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Dwight Nelson Prentice
b.1848-08-29; d.1924-03-07; Fairfield, CT, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1923-1924 (p.1041)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-14)
Dwight Nelson Prentice, B.A. 1872.
Born August 29, 1848, in Mystic, Conn.
Died March 7, 1924, in Fairfield, Conn.
Father, David Nelson Prentice, a merchant and farmer; son of Samuel Haskell and Susan (Baldwin) Prentice; his first American ancestor on the paternal side was an early settler in Cambridge, Mass. Mother, Margaret (Rathbun) Prentice; daughter of Elisha and Lucretia (Packer) Rathbun; descendant of Samuel Rathbone, who was married in 1692 to Patience Coggesshall, and afterwards lived at Block Island, R.I.
Prepared himself for college while teaching school in Mystic, and also studied under a private tutor. Entered the Class of 1872 at the beginning of the second term of Freshman year; member Kappa Sigma Epsilon.
Taught in Norfolk, Conn., for a year after graduation, and then in Great Barrington, Mass., for four months; gave up teaching on account of eye trouble and was engaged in farming until the fall of 1876, when he entered the Yale Divinity School; B.D. 1879; had charge of the Congregational Church in North Branford, Conn., 1880-82 (declining ordination, but serving as stated supply); preached in Greenfield, Conn., 1882-84 (was called to the pastorate after six months' service, but declined the call); ordained to the Congregational ministry July 2, 1884, at North Middleboro, Mass., where he was pastor until 1886; engaged in literary work at New Haven 1886-1890; pastor of the churches in Williston and Essex Junction, Vt., 1890-92; gave up spreaching on account of throat trouble; since 1892 had been engaged in farming at Fairfield, Conn., occasionally supplying churches.
Married June 11, 1884, in Fairfield, Annie Maud, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Benedict Sturges (B.A. 1835) and Hannah West (Baker) Sturges. Six children: Annie Maud, Dwight Sturges, Thomas, Helen, Samuel Rutherford, and Winthrop. Mrs. Prentice died March 10, 1916.
Death due to general debility. Buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield. Survived by his six children and two sisters, the Misses Helen and Ruby Prentice, both of whom reside in Mystic.
Born August 29, 1848, in Mystic, Conn.
Died March 7, 1924, in Fairfield, Conn.
Father, David Nelson Prentice, a merchant and farmer; son of Samuel Haskell and Susan (Baldwin) Prentice; his first American ancestor on the paternal side was an early settler in Cambridge, Mass. Mother, Margaret (Rathbun) Prentice; daughter of Elisha and Lucretia (Packer) Rathbun; descendant of Samuel Rathbone, who was married in 1692 to Patience Coggesshall, and afterwards lived at Block Island, R.I.
Prepared himself for college while teaching school in Mystic, and also studied under a private tutor. Entered the Class of 1872 at the beginning of the second term of Freshman year; member Kappa Sigma Epsilon.
Taught in Norfolk, Conn., for a year after graduation, and then in Great Barrington, Mass., for four months; gave up teaching on account of eye trouble and was engaged in farming until the fall of 1876, when he entered the Yale Divinity School; B.D. 1879; had charge of the Congregational Church in North Branford, Conn., 1880-82 (declining ordination, but serving as stated supply); preached in Greenfield, Conn., 1882-84 (was called to the pastorate after six months' service, but declined the call); ordained to the Congregational ministry July 2, 1884, at North Middleboro, Mass., where he was pastor until 1886; engaged in literary work at New Haven 1886-1890; pastor of the churches in Williston and Essex Junction, Vt., 1890-92; gave up spreaching on account of throat trouble; since 1892 had been engaged in farming at Fairfield, Conn., occasionally supplying churches.
Married June 11, 1884, in Fairfield, Annie Maud, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Benedict Sturges (B.A. 1835) and Hannah West (Baker) Sturges. Six children: Annie Maud, Dwight Sturges, Thomas, Helen, Samuel Rutherford, and Winthrop. Mrs. Prentice died March 10, 1916.
Death due to general debility. Buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Fairfield. Survived by his six children and two sisters, the Misses Helen and Ruby Prentice, both of whom reside in Mystic.
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