Prentice, Benjamin B.
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 26, credited to Burlington, VT Unit(s): 2nd VT INF Service: substitute - enl 7/24/63, m/i 7/24/63, PVT, Co. I, 2nd VT INF, wdd, Wilderness, 5/5/64, m/o 5/13/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1838, Rhode Island Death: 1911 Burial: Sanborn Cemetery, Hardwick, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Deanna French Findagrave Memorial #: 57197794 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 10/8/1875; widow Louisa M., 5/29/1911, VT Portrait?: Gibson Collection, Jones Collection, VHS Collections College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice   Sanborn Cemetery, Hardwick, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
Many were the friends and neighbors who met at the home of Mr. And Mrs. B. B. Prentice last Tuesday to pay their last tribute of respect to an old townsman and veteran who passed away May 14, 1911.
B. B. Prentice was born in Wilkinsville, Mass., November 2, 1839. He was one of eleven children, two sisters are still living. His early life was spent in Providence, R. I. Being of a very musical family he had more than ordinary talent and was always ready to assist at funerals or in any way he could. His favorite hymns were “Rock of Ages” and “He Leadeth Me,” which were sung at his funeral.
Mr. Prentice has been gradually failing since 1906 when he had a shock. During these five years of sometimes intense suffering, his devoted wife, Louisa M. Porter, to whom he was married Nov. 26, 1861, by Rev. Ebenezer Evans in the Baptist chair in this place, has been his constant companion, comforter, caring for him as tenderly as a mother would her little child.
In 1863 he enlisted in Co. I, 2d Vt., and served 22 months. Received gunshot wound in right leg in battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864. This wound was the ultimate cause of his death.
Two daughters were born to Mr. And Mrs. Prentice, Emma May, who died July 10, 1880, and Lizzie Cornelia, who died Oct. 10, 1875.
Mrs. Henry L. Campbell of New Castle, N. H., and J. H. Graham of Londonderry, N. H., were the out of town people to attend the funeral.
Source: Hardwick Gazette, May 18, 1911.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.