Families of Antebellum Missouri
Letitia Prater
1816 - 1886 (69 years)1. Letitia Prater was born on 22 Jul 1816 in Tennessee (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Prater and Nancy Elizabeth Layne); died on 14 Apr 1886 in Strafford, Greene County, Missouri ; was buried in Danforth Family Cemetery, Strafford, Greene County, Missouri. Letitia married Josiah Finley Danforth on 9 Dec 1830 in Tennessee. Josiah was born on 31 Aug 1800 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee; died on 13 Aug 1849 in Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico; was buried in Danforth Family Cemetery, Strafford, Greene County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Roane Danforth was born on 22 Feb 1838 in Greene County, Missouri; died on 4 Jan 1926 in Greene County, Missouri; was buried in Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
- Josiah Greenlief Danforth was born on 4 Nov 1849 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; died on 27 Oct 1886 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; was buried in Danforth Cemetery, Stratford, Greene County, Missouri.
Family/Spouse: Major Daniel Dorsey Berry. Daniel was born on 16 Jul 1805; died on 9 Oct 1862 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Alexander Russell Berry was born on 26 Feb 1852 in Strafford, Greene County, Missouri; died on 20 May 1918 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri.
2. Benjamin Franklin Prater was born on 30 Apr 1772 in Campbell County, Virginia; died on 30 May 1851 in Roane County, Tennessee; was buried in Prater Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee. Benjamin married Nancy Elizabeth Layne. Nancy was born on 1 Apr 1777; died on 3 Mar 1833 in Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee; was buried in Prater Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Nancy Elizabeth Layne was born on 1 Apr 1777; died on 3 Mar 1833 in Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee; was buried in Prater Cemetery, Loudon County, Tennessee. Children:
- 1. Letitia Prater was born on 22 Jul 1816 in Tennessee; died on 14 Apr 1886 in Strafford, Greene County, Missouri ; was buried in Danforth Family Cemetery, Strafford, Greene County, Missouri.