Elifus, also sp. Eliphus Prater, was the son of Samuel & Elizabeth Rebecca Riley Prater who migrated together from Wayne Co., TN, & were in Searcy Co., AR by 1870. Samuel d. Mar. 1880 in Stone Co., AR as per 1880 Stone Co., AR Mortality Schedules. Elizabeth was listed as a widow in the 1880 Stone Co., AR C./ Eliphus was b. ca. 1858, prob. Wayne Co., TN. He m. Dempsey A. Prater Dec. 2, 1877, Stone Co., AR, poss. Mt. View. He d. date unk. but after May 10, 1893, poss. Mt. View, Stone Co., AR as he was last living there./Elizabeth homesteaded land in Mt. View Feb. 1, 1895 by her son's property. Eliphus homesteaded his land May 10, 1893 in Mt. View. Does anyone know what happened to any of these people? Too, who was Dempsey Prater the dau. of? Her mother was m. to a Prater. Who was he? Samuel & Elizabeth are my g-g-grandparents. Thanks, Carolyn G.