23. Dea. Harris Prentiss * (Harris Prentiss , Oliver , Oliver ) was born in 1820 in Liverpool, Queens, NS. He died on 27 Apr 1884 in New Albany, Annapolis, NS. He was buried in Prentiss Whitman Cemetery, New Albany, NS.
He resided in New Albany, NS. He was a posthumous child.
After Harris Prentiss died in 1819 Sophia(Tupper) Prentiss married Henry Parker of Nictaux, NS.
When Sophia (Tupper) Prentiss married Henry Parker they moved to Nictaux, NS, where Harris was raised.
Deacon Harris Prentiss and his second wife are buried in the Prentiss Whitman Cemetery in New Albany, NS.
Harris married (1) Henrietta Johnson * daughter of Edmund Ward Johnson * and Henrietta Harris *. Henrietta was born about 1825 in Dalhousie, Annapolis, NS. She died in 1852/1856 in New Albany, Annapolis, NS.
Henrietta [sometimes called Harriet] (Johnson) Prentiss died between 1851 and 1856, while trying to give birth to her third child. She was born in Dalhousie, NS.
She is sometimes referred to as Harriet Sophia.
Harris and Henrietta had the following children:
+ 32 M i Edmund Stanley Prentiss * was born on 13 Mar 1851. He died on 7 Oct 1929. + 33 F ii Sophia Prentiss.
Harris married (2) Mary Lavinia Ruggles daughter of James Ruggles and Catherine Wallace. Mary was born in 1824. She died on 14 Jul 1887. She was buried in Prentiss Whitman Cemetery, New Albany, NS.
They had the following children:
+ 34 M iii George Prentiss. 35 M iv James Wallace Prentiss was born on 14 Feb 1861 in NS. He died in 1943. He was buried in Prentiss Whitman Cemetery, New Albany, NS.
Buried next to him in the cemetery in New Albany, NS, is a
Lusina Prentiss who died 30 Sep 1921 age 65. This was
possibly his wife.James married Lucina Beals. Lucina was born on 6 Jan 1857. She died on 30 Sep 1921. She was buried in Prentiss-Whitman Cemetery, New Albany, NS. + 36 M v Henry Whitman Prentiss was born in 1862. He died on 19 Feb 1891. + 37 F vi Annie Lois Prentiss was born in 1864. She died on 27 May 1889. + 38 M vii Anard Freeman Prentiss.