Person:William Prince (10)

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William Prince
b.1772 Ireland
d.4 Sep 1824 Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, United States
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  1. Elizabeth Prince1804 - 1843
  2. Louisa PrinceEst 1805 -
  3. George Prince1806 - 1808
  4. Nancy PrinceEst 1807 -
  5. Jeanne Celeste Prince1811 -
  6. George Prince1814 -
  7. William Henry Prince1817 -
  8. Samuel Prince1823 -
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Name William Prince
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1772 Ireland
Marriage to Therese Tremblay
Immigration[3] 1796 United States
Residence[1] 1800 Knox, Indiana, United States
Military[4] 7 Nov 1811 Indiana Militia Captain, Battle of Tippecanoe
Military[2] 1812 Served in US Army, War of 1812
Death[1][2] 4 Sep 1824 Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, United States
Burial[2] Warnock Cemetery

Lawyer and farmer, Prince was the sheriff of Knox County, Indiana from 1800-1804; a member of the Indiana Territorial Council in 1809; Indiana Territorial Auditor from 1810 to 1813; prosecuting attorney in Gibson County, 1813 and 1819; delegate to the Indiana State Constitutional Convention in 1816; circuit court judge, 1816-1818; member of the Indiana State House of Representatives from 1821 to 1822; and he represented Indiana's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1823 until his death in 1824. The town of Princeton, Indiana was named for him.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prince.html.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Findagrave.com.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ Biographical Directory of United States Congress.

    http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000540

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