| FOUNTAIN GREEN CEMETERY HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS |
EMELINE CLARK PRENTIS 1817-1837
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Jared Prentis is counted as one of the early settlers in Fountain Green Township, said to have first arrived in 1833, when that area was known as Township 6 North, 5 West. He was born in or near Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, the sixth of nine children born to Jared Prentis and Mary Douglas. There is some indication that one brother, Samuel, may have also lived for a time in the township, before moving further west. Two of Jared's first cousins were also among the earliest arrivals, Lyman and  Daniel Prentis. See Early Settlers of Fountain Green Twp. from The News of Fountain Green, November 18, 1925.
Jared Prentis and Emeline Clark were married in Sangamon County, Illinois, on November 30, 1836. He lost her less than a year later and never remarried. Jared was described as a wealthy "eccentric New Englishman", "upright, reliable ~ in every respect", "held in high esteem by the Pioneer settlers". See On October 10, 1840, the government land office at Quincy processed patents for 6 parcels of land purchased by Jared Prentiss. The total acreage was 520 acres, all located in Fountain Green Township. Read a |
Household of Jared Prentice
enumerated November 8, 1850, dwelling #1585 Jared Prentiss, 45, male, farmer, value of real estate 15000, born NY |
| This information is drawn from federal census listings, marriage records, tombstone inscriptions, a letter written by Daniel Prentis, shared by Shelley Cardiel, and The History and Genealogy of The Prentice Families of New England, by C. J. F. Binney, 1883, shared by Scott Prentice.
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