of Harrison County, Missouri · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Mary Worthington Whitney 1836 – 1894
parentsJoseph Ingram Whitney
Mary Worthington Whitney⚭ Benjamin M. Prentiss
childrenJoseph 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).
Second wife of Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss.
Born Pennsylvania Dec. 16, 1836.
Died Bethany July 28, 1894.
Daughter of Joseph Ingram Whitney, who came from Maine.
Son Arthur Oglesby died in California.
Daughter Mary married a Cover, of Harrison County.
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