Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 627.

WILLIAM B. PRATHER

     Mr. Prather came with the immigrants of 1844.  He was a Virginian by birth,
born in 1818; being bred to the life of an agriculturist, he took a claim in the
Luckiamute Valley; now resides at Buena Vista.  His wife was formerly Miss Clara
Barbra, whom he married in Polk County, in 1848.  Their children were -- Perry
W., Martha, James M., Eliza Jane, Martin V. B., Miles, and Ruth.
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.