Harrison Prentiss
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Harrison Tyler Prentiss (1840 - 1927)

Harrison Tyler "Tip" Prentiss
Born in Missouri, United Statesmap
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Son of and
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Husband of — married 1865 in Adams, Illinois, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 86 in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United Statesmap
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Biography

Drummer Boy Harrison Prentiss served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 21 Apr 1861
Mustered out: 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 10th Illinois Infantry

Harrison Tyler 'Tip' was the son of Benjamin M Prentiss and Margaret Ann Sodowsky. He was born in 1840 and died in 1927,

He married Alweda (Alwilda) Torrance in 1865 in Adams, Illinois. [1]

Name: Harrison T Prentiss
Marriage Date: 28 Oct 1865
Marriage Place: Adams, Illinois, USA
Spouse Name: Alwilda Torrence
Spouse Gender: Female

He is buried in Miriam Cemetery in Bethany, Missouri. [2]

A Veteran's headstone was ordered for his grave. He was noted as a drummer boy. Musician in the Brigade Band.[3][4]

Name: Harrison T Prentiss [5]
Rank: Musician
Company: A
Unit: 10th Illinois Infantry
Birth Date: Abt 1840
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 21
Service Entry Date: 21 Apr 1861
Service Entry Place: Quincy, IL
Joined By Whom: CPT PRENTISS
Period: 3 MOS
Muster In Date: 29 Apr 1861
Muster In Place: Cairo, IL
Remarks: APPOINTED PRIN MUSICIAN APR 29, 1861 & TRANS TO NON :COM STAFF SAME DAY
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
URL: http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/home.html


1850 Census Quincy ,Illinois[6]

Benj Prentiss Male 31 Virginia
Margaret Prentiss Female 27 Kentucky
  1. Harrison T Prentiss Male 9 Missouri
  2. Guy Prentiss Male 7 Illinois
  3. Martha R Prentiss Female 5 Illinois
  4. Jacob H Prentiss Male 1 Illinois
Mary G Goodman Female 19 Virginia
Otis Allen Male 20 Ohio

1860 Census Quincy, Illinois [7]

Benj M Prentiss Male 40 Va
Margaret A Prentiss Female 39 Ky
  1. Harrison T Prentiss Male 20 Mo
  2. Guy C A Prentiss Male 18 Mo
  3. Martha R Prentiss Female 16 Ills
  4. Jacob H Prentiss Male 11 Ills
  5. Ella Prentiss Female 8 Ills
  6. Benj M Prentiss Male 5 Ills
Sarah Wallace Female 21 Ills
Ellen Johnson Female 16 Ind

Sources

  1. ↑ Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940. Ancestry.com. Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Illinois Marriages. Various Illinois County collections.
  2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-S3G5 : 27 July 2019), Harrison Tyler Prentiss, 1897; Burial, Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States of America, Miriam Cemetery; citing record ID 21140110, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  3. ↑ "United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6H4-21M : 1 May 2020), Harrison I Prentiss, .
  4. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4BP-622 : 24 March 2016), Harrison T. Prentiss, 1884.
  5. ↑ Web: Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995. Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Databases of Illinois Veterans. Illinois State Archive. http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/home.html accessed 5 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85F-L9M : 4 April 2020), Benj Prentiss, Quincy, south ward, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing family 24, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHY-ZTC : 18 March 2020), Jacob H Prentiss in entry for Benj M Prentiss, 1860.




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