Judson Prentice

Judson Prentice (March 2, 1810 – July 27, 1886) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.[1][2]

Judson Prentice
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
January 12, 1853 – January 11, 1854
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byEzra A. Bowen
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 10th district
In office
January 14, 1852 – January 12, 1853
Preceded byJames Giddings
Succeeded byMarvin H. Bovee
Personal details
Born(1810-03-02)March 2, 1810
Oriskany Falls, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 27, 1886(1886-07-27) (aged 76)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)Almira Woodruff
(died 1844)
Olive Thompson
(m. 1848; died 1900)
Children2 with Almira Woodruff
Lawrence J.
Elizabeth
5 with Olive Thompson
Thomas J.
Millard F.
Lucy
(b. 1853; died 1853)
Bertha
(b. 1856; died 1868)
George Clifford
(b. 1858)
ProfessionFarmer, Surveyor

Biography

Prentice was born in Oriskany Falls, Oneida County, New York, to Lucy Stafford and Thomas Prentice.[3] He lived in Erie County, New York for 30 years, where he met and married his first wife, Almira Woodruff. They had two children together before her death in July 1844. Shortly after her death, Prentice moved to Trenton, Dodge County, in the Wisconsin Territory, before eventually settling in Watertown, Wisconsin.

In 1848, Prentice married Olive Thompson, a Congregationalist from Riga, New York. They would have five children.

Career

Prentice represented Dodge County in the Wisconsin State Senate for two years. In 1852, as the senator from the 10th District, and in 1853, after redistricting, as the senator from the 22nd District. Additionally, he was an alderman of Watertown, Wisconsin, Surveyor of Dodge County, and a justice of the peace. He was a member of the Whig Party.

Prentice died in Watertown at the age of 78.[4]

References
  1. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. Guinn, J.M. (1906). History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California. The Chapman Publishing Co.
  3. The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Chicago:Western Historical Company. 1879. p. 621. Retrieved 2015-07-04. Judson Prentice+Wisconsin.
  4. "Obituary", Portage Daily Democrat (July 27, 1886), p. 1.
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