Huerfano County CO Archives Obituaries.....Prator, Walton Augustus January 23, 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Golowka cgolowka@prodigy.net June 4, 2009, 11:57 pm Walsenburg World, January 23, 1923 La Veta Pioneer Dies At Pueblo Augustus Prator Passes On and Again the Ranks of Pioneers is Thinned The death of Mr. Augustus Prator in Pueblo on Tuesday once more thins the ranks of Huerfano County pioneers. Mr. Prator was born in Georgia on March 1st, 1860, and came to Colorado when he was but ten years old, stopping in the lower Huerfano for two or three years. He came to La Veta and made homestead entry on the Wahatoya soon after reaching man's state, and the old home till belonged to him. On September 24th, 1880, he married Miss Martha Jane Bruce, to which union were born six sons and two daughters, four sons and the daughters still surviving. Mrs. Prator died March 2r, 1917, and the oldest son, William, on March 1 three years later. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church this afternoon and burial was in the La Veta Cemetery. Mr. Prator's health had not been good for years while a serious operation, coupled with his wife's death shortly thereafter, made him an invalid later. For the last few months he had been at a hospital in Pueblo and his death was not all together unexpected. La Veta Advertiser. Additional Comments: Walton Augustus Prator was the youngest child of Robinson (Robert) C. Prator and Elizabeth A. Johnson Prator. He was born in Hall County, Georgia and came with his parents, siblings and their families to La Veta in 1870 (with the Georgia Company). His parents and wife are buried in the cemetery in La Veta as well. Some of his siblings returned to Georgia and some stayed. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/obits/p/prator13nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb