Birth: unknown
Nelson County
Kentucky, USADeath: Jun. 3, 1849
Lexington
Fayette County
Kentucky, USA
Joseph Prather was born in Mercer Co., Ky. He died of Cholera on June 3, 1849 at the Lunatic Asylum. No place of burial was given. He was most likely buried in an unmarked grave on the grounds Eastern State Hospital.

1849 - Deaths at Lunatic Asylum

By Cholera, in the CITY OF LEXINGTON, from the 11th of June to the present date, August 20, 1849. 2006 by Pam Brinegar

The number of deaths at the asylum is not so great as we had supposed, nor as we had been informed by the treasurer of the institution, Mr. W.E. Milton, but as the list was made out by Dr. Allen, general superintendent of the asylum, for the editor of the Observer and Reporter, we presume it is correct...

Those marked thus * died of the consecutive effects of the disease, having lingered a week or two.

Source: The Kentucky Atlas of August 24, 1849, as reprinted in the Lexington Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 25 August 1901, p. 10 cols. 1-4. Microfilm held by the Kentucky Room, Lexington Public Library, Lexington, Kentucky.

Burial:
Eastern State Hospital Cemetery
Lexington
Fayette County
Kentucky, USA
Plot: Unknown
Created by: Final Dignity
Record added: Jun 11, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 71188630