Henry A. Prather

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c1811

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"Henry A. Prather" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014175, (accessed January 6, 2025).

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Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Prather. Father of Stephen Prather, Martha J. Prather, Henry C. Prather, Mary E. Prather, and Columbus Prather. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Postmaster of Slaughtersville in Hopkins County from January 29, 1856, to July 13, 1859. Farmer in Webster County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Employed Robert Hatcher as a farm laborer in Webster County in 1860. Owned one enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 149A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 709.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 475-76.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 480A.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hopkins County, Kentucky, vol. 14, p. 100.

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