Luther S. Prentiss

Birth Date

c1815

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Franklin and Owen County, Kentucky, miller. Massachusetts native. Married to Charlotte A. Ross Prentiss. Father of John R. Prentiss, Houghton J. Prentiss, and Cassia A. Prentiss. Resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Miller in Owen County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1, p. 28A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owen County, District 1, p. 73.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 118B.
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 7019183, Fayette County Deaths, Certificate 718.

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