Pleasant Prather b. 6 Apr 1817 Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA d. 27 Feb 1864 Corning, Adams, Iowa, USA

1817 - 1864 (46 years)

Name	Pleasant Prather [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Born	6 Apr 1817	Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA [10, 11, 12]
Gender	Male
Died	27 Feb 1864	Corning, Adams, Iowa, USA [5, 8, 11]
	Murdered by his nearest neighbor who was caught and hanged
Buried	12 Mar 1864	Adams, Iowa, USA [5, 9]
	Forrest Hill Cemetery, Lot 172; Co H, 4th Iowa Infantry
Person ID	I3801	Krings
Last Modified	23 Feb 2021

Father	William B Prater, b. 1787, Virginia, USA , d. 1828, Pike, Kentucky, United States (Age 41 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Ann Thurman, b. 1795, Washington, Virginia, United States , d. 1860, Floyd, Kentucky, United States (Age 65 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F1771	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Miller, b. 17 Sep 1818, Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. 8 Jun 1892, Bloomington, Franklin, Nebraska, USA (Age 73 years)

Married 22 Nov 1841 Macoupin, Illinois, United States [3, 13]

Children

	1. Elbert Conrad Prather, b. 15 Dec 1857, Quincy, Adams, Iowa, United States , d. 25 Feb 1945, Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, USA (Age 87 years) [natural]
	2. Elbis Prather, b. 1858, Iowa, United States [natural]
	3. Frank Prather, b. 1861, Iowa, United States [natural]
	4. John J. Prather, b. 1857, Iowa, United States [natural]
	5. George Wesley Prather, b. 23 Oct 1842, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States , d. 13 Oct 1929, Burkett, Nebraska, United States (Age 86 years) [natural]
	6. William H Prather, b. 2 Apr 1844, Illinois, USA , d. 22 Jul 1864, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States (Age 20 years) [natural]
	7. Mary Jane Prather, b. 18 Mar 1846, Jefferson, Iowa, USA [natural]
	8. Margaret Elizabeth Prather, b. 26 Feb 1853, Marion, Iowa, USA , d. 1922 (Age 68 years) [natural]
	9. Francis Columbus Prather, b. 27 Mar 1854, Marion, Iowa, USA , d. 19 Jun 1869, Iowa, United States (Age 15 years) [natural]
	10. Madison Trainor Prather, b. 7 Apr 1850, Iowa, United States , d. 19 Jun 1869, Washington, Adams, Iowa, United States (Age 19 years) [natural]
	11. Cyrus V Prather, b. 22 Mar 1848, Iowa, United States , d. 16 Jan 1939, Corning, Adams, Iowa, USA (Age 90 years) [natural]

Last Modified 23 Feb 2021

Family ID F1146 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Born - 6 Apr 1817 - Breckinridge, Kentucky, USA

Died - 27 Feb 1864 - Corning, Adams, Iowa, USA

Buried - 12 Mar 1864 - Adams, Iowa, USA

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Notes

He enlisted in Company H, 4th Iowa Infantry on Oct. 23, 1861. He was assassinated while on furlough in Adams Co. Iowa. He was killed on his own farm by a rebel bushwacker. The murderer was his nearest neighbor and was caught by the other neighbors and hung near where the murder was committed.

Old settlers in this county will remember the assassination of Pleasant Prather. He was home on a furlough when a man named Allan Karns waylaid him and shot him from a clump of weeds. Karns was arraigned before Esquire Crawford of Quincy and sent to jail in Fontanelle for safe keeping until he should be tried. Some of the members of Company H came home after the close of the war, went to Fontanelle, and in the daytime took Karns out and hung him. Adams County Free Press, July 19, 1911, page 2

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