John Oscar Prentiss, 18901956 (aged 66 years)

Name
John Oscar /Prentiss/
Given names
John Oscar
Surname
Prentiss
Birth
Citation details: page 2 B
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Marriage
Citation details: John Oscar Prentiss Death Certificate # 17905
Death of a maternal grandmother
Burial of a maternal grandmother
Cemetery: Center Cemetery
Address: N 31.20739 and W –98.2942 - From Lampasas, travel north on US 281 and turn left onto US 190/US 183. Turn right onto CR 2001 - old Lometa-Lampasas highway - traveling north/northwest. Turn right onto CR 2080 [old CR 40]. Then turn right at the narrow Center Cemetery stone entry with chain link fence. Lometa, Lampasas County, Texas, USA
Note: tombstone inscription: Sarah J.; McLean; Born; Oct. 14, 1827; Died; Jan. 22, 1892; "Dear Mother has gone from our circle; On earth we shall meet her no more; She has gone to be home in Heaven; And all her afflictions are o'er."
Birth of a sister
Citation details: page 2 B
Birth of a brother
Citation details: page 2 B
British Queen
Victoria
from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893
Birth of a sister
Citation details: page 2 B
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897
Birth of a brother
Citation details: page 2 B
Death of a sister
Citation details: page 2 B
Note: In the 1900 Lampasas Census there were 7 children born and 6 children living in the household of Matthew & Maggie. Viola was not listed so therefore she must be the one child not living.
Census
Address: Precinct 4
Lampasas County, Texas, USA
Citation details: Supervisor's District 4, Enumeration district 106, page 2 B
Text:

Enumerator: John H. Stanley

Quality of data: Census image
Note: in hh 33 31 Prentiss, Mathew T., Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1862, Age: 38, Married: 14 years, TX VT? [faded] TX? [faded], Farmer, Read write & speak English: Yes, Home: Rent, Farm, Farm # ___ [faded]; Maggie L., Wife, White, Female, Born: Sept 1868, Age: 31, Married: 14 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, TX MS MS, Read write & speak English: Yes; Alma G., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Jan 1888, Age: 12, Single, TX TX TX, At school: 5 months, Read write & speak English: Yes; John O., Son, White, Male, Born: Jan 1890, Age: 10, Single, TX TX TX, At school: 5 months, Read write & speak English: Yes; Myrtle M., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Mar 1892, Age: 8, Single, TX TX TX; Benjamin G., Son, White, Male, Born: Dec 1895, Age: 5, Single, TX TX TX; Eva? [faded] I., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Sept 1896, Age: 4, Single, TX TX TX; Amos, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1898, Age: 1, Single, TX TX TX.
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901
Death of a paternal grandmother
January 17, 19082:00 a.m. Age: 89 years, 10 months
Address: home of J. H. John_______ [not legible]
Cause: Senility
Citation details: Certificate # 10283
Note: Death Certificate is in the name of "Mrs. Prentiss."
Burial of a paternal grandmother
Cemetery: Shady Grove Cemetery
Address: Joppa. Five miles north of Bertram off of FM 1174.
Note: transcription of tombstone inscription: Nancy Prentiss; Mar 18, 1818; Jan 18, 1908
Death of a maternal grandfather
Burial of a maternal grandfather
Cemetery: Center Cemetery
Address: N 31.20739 and W –98.2942 - From Lampasas, travel north on US 281 and turn left onto US 190/US 183. Turn right onto CR 2001 - old Lometa-Lampasas highway - traveling north/northwest. Turn right onto CR 2080 [old CR 40]. Then turn right at the narrow Center Cemetery stone entry with chain link fence.
Note: tombstone inscription: S.P. McLean; Born; Nov. 23, 1823; Died Jan. 2, 1909; "Remember as; You pass me by; You must die as; Well as I."
British King
Edward VII
from January 22, 1901 to May 6, 1910
27th President of the United States
William Howard Taft
March 4, 1909
Residence
Address: 1801 N. Sam Houston
San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Note: Death Certificate states that his "Length of Stay (in this place)" as 44 years.
28th President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
March 4, 1913
Family residence
Citation details: image # 00383, sheet 5
29th President of the United States
Warren G Harding
March 4, 1921
Marriage of a brother
30th President of the United States
Calvin Coolidge
August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States
Herbert Hoover
March 4, 1929
Death of a father
March 24, 19327:00 p.m. Age: 70 years, 0 months, 5 days
Cause: Cardiac Angina/Cornary Thrombosis
Address: Precinct 3
Cameron County, Texas, USA
Text:

