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1. Samuel J. Prentiss was b. c. 1836 in Vermont as were his parents per the 1 May 1875 MN Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905. That census shows him then living in Hokah, Houston Co., MN. He lived in MN at least until 1874 as shown by the births of his children. By the 1880 census he was living in Trenton, Grundy Co., MO, with his wife and family.

He m. Anna/Annie M. who was b.Jun 1838, Canada, with her father b. in England mother in NY. Anna appears as a widow in the 1900 Chicago, Cook Co., IL, census. Children per 1880 and 1900 census:

1. Sophie/Sappho E. Prentiss, b. c. 1867, MN. 1880 at home in Trenton, Grundy Co., MO. 1900 Chicago, IL. 1910, 1920 living with her brother, Charles, in Chicago.
2. George M. Prentiss, b. c. 1868, MN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
3. Charles J. Prentiss, b. c. 1870, MN. 1880 at home in Trenton, Grundy Co., MO. 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. Not in 1940 census.
4. Jennie M. Prentiss, b. c. 1872, MN. 1880 at home in Trenton, Grundy Co., MO. 1900 at home in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.
5. Mark O. Prentiss, b. c. 1874, MN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [3]
6. Lois E. Prentiss, b. c. 1886. 1900 at home in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. 1910 living with brother Mark. 1920 living with her siblings Charles and Sophie/Sappho. 1930 living with her brother, Charles.

It is probably not the J. Samuel Prentiss shown in the 1900 census in La Crosse, La Crosse Co., WI, as b. Mar 1836, VT, with his wife, Bertha, b. c. 1860, Germany, who emigrated in 1883 and who he m. in 1891. Samuel's widow, Anna.Annie, is shown as a widow in the 1900 Chicago census.

2. George M. Prentiss, b. c. 1868-9, Hokah, Houston Co., MN, and d. 13 Apr 1934, Bellerose, NY per Ancestry.com . 1880 at home in Trenton, Grundy Co., MO. 1900 at home in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. 1910 in Chicago with his wife and son. 1930 in Bellerose, Nassau Co., NY.

He m. Charlotte c. 1870 in Hokah, MN. She was b. c. 1873 in NE. 1940 living with her son, Medary. Children:

1. Medary Prentiss, b. 23 Jun 1895, MN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [4]

3. Mark O. Prentiss, b. c. 1874, MN. 1880 at home in Trenton, Grundy Co., MO. 1900 at home in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. 1910 in Chicago with his wife and family. 1920 in Manhattan, New York Co., NY, as a widower; no children shown. Not in 1930 census. 1940 census a widower in New York, NY Co., NY. Not in SSDI.

He m. Kathryn, b. c. 1878, WI. She d. before the 1920 census where Mark is shown as a widow.Children:

1. Ruth Prentiss, b. c. 1898, IL. 1910 at home in Chicago.
2. Kathryn Prentiss, b. c. 1899, IL. 1910 at home in Chicago.

4. Medary Prentiss, b. 23 Jun 1895, MN, and d. Oct 1987, Newtown, Bucks Co., PA. 1910 at home in Chicago, Cook Co., IL. 1940 in Hampstead, Nassau Co., NY, with his wife and family. Ref: Ancestry.com .

He m. Myrtle Anna Ruth Kask, b. c. 1897, IL. Her roots can be found at OneWebMedia. Children:

1. George Edward Prentiss, b. c. 1922, NY. 1940 at home in Hempstead, NY. It is unclear whether he is the George Prentiss shown in the SSDI as b. 6 Jul 1921 and d. Jun 1986 Rumford Center, Oxford Co., ME.
2. Medary Prentiss, b. 8 Oct 1925, Long Island, NY, and d. 5 Feb 2014, Industry, ME. 1940 at home in Hampstead, NY. His obituary reads as follows:
   Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME) - Saturday, February 8, 2014,
   INDUSTRY -- Medary "Dary" Ames Prentiss Jr., a lifelong Industry resident, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at his home, following a lengthy illness.

   Though born in Bellerose, Long Island, N.Y., on Oct. 8, 1925, Dary fell in love with Maine as a young child, when his parents first brought him to Overlake Camp on Clearwater Lake in Industry in the late 1920s. Every summer since that first visit was spent on this lake, and Dary became an accomplished fisherman and developed a true reverence for the lake and the land.

   Early in the summer of 1943, he graduated from Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pa., and then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the age of 19. With the country embroiled in World War II at the time, he trained as a tail gunner in the remote-controlled turrets of the B-29 bomber and was assigned to the Eighth Air Force.

   Following the war, he returned to Maine and attended the University of Maine, where he majored in agriculture. Overlake Camp would again play a role in his life when he met Marcia Devers, who was a summer guest at the camp, and following Dary's graduation from college, they were married in 1950. Their two sons, Medary Ames Prentiss III and Mark Devers Prentiss were born in Farmington, and Dary and Marcia then moved to the family's Mile Long Farm on Federal Row in Industry, where he lumbered, farmed and raised and showed champion Herefords.

   Becoming permanent residents of Industry, Dary constructed their home on Federal Row and in 1961, he also began teaching chemistry at Farmington High School, until he retired in the mid-1980s. Following his first wife's death, Dary met and married Ann McNeil in 1979, and they remained on Federal Row, where Dary continued his passions for reading, traveling, fishing and flying. He was regularly seen landing his pontoon plane on Clearwater Lake, where he had a summer camp.

   During his lifetime in Industry, he helped form an advocacy group for mentally challenged children with his first wife, Marcia Devers Prentiss. He also served as an Industry selectman and was a strong community member.

   Dary is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Ann McNeil Prentiss, of Industry; his two sons , Dary Prentiss [Medary Prentiss] of Kingfield and Mark Prentiss of Industry; and his three grandsons [sons of Mark Prentiss?], Benjamin Prentiss, Alexander Prentiss and Samuel Prentiss, all of Industry.

   He m. Ann cNeil. Sons:

   1. Medary Prentiss, aka Dary Prentiss. 2014 in Kingfield, ME.
   2. Mark Prentiss. 2014 in Industry, ME.

The only clue we have so far is that Samuel J. Prentice was b. c. 1836 in VT, as were his parents who may have been b. c. 1800-1815 in VT. We checked on the families with children b. in VT. from 1834 to 1838. Since Samuel;s father was b. in VT, we know:\

1. His father cannot be Asher Prentiss, although we was b. in VT, but his Wife, Sarah, was b. in CT.
2. His father cannot be Roberrt Prentiss because he was b. in MA.
3. His father cannot be Austin Gaylord Prentiss because he was not old enough.

Samuel probably also had siblings, all of who would have been b. in VT, say 1830-1840.

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