of Harrison County, Missouri · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Margaret Sowdosky
Margaret Sowdosky⚭ Benjamin M. Prentiss
childrenHarrison Tyler Prentiss · Guy Champlain Prentiss · Jacob Henry Prentiss · Ella Prentiss Blackburn · Benjamin M. Prentiss Jr. · Clay Prentiss
Source: History of Harrison County, Missouri (1921)
Their story
What the record says
First wife of Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss.
Son Harrison Tyler ('Tip') was a drummer boy at Shiloh.
Guy Champlain marched with Sherman to the sea and died in Quincy.
Jacob Henry died in Bethany.
Ella married Doctor Blackburn (Bethany).
Benjamin M. Jr. of Colorado.
Clay of Bethany.
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