Walter M. Prentice

Birth Date

c1824

Death Date

1864-05-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, physician and soldier. Unionville, Ohio, native. Son of Noyes B. Prentice and Athalia Prentice. Married to Sarah Prentice. Father of Frank Prentice and Thalia Prentice. Physician in Canfield, Ohio, in 1850. Physician in partnership with his brother, Noyes Billings Prentice, in Cuyahoga County in 1860. Served in the 49th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as major and surgeon from July 21, 1863, to May 28, 1864. Died of disease in military service at Stanford, Kentucky, on May 28, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Mahoning County, Canfield, p. 493A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 9, p. 878.
"Prentice, Walter M.," Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University, 2021, https://case.edu/ech/articles/p/prentice-walter-m (accessed June 27, 2020).
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 450.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #61802, Certificate #49849.
Find A Grave, "Walter Mead Prentice (1824-1864)," Memorial #6826810, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6826810 (accessed June 27, 2020).

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