William Marshall Prall [1878-1939]: My paternal grandfather was born in Grant Co., IN shortly after the family's arrival from Ohio. He and his father worked as solicitors, apparently gathering information for local directories or working as pollsters or vote tabulators. Marsh Prall began his career as a candymaker about 1897. He left for Cincinnati about 1901, fathered a son and married for the first time to Marie Laeschele in 1906. Marshal Prall moved to Indianapolis in 1907 and was divorced in 1910. His second marriage was to Mayme Faucett in 1911. They had two children, Dorothy and Hugh. William Marshall Prall appeared as Maurice, Morris and W.M. in directories. He worked for J.F.. Darmody Candy Company for 33 years.
Mayme Faucett [1885-1961]: Grandma was a native of Indianapolis. She worked at Vonegut Hardware. Mayme parents took in two boarders about 1909-10, Marshall Prall and Clint Pentzer. As already noted, Marsh married Grandma. Clint married her sister Freda. Grandma never remarried after Marsh died in 1939. She lived with daughter, Dorothy's family for several years before moving into the Linwood Apartments. Freda and Clint had an apartment in an adjoining building. Grandma served as my primary baby sitter. She frequently joined Mom, Pop and I when we went to Lake Shafer on weekends Grandma died in the spring of 1961
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