Joseph Prentiss
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Joseph Whitney Prentiss (1863 - 1940)

Joseph Whitney [uncertain] Prentiss
Born in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 1897 in Missouri, United Statesmap
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Died at age 77 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Joseph Prentiss was born in 1864 in Illinois. His parents were Benjamin M Prentiss and Mary Worthington Whitney.

Joseph was a veterinarian for years in Bethany, Missouri.[1]


He is buried in Saint Joseph Memorial Park in St Joseph, Missouri. [2]

Joseph's daughter Mary Ermina Prentiss married Samuel Metzger in Iowa in 1919. [3]

The daughter's marriage record shows Joseph's wife as Nell Blackburn.

1870 Census Adams, Illinois [4]

Benjamin M Prentiss Male 50 Virginia
Mary W Prentiss Female 33 Maryland
  1. Jacob Prentiss Male 20 Illinois
  2. Ella Prentiss Female 18 Illinois
  3. Benjamin Prentiss Male 15 Illinois
  4. Clay Prentiss Male 10 Illinois
  5. Joseph Prentiss Male 6 Illinois
  6. Arthur Prentiss Male 4 Illinois
  7. Jessie Prentiss Female 2 Illinois
De Venter Van Female 42 Kentucky

1900 Census Bethany, Missouri[5]

Joseph W Prentis Head Male 36 Illinois
Nell Prentis Wife Female 30 Missouri
  1. Mary Prentis Daughter Female 3 Missouri

1910 Bethany, Missouri[6]

Joseph W Prentiss Head Male 46 Illinois
Nell Prentiss Wife Female 39 Missouri
  1. Mary E Prentiss Daughter Female 12 Missouri
  2. Josephine Prentiss Daughter Female 7 Missouri
  3. Virginia Prentiss Daughter Female 2 Missouri

1920 Census Bethany, Missouri [7]

J W Prentiss Head Male 55 Illinois
Nell Prentiss Wife Female 47 Missouri
  1. Josephine Prentiss Daughter Female 16 Missouri
  2. Virginia Prentiss Daughter Female 12 Missouri
  3. Benjamin Prentiss Son Male 6 Missouri

1930 Census St Joseph, Missouri [8]

Joseph W Prentiss Head Male 65 Illinois
Nell Prentiss Wife Female 59 Missouri
  1. Virginia Prentiss Daughter Female 22 Missouri
  2. Benjamin Prentiss Son Male 16 Missouri

Sources

  1. ↑ St Joseph's Gazette (St Joseph, Missouri) 31 Oct 1940. Page 3 . newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55668215/joseph-whitney-prentiss
  3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJDC-9YQ : 27 September 2017), Joseph Whitney Prentice in entry for Samuel P. Metzger and Mary Ermina Prentice, 26 Oct 1919, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing reference bk28 p 612 cn 28454, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,476,878.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64H-SXT : 19 March 2020), Jacob Prentiss in entry for Benjamin M Prentiss, 1870.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CG-WH9 : accessed 7 May 2020), Joseph W Prentis, Bethany Township Bethany city Ward 1-2, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 14A, family 332, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,857.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2T5-31N : accessed 7 May 2020), Joseph W Prentiss, Bethany Ward 2, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 13B, family 316, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 778; FHL microfilm 1,374,791.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HM-5GC : accessed 7 May 2020), J W Prentiss, Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing ED 98, sheet 3B, line 53, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 920; FHL microfilm 1,820,920.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHX4-2WQ : accessed 7 May 2020), Joseph W Prentiss, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 20A, line 25, family 521, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1178; FHL microfilm 2,340,913.




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