Margaret Prentiss was born 7 November 1830 in Warrensville, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States to Robert Prentiss (1791-1847) and Presillia Warren (1792-1847) and died 16 June 1894 Liberty, Gage County, Nebraska, United States of unspecified causes. She married Benoni Freel (1821-1901) 15 May 1845 in Van Buren County, Iowa, United States.
Biography
Husband's Info : Benona Freel [197951] (Bennie) b.18_Nov_1821, Strawton, Hamilton Co. IN d.31_Mar_1901. Liberty, Gage Co. NE
The couple married at husband's hometown when Margaret was only 14 (1845). About 1860, the family moves from Corydon IA to homestead farm on the Nebraska open range near Falls City. They are not found on the 1860 US Census, but are there on the 1870 US Census.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charles Warren | |||
| Albert Leonard (Morrison) Freel (1848-1904) | |||
| Oliver Humphrey (Perry) Freel (1850-1936) | |||
| Monford Herbert (Herb) Freel (1852-1940) | |||
| Mary Priscilla Jane Freel (1854-1934) | 24 July 1854 Polk County, Iowa, United States | 17 June 1934 Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska, United States | Edwin Carlos Ackerman (1847-1917) |
| Secretia Sovonia Freel (1856-1857) | |||
| Otis Adel Freel (1858-1859) | |||
| George Edwin | |||
| Eva Lavisa Freel (1863-1936) | |||
| Margaret Carre Freel (1864-1865) | |||
| Robert Benoni Freel (1866-1927) | |||
| Abraham Lincoln (Linc) Freel (1868-1946) | |||
| William Willson Freel (1870-1888) | |||
| Ida May | |||
Siblings
References
- Warenne Family Ancestry
- Iowa Marriage Record - 15-May-1845 Van Buren Co, IA : Marriage of Benonany (or Beunonay) Freels to Margaret Warren Prentiss.
- FindAGrave - Burial at Harris Cemetery, Barada NE.
1850 US Census
Take on Open Range - Mercer Co, IL Margaret and her first two children are living with her sister's family (Mary Robbins) It appears that husband is working elsewhere.
- Isaac Robbins (M-32)
- Mary Robbins (F-26)
- Caroline Robbins (F-6 mos) b. IL
- Margaret Freel (F-19) b. OH
- Albert M Freel (M-3) b. IA
- Perry M Freel (M-6 mos) b. IA
1870 US Census
Taken for the Nebraska Open Range (Township3, Range 16), Falls City Post Office, 24-Jun-1870
- Benonia Freel (M-48) - Farmer - b. Indiana - Farm valued at $3000
- Margaret Freel (F-39) - Keeping House - b. Ohio
- Olive P Freel (M-20) - Assisting on Farm - b. IA
- Manford H Freel (M-18) - Assisting on Farm - B. IA
- Mary Freel (F-16) - b. IA
- Louisa Freel (F-7) - b. NE
- Robert Freel (M-4) - b. NE
- Abraham L Freel (M-2) - b. NE
- William W Freel (M-4 mos) - b. NE
1880 US Census
Taken at Barada, Richardson Co, NE
- Benona Freel (M-58)
- Margrette Freel (F-49)
- Robert Freel (M-14)
- Lincoln Freel (M-12)
- Wilson Freel (M-10)
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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