Edward Prime

Edward Prime (December 10, 1801 – August 21, 1883)

Prime was educated at McCulluck's boarding school in Morristown, New Jersey, where his father and other family members were educated. In 1808, his father brought Samuel Ward III in as a partner and the firm was renamed Prime & Ward, followed by his uncle Joseph Sands in 1816 when the firm became Prime, Ward & Sands. In 1824, the firm was again reorganized as Prime, Ward, Sands & King when James Gore King became a partner upon his return from England. After Sand's death in 1826, the firm became Prime, Ward & King.

In 1826, Prime entered the firm and was made a partner of Prime, Ward & Co. upon his father's retirement in 1832. The firm collapsed in 1847, and Prime established the firm of Prime & Co., which consisted of him and his four sons, where he worked until his retirement in 1867, at which point his sons also retired.

Cornelia Prime (1829–1869), who married German-born August Ahrens (1818–1869) in 1850.

William Hoffman Prime (1837–1881), who married Anne Rhodes Gilbert in 1879. After a funeral at Christ Church in Riverdale, he was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.