The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . G. W. MRS. G. W. PRATHER. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 509 removed to a farm two and one-half mileseast of Rossville, in the fall of 1850, pur-chasing more than four hundred acres ofland, which he broke and improved, hisrichly cultivated fields in time yielding tohim golden harvests. He died while in theprime of life, passing away in January,1855, at the age of thirty-two years andeleven months. Mrs. Prather survived himand reared her family of six children, livesons and a daughter, all of whom are yetliving with the exception of one
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . G. W. MRS. G. W. PRATHER. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 509 removed to a farm two and one-half mileseast of Rossville, in the fall of 1850, pur-chasing more than four hundred acres ofland, which he broke and improved, hisrichly cultivated fields in time yielding tohim golden harvests. He died while in theprime of life, passing away in January,1855, at the age of thirty-two years andeleven months. Mrs. Prather survived himand reared her family of six children, livesons and a daughter, all of whom are yetliving with the exception of one son. George W. Prather of this review wasthe eldest and in the county of his nativityhe was reared, pursuing a common-schooleducation, although his advantages in thatdirection were somewhat limited, for hisservices were needed to carry on the workof the home farm. In July, 1862, he offeredhis aid to the government for a one hundreddays service, and joined Company A of theSeventy-first Illinois Infantry, with whichhe went south to Cairo and joined the West-ern army.
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