Caleb Prentiss ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed and transcribed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Tina S. Vickery on April 22, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Poets of Maine A Collection of Specimen Poems from over Four Hundred Verse-Makers of the Pine Tree State. with Biographical Sketches Compiled by George Bancroft Griffith Portland, Maine Elwell, Pickard & Company Transcript Job Print; Edward Smill, Binder. Copyright by Elwell, Pickard & Co. 1888 Caleb Prentiss Deacon Caleb Prentiss, son of Rev. Caleb Prentiss, of Reading, Mass., was born Nov. 22, 1771, and moved from Gorham, Maine, to South Paris about the beginning of the present century. There he commenced keeping store; was the first postmaster, and a leader in the church. He afterwards purchased land and engaged in agriculture. He was a man of marked ability, and a contributor to the press, his services often being called into requisition at public meetings to furnish an ode or hymn, as the occasion demanded. he married Mary Webber Morgan, Jan. 16, 1708. DECEMBER DAYS. Ruthless winter's rude career Comes to close the parting year; Fleecy flakes of snow descend, Boreal winds the welkin rend. Reflect, oh man! and well remember That dull old age is dark December; For soon the year of life is gone, When hoary hairs like snow come on.