Background
Prentice, George Dennison was born on December 18, 1802 in New London County, Connecticut, United States. Son of Rufus and Sarah (Stanton) Prentice.
Prentice, George Dennison was born on December 18, 1802 in New London County, Connecticut, United States. Son of Rufus and Sarah (Stanton) Prentice.
Graduate Brown University, 1823.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, circa 1825. Editor paper, New London, Connecticut, 1827. 1st editor New England Review, a Hartford weekly, 1828.
Manager, editor Louisville, (Kentucky) Daily Journal, 1830-circa 1868, made it most influential Whig paper in South and West.
Author: A Biography of Henry Clay, 1831. (collection of editorial paragraphs) Prenticeana, 1860.
Married Henrietta Benham, August 18, 1835, 2 children.