By Linus Joseph Dewald Jr., Editor
Spring 2006 and Revised 17 Mar 2006
Our attention was directed to the West Vuirginia Division of Culture and History which contains official records of WV Deaths. Following are the listings for the surname Prentice for the period 1922 to 1954:
Name Born Died County Father/born Mother/Born MSDW Race Birthplace James Prentice 06 May 1877 25 Jun 1951 Fayette Robert unknown Marr. Black Alabama Laura Prentice c. 1856 16 Feb 1924 Greenbrier James L. / WV Rhoda / WV Single White WV Edd Prentice c. 1877 9 Mar 1932 Harrison Unknown Unknown Single White Unknown Margaret Prentice 15 Mar 1887 25 Aug 1934 Kanawha Major Pearry D. K. Marr. Black Alabama Emma Prentiss c. 1870 21 Feb 1936 Kanawha Julius Kyle / VA Georgiana / VA Marr. Black Leroy Prentiss c. 1880 22 Feb 1944 Kanawha (illegible) (not given) Marr. Black Margaret Prentice 28 Mar 1877 24 Jan 1951 Kanawha (Scotland) (Scotland) Single White See Fn. 7 James Prentice c. 1908 21 Jan 1934 Lewis James / Scot. Not given Single White See Fn. 8 Walter Prentice c 1897 10 May 1935 Logan (not given) (not given) Single White Europe Thomas Prentice 5 Apr 1881 20 Aug 1954 McDowell Thomas / Scot. Phemia / Scot. Wid. White See Fn. 1 William Prentice 8 Jul 1884 19 Dec 1954 McDowell James Jamie Marr. Black Alabama Ruth Prentice 1 Apr 1908 07 Apr 1941 Mercer C. M. Moore / WV Lillie Frye / WV Marr. White See Fn. 2 Infant M Prentice 15 Jul 1922 15 Jul 1922 Monongalia Geo. H. Prentice/WV Opal Sines/WV Single White WV Clarence Prentice 1 Aug 1876 10 Mar 1941 Ohio C. / Canada Barbara Bean/Can. Wid. White See Fn. 3 James Johnson Prentice Mar 1872 25 Dec 1935 Raleigh George / Scot. Elizabeth Scot. Marr. White See Fn. 4 John Prentice 11 Mar 1884 24 Nov 1947 Raleigh George/ Scot. Eliz. Johnston Marr. White See Fn. 5 Jane Prentence 18 May 1913 16 Apr 1932 Wyoming John / Scot Emily L. Weil? Single White See Fn. 6
Footnote 1: Thomas' family is discussed in our Fall 2003 article about Thomas Prentice of Scotland and WV .
Footnote 2: Wife of Jim Prentice, probably James Prentice, above, b. c. 1908.
Footnote 3: Clarence was the husband of Nell Frederick. He was b. Ontario, Canada.
Footnote 4: James was the husband of Charlotte Weis(?). Born Scotland. Died Amigo, Raleigh Co., WV. Place of Residence was Bishop, Tazewell Co., WV. Occupation: Miner. Buried in Bishop, WV.
Footnote 5: John was the husband of Emily Prentice (Weir). Born Hamilton, Scotland. Mother b. Scotland. John is the son of Thomas; see Fn. 1, above.
Footnote 6: Jane's mother was b. in Scotland.
Footnote 7: Sister to Thomas; see Fn. 1, above.
Footnote : James is likely the James Prentice, b. George Prentice of Scotland as b. c. 1907 WV.
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