11, 1889 in Ritchie Co., WV82, daughter of Wilson Kayne Prunty and Sarah Ann Stout.He married (2) Mary Deborah Lewis on Bef. 1915.
 Includes NotesNotes for Elias Hugh Prather:
Elias Hugh Prather went by the name Hugh Prather.
Hugh Prather earned a teacher's certificate from Kansas Normal School, Fort Scott, Kansas, and taught school for nine consecutive years.
He taught school in Marion County , WV, and Ritchie County, WV.
He worked as a stone cutter in the summer 1893-1899.
He bought and worked a farm at Oil Rock, Wirt County, WV, and taught school 2 more years.
He was co-owner of the short lived Elizabeth Flint Glass Manufacturing Company (1920).
He was a clerk of the circuit court for six years, and a justice of the peace for two years.
He was a member of the town council, Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV, and a member of the Board of Education, Clay District, for 8 years.
Hugh Prather, Democrat, Wirt County, served in the West Virginia State Legislature 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930.His present occupations listed at that time were farmer and contractor.
He is buried in the Knights of pythias (K of P) Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia
Cause of Death:Pulmonary Tuberculosis
More About Elias Hugh Prather:
Burial: Unknown, Knights of Pythias (K of P) Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia.
More About Elias Hugh Prather and Sarah Ann Prunty:
Marriage: April 11, 1889, Ritchie Co., WV.82
 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for Elias Hugh Prather and Sarah Ann Prunty:
Married by W. D. Herndon, Minister,at Ritchie County
More About Elias Hugh Prather and Mary Deborah Lewis:
Marriage: Bef. 1915
Children of Elias Hugh Prather and Sarah Ann Prunty are:
  1. Donald Prather, b. May 22, 1890, d. 1949, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
  2. +Ralph Prather, b. April 4, 1892, West Virginia, d. July 22, 1915, Wirt County, West Virginia.
  3. +Paul Prather, b. February 10, 1894, Morgantown, Monongalia Co., WV83, d. December 12, 1978, Camden Clark Memorial Hospital, Parkersburg, Wood Co., WV of CVA (stroke) with complications84.
  4. +Earl Prather, b. December 14, 1895, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, d. June 1973, Oil Springs, Johnson County, Kentucky.
  5. Carl Prather, b. October 21, 1898, d. September 1965.
  6. +Florence Prather, b. April 8, 1903, Wirt Co. WV, d. July 3, 1998, Blue Ridge, GA(stroke).

Children of Elias Hugh Prather and Mary Deborah Lewis are:
  1. Baby girl Prather, b. November 3, 1915, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, d. November 4, 1915.
  2. Olin Ray Prather, b. February 21, 1917, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, d. June 1996, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia.
  3. +Denzil Lewis Prather, b. March 18, 1921, Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia, d. December 2, 2005, Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, Ohio.
  4. Wilma Jane Prather.
  5. Glen Hughston Prather, b. June 3, 1929, Wirt County, West Virginia, d. June 20, 1970, Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
  6. Bruce Allen Prather.