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Will Prentis of Harrison Co., TX


Will Prentis of Harrison Co., TX
By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Summer 2004 and Revised 28 Jul 2010

A Negro Prentice Family

We received an email of 3 Oct 2000 from Katrena seeking help in identifying the ancestry of her great-grandfather, William Prentice of Marshall Harrison Co., TX. Here is what we have so far:

1. Will Prentis was a Negro, b. c. 1883, TX. He appears in the following census records:

  • Not in 1900 census.
  • In the 1910 census he appears in Justice Precinct 6, Panola Co., TX,, called a Mulatto.
  • In the 1920 census he appears in Justice Precinct 4, Panola Co., TX, called a Black.
  • In the 1930 census he appears in Justice Precinct 3, Harrison Co., TX, called a Black.

He m. Persis, b. 8 Nov 1889 and d. 13 Jan 1974, Harrison Co.,TX, age 84 years. Her last name might be Attaway (which has been spelled different ways at various times), or that might be Persis' grandmother's surname. A correspondent, Katrena. says Persis was an Indian and b. c. 1889. An Internet posting suggests the possibility that Persis may have been the dau. of Josh and Amenda Attaway and may have been born either in Carthage, TX or in OK and perhaps a member of the "Simon Al Indian Tribe". Children of Will and Persis:

  1. Delma/Delmo Prentis (called Delmar in the 1910 census), son, b. 16 Dec 1908, TX. . . . . . . [2]
  2. Elmo Prentice, b. 14 Nov 1910 and d. Oct 1977 , Orange Co., FL with his last SS benefit in Harrison Co., TX. ` He m. Angelee/Angila Smith. Children:
    1. Velma Prentice, b. 24 Mar 1931, Harrison Co., TX.
    2. Elmo Green Prentice, b. 5 Feb 1933, Harrison Co., Tx, and d. 4 Dec 1996, Harrison Co., TX.
  3. Leonard Prentice
  4. Precious Prentis, b. c. 1915, TX.
  5. Myrtle Avalonia Prentis, b. 4 Jun 1917 and d. 13 Mar 2008, Harrison Co., TX. She m. William Howard Bonner. Children:
    1. Bettie Agnes Prentice Bonner, b. 5 Oct 1942, Harrison Co., TX.
    2. Harry James Bonner, b. 13 Feb 1944, Harrison Co., TX.
    3. Lawrence Edward Bonner, b. 22 Oct 1945.
  6. Bernice Prentis, b. c. 1920, TX.
  7. Mildred Doris Prentis, b. c. 1922, perhaps in Logansport, LA and her birth cert. is filed in the Panola County, TX, Hall of Records. She m. Harold Mcclain. They had 1 or more children, including:
    1. Harold Grant Mcclain, b. 25 Jan 1943, Harrison Co., TX.

2. Delma/Delmo Prentis, Negro, was b. 16 Dec 1908, TX, and d. 27 Dec 1993 in Shreveport, Caddo Co., LA (per SSDI).

He m. Marie Stanley. Children:

  1. De Lois Prentice, b. 20 Sep 1940, Harrison
  2. Dellilia Joyce Prentice, b. 5 Feb 1943, Harrison

Who are Will Prentis' Parents?

Census records do not specifically name his parents. The alsoare ambiguous as to their birth places:

  • 1910 census records say his father was b. in CA and his mother in TX. per the 1910 census.
  • 1920 census records say both parents were b. in TX.
  • 1920 census records say both parents were b. in TX.

Census records for that period do not identify any Black Prentis/Prentice adults old enugh to be Will's parents, although there are some in Smith Co., TX, some 75 miles away.

We do note that the 1920 census shows, as living next door to Will Prentice, Jean Prentice, Precinct 4, Panola Co., TX . They are almost the same age and likely are brothers.

If you have any information about the folks mentioned in this article, please send your information to us at the Prentice Newsletter. Be sure to give the full title and date of this article in the Subject line of the email.

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