How Annie Prichard came to be the final glory of her lineage

The Thomas Pritchard family migrated from somewhere in England, possibly Wales, to the Virginia Colony, where his son, Thomas Prichard, was born in 1765.
Thomas Prichard married Elizabeth Betsy Mays, whose father was Bill Mays (could this be a forebearer of Willie Mays?). No wonder Prichards are baseball fans. Thomas and Elizabeth had several children, among them, Joseph Prichard, who was born Dec. 12, 1783 in Virginia. Joseph lived to be 82 years old and died in 1865 in Princeton, Missouri. The Prichard family moved from Virginia to Knox County Tennessee where they lived until Thomas died in 1815. His wife, Joseph’s mother, Elizabeth lived a much longer life and died in 1860 in Knox TN.
Meanwhile, Joseph Prichard married Mary Polly Tye, who was born in Tennessee in 1787. She was twelve years younger than Joseph. They were married in Kentucky in 1810, and in 1819 Jackson Prichard was born in Whitley County in Kentucky. It has also been recounted that Joseph and Mary crossed the Mississippi with their family on a flat bottom barge with several cattle on their way to Princeton, MO where they settled.
Louisa J. Rockhold was born in Whitley County Kentucky in 1832 and must have followed with her family a similar migration as Joseph and Mary Prichard, because in 1850 she and Jackson were married in Missouri. Louisa and Jackson had a son they named Joseph G. Prichard, born in 1857. He married Elizabeth V. Ray, who was born in Iowa in November of 1861. She was known as “Lizzy” Prichard.
Joseph G. and Lizzy had several children, among them, Olin Ray Prichard, born in 1882 in Princeton, MO. Olin married Annie M. Mulinax, daughter of Eli Mulinax. She had two brothers, Ira and George, and a sister, Ada B Mulinax. We often visited Aunt Ada and Uncle Ira in St. Louis. Aunt Ada once bought a new 1958 Cadilac for Olin Ray Prichard, Jr. Olin Ray Jr. was the son of Annie and Olin Ray Prichard, and was born in Princeton MO in 1910. He had one sister Hilda who married John Hall and they lived in Texas.
Olin Ray Prichard, Jr. married Velva Ruth Pratt of Jefferson County Missouri. She was born in 1921. She had two brothers and one sister, Charles and Bob Pratt and Rose Mary Pratt. Her parents names were John Pratt and Allena Pratt. The family lived their life in Jefferson County Missouri, although both Charles and Bob Pratt were paratroopers in World War II.
Olin Ray Jr. and Velva Ruth had three children, Gary Ray, born in 1941, Joseph Reed, born in 1946 and Janice Rose, born in 1950. Gary was born in Rolla MO and Joe and Jan were born in Bonne Terre, MO.
Gary married Judith D. Barrett, born in 1943. They had a daughter, Anne Elizabeth Prichard, born in Richmond, MO in 1971 when Gary was the minister of the First Christian Church of Lexington Missouri.
That is the amazing story of how Annie Prichard of So. Lake Tahoe came to be the crowning glory of the Prichard line that began when the Thomas Prichard family migrated from England to the Virginia Colony. Along the way there were many other brothers, sisters etc. who lived and some who died young. But somehow this is what was needed to bring life to Annie.
After 13 years of marriage, Judith and Gary were divorced. Subsequently Gary married Linda Jean Berray whose two sons were Mark and Erik.
Prepared in April of 2011 by Gary Ray Prichard
The information above is believed to be accurate, although it is possible that someone along the way has been missed.

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