Later Years
Prettyman married Jennie McNames in June 1887, and the two operated a boarding house at 602 Lawrence Street in Ann Arbor that was known as the Campus Club, and also Prettyman's Boarding House. Mr. and Mrs. Prettyman charged $1.50 per week for a room and $2.50 per week for board. Prettyman was a member of the Ann Arbor City Council from 1891 to 1895, president of the Ann Arbor Municipal League from 1892 to 1894, and a Washtenaw County supervisor starting in 1901. Prettyman sold his boarding house to the University in 1914 and later became the principal owner and president of the Ann Arbor Press and the president of the White Swan Laundry and the Wolverine Power Company. He was also Ann Arbor's postmaster for a time starting in 1906. Prettyman died in March 1945 at age 87.
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