Clay Prentiss (1860 - 1927)

Born 14 Aug 1860 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Feb 1927 at age 66 in Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Clay is the son of Benjamin M Prentiss and Margaret Sodowsky.

Clay was born on 14 August 1860. He was not on the 1860 census, but appears here in 1870. Benjamin and second wife Mary Whitney were married in 1862.

Clay married Lydia Belle Spence between 1905 and 1910.

He is buried in Miriam Cemetery in Bethany, Missouri. ^[1]

1870 Census Adams, Illinois ^[2]

Benjamin M Prentiss Male 50 Virginia

Mary W Prentiss Female 33 Maryland

1. Jacob Prentiss Male 20 Illinois
2. Ella Prentiss Female 18 Illinois
3. Benjamin Prentiss Male 15 Illinois
4. Clay Prentiss Male 10 Illinois
5. Joseph Prentiss Male 6 Illinois
6. Arthur Prentiss Male 4 Illinois
7. Jessie Prentiss Female 2 Illinois

De Venter Van Female 42 Kentucky

1900 Census Missouri^[3]

Jacob Prentis Head Male 51 Missouri

Ida M Prentis Wife Female 45 New York

1. Claud Prentis Son Male 26 Missouri
2. Logan G Prentis Son Male 20 Missouri

Clay Prentis Brother Male 41 Illinois

1905 Iowa State Census ^[4] Clay is listed as a clothing salesman. He is not married.

Sometime when he was in Iowa he was listed as 'Subject to Military Duty' ^[5]

1910 Census Bethany, Missouri^[6]

Ella Blackburn Head Female 57 Missouri

Clay Prentiss Brother Male 49 Illinois

Lyda B Prentiss Sister-in-law Female 37 Missouri

1920 Census Bethany, Missouri^[7]

Clay Prentiss Head Male 59 Illinois

Lydia B Prentiss Wife Female 49 Missouri

Ella Blackburn Sister Female 67 Illinois

Elizabeth Spence Mother-in-law Female 69 Wisconsin

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV2-S3G2 : 27 July 2019), Clay Prentiss, 1927; Burial, Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States of America, Miriam Cemetery; citing record ID 21140330, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64H-SXT : 19 March 2020), Jacob Prentiss in entry for Benjamin M Prentiss, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CG-WCL : accessed 6 May 2020), Clay Prentis in household of Jacob Prentis, Bethany Township Bethany city Ward 1-2, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 14B, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,857.
4. ↑ "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2S8D-R94 : 16 March 2018), Clay Prentiss, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing card #K955, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,590.
5. ↑ Iowa, Records of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-YMHD : 26 September 2019), Clay Prentiss, 1862-1910; citing Military Service, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 008147336.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2T5-31T : accessed 6 May 2020), Clay Prentiss in household of Ella Blackburn, Bethany Ward 2, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 95, sheet 13B, family 319, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 778; FHL microfilm 1,374,791.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HM-513 : accessed 6 May 2020), Clay Prentiss, Bethany, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing ED 98, sheet 6B, line 58, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 920; FHL microfilm 1,820,920.