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By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Winter 1998 and Revised 14 Sep 2008
Update of 14 Sep 2008: Alonzo Prentiss is the son of Henry Prentiss and Rebecca Clark They are #98e in our Henry Prentice eBook.
1. Alonzo Prentiss was b. c. 1815 in NY (per 1850 census, but the 1860 census says b. c. 1825). He appears in the 1850 census in Tyrone, Steuben Co., NY, with his wife and daughter, Alice.
He m. Mahala, b. c. 1829, NY. About 1852-55, he and his family moved from NY to Michigan where they appear in the 1860 Cheshire, Allegan Co., MI census with their children:
- Alice J. Prentiss, b. c. 1850, NY.
- Thomas E. Prentiss, b. c. 1853, NY.
- Eathena(?) Prentiss, b. c. 1855, MI.
- William H. Prentiss, b. c. 1858, MI.
- Mary E. Prentiss, b. c. 1859, MI.
Alonzo may have died sometime between 1865 and 1870 as the 1870 Lowell Village, Kent Co., MI census identifies only Mahala Prentiss but says she was b. c. 1825 in NY and shows the following children:
- Ernest Prentiss, b. c. 1850, NY.
- Alice Prentiss, b. c. 1853, NY.
- Mary Prentiss, b. c. 1860, MI.
- Josephine Prentiss, b. c. 1862, MI.
- Nora Prentiss, b. c. 1865, MI.
If you have any information which can help us identify any of the folks mentioned above, please contact us at dewald@prenticenet.com..
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