1790–1860
Born 1 September 1790 in Washington County, Maryland. A farmer in Green Township, Brown County, Ohio. Died 8 March 1860.
| Born | 1 September 1790 | Washington County, Marylandaged 59 in the 1850 census |
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| Residence | 1850 | Green Township, Brown County, Ohioa farmer owning real estate worth $2,000, with his wife Sarah and children Holly A., Decatur W. and Hugh C. |
| Died | 8 March 1860 | Green Township, Brown County, OhioFamily Data Collection – Deaths, as cited in Mark Malott’s Ancestry family tree (2026) |
| Buried | Greenbush Cemetery, Green Township, Brown County, Ohiohis worn original stone was photographed for Find a Grave by Joe Spears in 2024 |
Source: 1850 U.S. census, Green Township (District 13), Brown County, Ohio, page 419, dwelling 2051, family 2057, lines 10–14, enumerated 29 October 1850, where the name is spelled “Molott.”
Prather was born in Maryland about 1790, a son of the Revolutionary War veteran Theodore “Dory” Malott, and came with the family to southern Ohio. By 1850 he was farming his own land in Green Township, Brown County, worth $2,000. With him that October were his second wife, Sarah, and their three youngest children, Holly A., Decatur W. and Hugh C.; the older sons, Delos and Andrew Jackson, had left home.
