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Prentice, George

clergyman, educator, author, was born in 1834 in Massachusetts. He was a methodist clergyman, professor of modern languages at Wesleyan university; and the author of Life of Bishop Gilbert Haven; Rome and Italy at the Opening of the Ecumenical Council, from the French of Pressensé; and Life of Wilbur Fisk.

Prentice, George A

lawyer, jurist, was born May 25, 1844, in Frankfort, Ky. During 1858-61 he attended the Kentucky Military institute, and received a thorough education.

For a quarter of a century he has been actively engaged in the practice of law; has been county attorney; served with distinction as county judge; and is now one of the foremost lawyers of the south at Morganfield, Ky.

He has filled several public positions of honor,

Prentis, Robert Riddick

lawyer, jurist, was born May 24, 1855, in Albemarle county, Va. During 1883-85 he was mayor of Suffolk, Va.; presidential elector in 1892; and is now judge of the first judicial circuit court of Virginia.

Prentiss, George Lewis

clergyman, educator, author, was born May 12, 1816, in Gorham, Maine. He is a presbyterian clergyman of New York city; and professor of pastoral theology in Union seminary from 1873. He is the author of Memoir of Seargent Prentiss; Life of Elizabeth Prentiss Our National Bane; The Problem of the Veto Power; The Argument between Union Seminary and the General Assembly; and Fifty Years of Union Seminary.

Prentiss, John Holmes

journalist, congressman, was born April 17, 1784, in Worcester, Mass. In 1808 he established the Freeman's Journal in Cooperstown, N.

Y., which he edited with ability and success until 1849. He was a representative from New York to the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth congresses. He died June 26, 1864, in Cooperstown, N. Y.

Prentiss, Seargent Smith

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, born Sept. 30, 1808, in Portland, Maine.

He was elected to the Mississippi state legislature in 1835; and in 1837 was chosen a representative in congress from Mississippi for the years 1838 and 1839. As a jury orator he was acknowledged as having no equal in the southwestern states. He died July 1, 1850, in Longwood, Miss.

Prentiss, Theodore

lawyer, state legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1815, in Montpelier, Vt. He served in the Wisconsin legislature, and was three times elected mayor of Watertown.

Prescott, Benjamin

clergyman, author, was born Sept. 16, 1687, in Concord, Mass. He was the author of Examination of Certain Remarks; Letter to Joshua Gee; Letter to Rev. George Whitefield; and A Free and a Calm Consideration of the Unhappy Misunderstandings and Debates between Great Britain and the American Colonies. He died May 28, 1777, in Danvers, Mass.

Prescott, Benjamin F

journalist, lawyer, governor, was born Feb. 26, 1833, in Epping, N. H. He became associate editor of the Independent Democrat newspaper of Concord, N. H., and continued as such until 1866. He was elected secretary of state in 1872, 1873, 1875 and 1876. He was elected governor of New Hampshire in 1877 and re-elected in 1878.

Prescott, Oliver

soldier, jurist, was born April 27, 1731, in Groton, Mass.

In 1778 he was appointed third major-general of militia in Massachusetts, and in 1781 he became second major-general, but soon afterward he resigned. From 1779 till his death he was judge of probate for Middlesex county. He died Nov. 17, 1804, in Groton, Mass.

Prescott, Oliver

physician, author, was born April 4, 1762, in Groton, Mass. He removed to Newburyport in 1811, practicing successfully there till his death. He was often a representative in the legislature, and was a founder, trustee, and treasurer of Groton academy. He died Sept. 26, 1827, in Newburyport.