Prentice, William S., D.D
Prentice, William S., D.D
a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Saint Clair County, Illinois, May 21, 1819. In 1849 he was admitted into the Illinois Conference. He served as a presiding elder and pastor until 1884, when he took a supernumerary relation, which he held until his death, June 28, 1887. He was a delegate to the General Conferences of 1860, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884. See Minutes of Annual Conferences (Fall), 1887, page 366.