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Bertha Elizabeth Prather
1870 - 1963 (92 years)-
Name Bertha Elizabeth Prather Born 13 Dec 1870 near Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 29 Sep 1963 near Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois [3] Buried Bethel Cem, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois [4] Person ID I5018 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father William Thomas Prather, b. 1 Feb 1841, S Browning, Linn, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Jun 1922, Benton Township, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 81 years) Mother Rebecca Ann Smith, b. 3 Mar 1842, Scottsville Twp, Sullivan, Missouri , d. 9 Aug 1934, Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 92 years) Married 2 Apr 1861 prob Sullivan, Missouri [5] Family ID F1665 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lee C Tomlin, b. 11 Dec 1862, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, United States , d. 9 Aug 1951 (Age 88 years) Married 12 Nov 1889 prob Linn, Missouri [6] Children + 1. Vera Margaret Tomlin, b. 21 Jan 1891, Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States , d. Aft Sep 1963 (Age > 72 years)+ 2. Edwin Thomas Tomlin, b. 10 Jan 1894, Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States , d. 6 Nov 1937, Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, United States (Age 43 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F1671 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 Dec 1870 - near Browning, Linn, Missouri, United States 
Married - 12 Nov 1889 - prob Linn, Missouri 
Died - 29 Sep 1963 - near Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois 
Buried - - Bethel Cem, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1870 BIRTH: MO,Linn-near Browning: Bertha Elizabeth Prather born 13 December 1870
1880 CENSUS: MO,Linn Co-Benton Twp-ED 187: pg 7,1st June,pg 507, Dw 7/7: Bertha Prather 9/MO daughter of William and Rebecca Prather.
1900 CENSUS:MO,Linn-Benton Twp /ed 65: Anc.com Img 20 sheet 11, 16 June, Dw 210/221:
PRATHER, William T-head 59/MO bn F1841 (KY,KY) 39yrs, farmer-own farm; Rebecca-wife
58/MO bn March 1842 (TN,MO)md39yrs 6/7 children living; Ross E-son22/MO
bn May 1898 (MO,MO)wd, farmer Ernst F-son 15/MO bn Aug 1884 (MO,MO)
1910 CENSUS: MO,Linn Co-N Benton Twp-Browning ED66: Anc.com Img 18 pg22, 28 Apr Dw//:
PRATHER, William T-head 69/MO (Ky,Ky)md 1x-49yrs-gen farmer; Rebecca A-wifw 68/MO
(MO,MO)md 1x-49yrs 6/8 children living; Fay E-son 23/MO (MO,MO)single
1920 CENSUS: IL,Christian Co-Mt Auburn Twp-ED 14: A/c Img 10-11, sheet 5B, 15-16 Jan, Farm 117/117: Bertha Tomlin 48/MO (MO,MO) md, no occupation - wife of L. C. Tomlin
1930 CENSUS: IL,Christian Co-Mt Auburn Twp ED 16: A/c Img 8, sheet 4B, April 29, Dw 111/112: Bertha E Tomlin 60/MO (KY,MO) md at 21, no occupation-wife of Lee C Tomlin
1934 HISTORY: IL-Mechanicsburg: Obit of mother 16 Aug 1934: "...7 children...living... Bertha Elizabeth Tomlin, Mechanicsburg IL..."
1939 HISTORY: IL,Sangamon-Mechanicsburg: Obit of brother 1939, Browning Ldr-Rcd: "...Youngest of 6, all deceased but Earnest Fay of Brown and Bertha Tomlin of Mechanicsburg, IL.
1958 HISTORY: The Warrens and You pg 82: "Mrs Tomlin resides near Mechancisburg, Ill, and is the only living child of William Thomas and Rebecca (Smith) Prather..."
1963 DEATH,BURIAL: IL,Sangamon-Mechanicsburg: Bertha Elizabeth Prather Tomlin, 93, died 29 Sep 1963 at home; buried Bethel Cemetery near Pleasant Plains, Ill.
- 1870 BIRTH: MO,Linn-near Browning: Bertha Elizabeth Prather born 13 December 1870
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Sources - [S312] Obituary: Missouri,Sullivan Co: Browning Leader-Record, Vol 6 pg 42.
Bertha Elizabeth Tomlin, 93, dau of Wm T and Rebecca Ann Smith Prather... Born near Browning one of 3 sisters and 3 brothers, all deceased.
Date: 10 October 1963 - [S308] The Warrens and You, 6048667., pg 82.
c. Bertha Elizabeth, born December 13, 1870...[no place shown]
from the Meshach Smith, Jr. family Bible in the possession of Etha Clem Johannaber, Collinsville ILL..
Date: 1958 - [S312] Obituary: Missouri,Sullivan Co: Browning Leader-Record, Vol 6 pg 42.
Bertha Elizabeth Tomlin, 93, dau of Wm T and Rebecca Ann Smith Prather, dd 29 Sep 1963 home near Mechanicsburg IL. Preceded by husband Lee C Tomlin and son Edwin T Tomlin. Born near Browning one of 3 sisters and 3 brothers, all deceased. Left dau Vera Swope with whom lived; grandchildren John T Tomlin, Denver CO: Wm L Swope-Mechanicsburg and Mrs Barney Kalmer-Dallas TX. Burial Bethel Cem near Pleasant Plains, Ill.
Date: 3 October 1963 - [S312] Obituary: Missouri,Sullivan Co: Browning Leader-Record, Vol 6 pg 42.
Bertha Elizabeth Tomlin, 93... dd 29 Sep 1963 home near Mechanicsburg IL... Burial Bethel Cem near Pleasant Plains, Ill.
Date: 3 October 1963 - [S308] The Warrens and You, 6048667., pg 80.
,,On April 2, 1861, she married William Thomas Prather [no place shown]
from the Meshach Smith, Jr. family Bible in the possession of Etha Clem Johannaber, Collinsville ILL..
Date: 1958 - [S308] The Warrens and You, 6048667., pg 82.
c. Bertha Elizabeth,... married November 12, 1889, Lee Tomlin [no place shown]
from the Meshach Smith, Jr. family Bible in the possession of Etha Clem Johannaber, Collinsville ILL.
Date: 1958
- [S312] Obituary: Missouri,Sullivan Co: Browning Leader-Record, Vol 6 pg 42.