Background
Prentice, George Gordon was born on October 23, 1865 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Harvey Monroe and Jennie Elizabeth (Hillyer) Prentice.
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George Gordon Prentice
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Education
Education public and night schools, New York City.
Career
John C. Glithero), Janet Elizabeth (wife of Review Heinrich West. Falk), Hillyer. With Francis H. Richards Engineering Company, Cleveland, Ohio (assisted in building 1st automatic machine for gumming, printing and folding envelopes, 1883. With Pratt & Whitney Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1884-1885.
Superintendent and manager Yost Writing Machine Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1886-1890.
With Garvin Machine County, New York City, 1891-1895. Organizer, 1896, owner and president until retirement, 1911, George G. Prentice & Company, automatic turret machinery.
Member reorganization committee C.,Rhode Island&P. Railroad, 1915. Owner 2000-acre Prentice Ranch.
Achievements
Membership
Member School Board, New Haven, Connecticut, 1912-1915. Republican State of Connecticut at Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915. Inventor and patentee typewriter improvements, 1886-1890.
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Married Janet Eleanor Stirling, December 3, 1890. Children: George Gordon, Stirling Garvin (deceased), Helen Sheldon (wife of Captain.
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Political Party
Republican