of Harrison County, Missouri · documented from the public record
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Benjamin M. Prentiss
Benjamin M. Prentiss⚭ Margaret Sowdosky, Mary Worthington Whitney
childrenHarrison Tyler Prentiss · Guy Champlain Prentiss · Jacob Henry Prentiss · Ella Prentiss Blackburn · Benjamin M. Prentiss Jr. · Clay Prentiss · Joseph W. Prentiss · Arthur Oglesby Prentiss · Edgar Worthington Prentiss · Mary Prentiss Cover
Source: History of Harrison County, Missouri (1921)
Their story
What the record says
History of Harrison County, Missouri (1921).
Union major-general (Battle of Shiloh, held the 'Hornet's Nest'/Sunken Road.
Captured with 2,200 men.
Won Battle of Helena 4 July 1863).
U.S. pension agent at Quincy (8 yrs).
Moved to Missouri 1878 (Sullivan County, then practiced law at Kirksville), to Bethany 1881.
Appointed postmaster under Presidents Harrison and McKinley.
Republican delegate to 1880 and 1884 national conventions.
First wife Margaret Sowdosky.
Second wife Mary Worthington Whitney.
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