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Prentice, Jonathan R., was born in Hancock, New Hampshire, in 1795, and came to Steuben county in 1823 with
his father, Henry Prentice, and bought land in the town of Jasper. They returned to New Hampshire, and the following
spring he, with his brother, William, returned on foot. They cleared ten acres of land and sowed wheat. They owned
together 160 acres, but Mr. Prentice sold his interest and moved on to another section in the valley, where he
spent the balance of his life. He was one of the organizers of the township, and was for a number of years the
supervisor. He was one of the founders of the First Presbyterian church of the town, and was clerk of the school
district for a great many years. He reared a family of three children: Henry C., who went to Kansas, where he died
in 1887, at the age of fifty eight; Mrs. George D. Woodward, of Greenwood, N. Y., and William R. The latter was
educated at Alfred University and remained on the farm until twenty one. He was three years in the army as a member
of the 161st Regt. N. Y. Vols., enlisting as a private and rising to first lieutenant, and then captain of Co.
H. After the war closed he was engaged in mercantile business for eight years, then took up teaching, first at
Alfred, and then three years as principal of a grammar school at Elmira, N. Y. In 1887 he was engaged to fill the
position of superintendent of schools and principal of the academy of Hornellsville, which position he has since
occupied.
From:
Landmarks of Steuben County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Harlo Hakes
Assisted by: L. C. Aldrich and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1896
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