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Samuel Oscar Prentice
b.1850-08-08; d.1924-11-02; Hartford, CT, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1924-1925 (p.1320)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-14)
Samuel Oscar Prentice, B.A. 1873.
Born August 8, 1850, in North Stonington, Conn.
Died November 2, 1924, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, Chester Smith Prentice, a farmer; justice of the peace; represented town of North Stonington in the General Assembly; son of Samuel Prentice, a Lieutenant in the State Militia, serving in the Revolutionary War, and Amy (Smith) Prentice; descendant of Capt. Thomas Prentice, who came from England to Boston before 1649, later moving to Connecticut, and of Elder William Brewster of the "Mayflower" company. Mother, Lucy (Crary) Prentice; daughter of Elisha and Abigail (Avery) Crary; descendant of Peter Crary, who came from England to America about 1680 and settled at Groton, Conn.
Norwich (Conn.) Free Academy. Two second prizes in English composition Sophomore year; oration appointment Junior year and a second prize at the Exhibition; oration appointment, a Townsend Premium, and a college premium in English composition Senior year; chairman of board of editors of the Tale Literary Magazine and a winner of its prize medal, member Brothers in Unity (first prize in the Sophomore debate), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Studied at Yale School of Law 1873-75 (LL.B. 1875; received Townsend Prize for best oration at Commencement); also taught at Hopkins Grammar School; admitted to bar in June, 1875, and became a clerk in law office of Chamberlain, Hall & White in Hartford; in 1876 admitted to a law partnership with Elisha Johnson, of Hartford, under firm name of Johnson & Prentice and continued in that connection until July, 1889, then appointed to the Superior Court bench by Governor Bulkeley, to whom he had been executive secretary since the previous January; reappointed judge of the Superior Court in 1897 for a second term of eight years, but in 1901 appointed justice of the Supreme Court of Errors; became chief justice in 1913 and served as such until retired by age limit in 1920; member examining committee of the state bar from its formation in 1890 and chairman from 1898 to 1913, when he resigned; clerk of Hartford County Bar 1875-1889; attorney for town of Hartford 1881-83 and city attorney of Hartford 1882-89; instructor in pleading in Yale School of Law 1896-1901 and then professor of pleading until his resignation in 1916; chairman Hartford City and Town Republican committees 1881-86; delegate to state Republican conventions 1884 and 1886; helped in the revision for publication of the charter and ordinances of city of Hartford 1884; president Hartford Library Association 1885-86, Hartford Public Library from 1894 until his death (had been its corresponding secretary and a director), and the Watkinson Library since 1906; member Hartford Park Board since 1918 (president 1921-22); honorary M.A. Yale 1908, LL.D. Yale and Trinity 1913; commissioned Second Lieutenant in Company K, 1st Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, in February, 1879; promoted to First Lieutenant in February, 1883, and to Captain in 1886, serving in the latter capacity until 1889; qualified as a sharpshooter and was member of several winning rifle teams; elected vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Hartford County in 1898 and president in 1899; president Hartford Golf Club 1896, 1897, and 1898; vice-president Waumbek Golf Club of Jefferson, N. H., 1898, 1899, and 1900; deacon Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, 1921-22 and an organizer of its Men's Club (president 1911 and 1912); member Committee on Missions of the National Council of Congregational Churches 1913-15; president Connecticut Humane Society 1921-22; member American Bar Association, Connecticut State Bar Association, Society of Colonial Wars, and Connecticut Historical Society; in 1909 delivered one of the addresses at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Norwich; in 1923 an oil painting of Judge Prentice in his robes of office was hung in the Supreme Court Chambers of the State Library.
Married April 24,1901, in Jersey City, N.J., Anne Combe, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Margaret (Combe) Post, who died July 1, 1924 No children.
Death due to acute nephritis, aggravated by hardening of the blood vessels in his brain. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by no near relatives.
Born August 8, 1850, in North Stonington, Conn.
Died November 2, 1924, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, Chester Smith Prentice, a farmer; justice of the peace; represented town of North Stonington in the General Assembly; son of Samuel Prentice, a Lieutenant in the State Militia, serving in the Revolutionary War, and Amy (Smith) Prentice; descendant of Capt. Thomas Prentice, who came from England to Boston before 1649, later moving to Connecticut, and of Elder William Brewster of the "Mayflower" company. Mother, Lucy (Crary) Prentice; daughter of Elisha and Abigail (Avery) Crary; descendant of Peter Crary, who came from England to America about 1680 and settled at Groton, Conn.
Norwich (Conn.) Free Academy. Two second prizes in English composition Sophomore year; oration appointment Junior year and a second prize at the Exhibition; oration appointment, a Townsend Premium, and a college premium in English composition Senior year; chairman of board of editors of the Tale Literary Magazine and a winner of its prize medal, member Brothers in Unity (first prize in the Sophomore debate), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones.
Studied at Yale School of Law 1873-75 (LL.B. 1875; received Townsend Prize for best oration at Commencement); also taught at Hopkins Grammar School; admitted to bar in June, 1875, and became a clerk in law office of Chamberlain, Hall & White in Hartford; in 1876 admitted to a law partnership with Elisha Johnson, of Hartford, under firm name of Johnson & Prentice and continued in that connection until July, 1889, then appointed to the Superior Court bench by Governor Bulkeley, to whom he had been executive secretary since the previous January; reappointed judge of the Superior Court in 1897 for a second term of eight years, but in 1901 appointed justice of the Supreme Court of Errors; became chief justice in 1913 and served as such until retired by age limit in 1920; member examining committee of the state bar from its formation in 1890 and chairman from 1898 to 1913, when he resigned; clerk of Hartford County Bar 1875-1889; attorney for town of Hartford 1881-83 and city attorney of Hartford 1882-89; instructor in pleading in Yale School of Law 1896-1901 and then professor of pleading until his resignation in 1916; chairman Hartford City and Town Republican committees 1881-86; delegate to state Republican conventions 1884 and 1886; helped in the revision for publication of the charter and ordinances of city of Hartford 1884; president Hartford Library Association 1885-86, Hartford Public Library from 1894 until his death (had been its corresponding secretary and a director), and the Watkinson Library since 1906; member Hartford Park Board since 1918 (president 1921-22); honorary M.A. Yale 1908, LL.D. Yale and Trinity 1913; commissioned Second Lieutenant in Company K, 1st Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, in February, 1879; promoted to First Lieutenant in February, 1883, and to Captain in 1886, serving in the latter capacity until 1889; qualified as a sharpshooter and was member of several winning rifle teams; elected vice-president Yale Alumni Association of Hartford County in 1898 and president in 1899; president Hartford Golf Club 1896, 1897, and 1898; vice-president Waumbek Golf Club of Jefferson, N. H., 1898, 1899, and 1900; deacon Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, 1921-22 and an organizer of its Men's Club (president 1911 and 1912); member Committee on Missions of the National Council of Congregational Churches 1913-15; president Connecticut Humane Society 1921-22; member American Bar Association, Connecticut State Bar Association, Society of Colonial Wars, and Connecticut Historical Society; in 1909 delivered one of the addresses at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Norwich; in 1923 an oil painting of Judge Prentice in his robes of office was hung in the Supreme Court Chambers of the State Library.
Married April 24,1901, in Jersey City, N.J., Anne Combe, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Margaret (Combe) Post, who died July 1, 1924 No children.
Death due to acute nephritis, aggravated by hardening of the blood vessels in his brain. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Survived by no near relatives.
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