Judge Prentice Ellis Edrington, Sr.

Prentice Ellis Edrington, Sr. was born in St. John-the-Baptist parish, La., Nov. 29, 1858; son of Morris and Marie Louise (De Marcy) Edrington, the former of whom was likewise born in St. John-the-Baptist parish, and a son of Benjamin Franklin Edrington, born in Kentucky, a pioneer in Louisiana, and the only representative of the Edrington family in the state at that early time.

Prentice E. Edrington, Sr., has been a practicing attorney in Louisiana since his graduation from Tulane university. In 1892 he was appointed by Gov. Nicholls as district attorney of the judicial district composed of Jefferson, St. Charles and St. John-the-Baptist parishes, and following this appointment removed from New Orleans to Reserve, where the family has since resided. In 1906 he was elected district judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge Jerome Gaudet of the 28th judicial District court, and has since continued as incumbent of that office, having been reelected in Sept., 1912, for another term of 4 years.

Judge Edrington was the presiding jurist in the celebrated kidnapping case involving the Lamana child in 1907.

His wife was Marguerite (Kuntz) Edrington, born in St. John-the-Baptist parish, La., Nov. 29, 1858; a daughter of Nicholas Kuntz and of French ancestry. They had seven children.

Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 144-145. Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D. Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

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• Residence: 1920 - Police Jury Ward 5, St John The Baptist, Louisiana, United States
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