Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories
Caroline Prentis
| Pioneer | Prentis, Caroline (Campbell) |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1847, [place not given] |
| Date of Death | ? |
| Father | Hugh Campbell |
| Mother | [not given] Edwards |
| Marriage |
(1) Harmon Anderson, 1868 (2) Noble Prentis |
| Came to Kansas From | |
| Life in Kansas | Shawnee County, 1859 |
| Author (other than pioneer) | None listed |
| Author's relationship to pioneer | Not listed |
| Contributor | Elizabeth Prentis Mack (Mrs. John C.) |
| Subjects Mentioned | Bedbugs, Boarding House, Straw Ticks, Fayette County Ohio, Stern Wheel Steamboat to Leavenworth, Stagecoach to Topeka, Digging Potatoes for Chickens, 1860 Drouth, Stone Hotel in Topeka Operated by Chase Family, Rented Concrete House Shawnee Co., Indians living across the River in Topeka were dirty & drunken, New England Emigrant Aid Society, Poverty, Escaped to Potwin Place out of Fear that Quantrill was coming to Topeka, 1st School at 6th & Kansas Ave-Topeka, Stagecoach, Early Topeka Hotel, No Streets in Topeka 1859, Hauling Water in Topeka, Stood for Temperance-Equal Suffrage-Freedom for Slaves, First Husband was Harmon Anderson, Became First Woman Employed by Santa Fe Railroad, Commission Clerk in Office of Secretary of State 1881 |
| Notes | Second marriage in 1883. Based on notes written to daughter Elizabeth. |
| KSHS Location | Manuscript Coll. 163 |
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