Informant: J. [John] O. Prentiss, his son

Citation details: Certificate # 10294
Burial of a father
Address: San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
Cemetery: Mont Meta Memorial Park
Citation details: Certificate # 10294
British King
George V
from May 6, 1910 to January 20, 1936
32nd President of the United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
March 4, 1933
British King
Edward VII
from January 20, 1936 to December 11, 1936
British King
33rd President of the United States
Harry S Truman
April 12, 1945
British Queen
Elizabeth II
from February 6, 1952
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953
Occupation
Employer: Lawyer
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Death
April 24, 19567:45 a.m. Age: 66 years, 3 months, 19 days
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction-3 days/Coronary occlusion-3 days/Coronary atherosclorosis
Address: Dolly Vincent Hosptal
San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
Text:

Informant: Mrs. Anne Prentiss. It is assumed that this is his wife as his death certificate states that he was married.

Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Burial
Cemetery: Mont Meta Memorial Park
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Family with parents
father
18621932
Birth: March 19, 1862 56 44 Texas, USA
Death: March 24, 1932Cameron, Texas, USA
mother
18681962
Birth: September 24, 1868 44 40 Texas, USA
Death: May 30, 1962San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageOctober 13, 1886Burnet, Texas, USA
15 months
elder sister
18881976
Birth: January 13, 1888 25 19 Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: February 15, 1976San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
2 years
elder sister
18891900
Birth: about 1889 26 20 Texas, USA
Death: before June 1900Lampasas, Texas, USA
1 year
himself
18901956
Birth: January 5, 1890 27 21 Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: April 24, 1956San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
1892
Birth: March 1892 29 23 Texas, USA
Death:
4 years
younger brother
18951971
Birth: December 18, 1895 33 27 Texas, USA
Death: December 14, 1971San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA
10 months
younger sister
1896
Birth: September 1896 34 27 Texas, USA
Death:
2 years
younger brother
1898
Birth: October 1898 36 30 Texas, USA
Death:
Family with Annie Ross Barnes
himself
18901956
Birth: January 5, 1890 27 21 Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas, USA
Death: April 24, 1956San Benito, Cameron, Texas, USA
wife
18931972
Birth: October 28, 1893 Illinois, USA
Death: April 10, 1972Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA
Marriage Marriage
Birth
Citation details: page 2 B
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Marriage
Citation details: John Oscar Prentiss Death Certificate # 17905
Census
Citation details: Supervisor's District 4, Enumeration district 106, page 2 B
Text:

Enumerator: John H. Stanley

Quality of data: Census image
Occupation
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Residence
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Family residence
Citation details: image # 00383, sheet 5
Death
Text:

Informant: Mrs. Anne Prentiss. It is assumed that this is his wife as his death certificate states that he was married.

Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Burial
Citation details: Certificate # 17905
Census

in hh 33 31 Prentiss, Mathew T., Head, White, Male, Born: Mar 1862, Age: 38, Married: 14 years, TX VT? [faded] TX? [faded], Farmer, Read write & speak English: Yes, Home: Rent, Farm, Farm # ___ [faded]; Maggie L., Wife, White, Female, Born: Sept 1868, Age: 31, Married: 14 years, Children born: 7, Children living: 6, TX MS MS, Read write & speak English: Yes; Alma G., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Jan 1888, Age: 12, Single, TX TX TX, At school: 5 months, Read write & speak English: Yes; John O., Son, White, Male, Born: Jan 1890, Age: 10, Single, TX TX TX, At school: 5 months, Read write & speak English: Yes; Myrtle M., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Mar 1892, Age: 8, Single, TX TX TX; Benjamin G., Son, White, Male, Born: Dec 1895, Age: 5, Single, TX TX TX; Eva? [faded] I., Daughter, White, Female, Born: Sept 1896, Age: 4, Single, TX TX TX; Amos, Son, White, Male, Born: Oct 1898, Age: 1, Single, TX TX TX.

Residence

Death Certificate states that his "Length of Stay (in this place)" as 44 years.

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