William Fripp Prentiss

1836 - 1918  (82 years)

• Name	William Fripp Prentiss
  Birth	19 Jan 1836
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 May 1918	Bur:St.PaulsEpiscopalChur.Cem,YongesIsland,Charleston,SC
  Person ID	I12719	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Marceline "Marcie" LaRoche,   b. 18 Oct 1848   d. 10 Oct 1934, Bur:St.PaulsEpiscopalChur.Cem,YongesIsland,Charleston,SC (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. William LaRoche Prentiss,   b. 1875   d. 1902 (Age 27 years)   2. John Jenkins Prentiss,   b. 1880   d. 1968 (Age 88 years)   3. Catherine Otis "Kate" Prentiss,   b. 15 Nov 1884   d. 4 Nov 1962, CharlestonCo.,SC;bur:St.PaulsEpiscopalChur.Cem,YongesIsland,Charleston,SC (Age 77 years)   4. Edella LaRoche "Edda" Prentiss,   b. 7 May 1889, Charleston,Charleston Co.,SC d. 1 Jan 1978, SC;bur:SaintPaul'sEpiscopalChurCemYongsIsland,Charlesto (Age 88 years)   5. Elizabeth LaRoche Prentiss,   b. 1893   d. 1985 (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F4873	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Prentiss, William Fripp (1936-1918) Individual photo of William Fripp Prentiss came from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33379885/william-fripp-prentiss Maintained by: Norma Originally Created by: Lucy C Added: 29 Jan 2009 Find a Grave Memorial 33379885 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 July 2020), memorial page for William Fripp Prentiss (19 Jan 1836–7 May 1918), Find a Grave Memorial no. 33379885, citing Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Yonges Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Norma (contributor 47169265) . Photo added to the above site by ab3.

  
  

• Notes

  Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33379885/william-fripp-prentiss Maintained by: Norma Originally Created by: Lucy C Added: 29 Jan 2009 Find a Grave Memorial 33379885 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 July 2020), memorial page for William Fripp Prentiss (19 Jan 1836–7 May 1918), Find a Grave Memorial no. 33379885, citing Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Yonges Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Norma (contributor 47169265) . Photo added to the above site by ab3. William Fripp Prentiss BIRTH 19 Jan 1836 DEATH 7 May 1918 (aged 82) BURIAL Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery Yonges Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 33379885 Son of Rev. William Otis Prentiss and Mary Jenkins Married 1) Margaret Webb Hyrne Married 2) Marceline "Marcie" LaRoche He served in the Confederate army and was captured at Pocotaligo and imprisoned on Hilton Head Island, then moved to Pt. Lookout, MD where he spent the rest of the war. He walked back to SC. Military records describe him as having a light complexion, brown hair, 5 feet 4 inches tall. Family Members Parents Photo William Otis Prentiss 1815-1897 Photo Mary S. Jenkins Prentiss 1819-1848 Spouses Photo Marceline LaRoche Prentiss 1848-1934 (m. 1874) Margaret Webb Hyrne Prentiss unknown-1872 Siblings Mary Harriet Prentiss Cannon unknown-1904 Photo Christopher Jenkins Prentiss 1835-1884 Otis Dunkin Prentiss 1838-1876 Photo Robert Jenkins (RJ) Prentiss 1848-1923 Photo Catherine Jenkins Prentiss Leiding 1854-1931 Photo Helen Prentiss Bailey 1865-1930 Lucy Prentiss 1877-1877 Half Siblings Photo Annabella Keith Prentiss Davenport 1870-1948 Photo Paul Trapier Prentiss 1875-1923 Children Photo Maria Glover Prentiss Sanders 1870-1954 Photo William LaRoche Prentiss 1875-1902 Photo John Jenkins Prentiss 1880-1968 Photo Catherine Otis Prentiss Parks 1884-1962 Photo Edella LaRoche Prentiss Ackerman 1889-1978 Photo Elizabeth LaRoche Prentiss Collette-Blanchard 1893-1985