The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Lincoln Township, page 667
Emanuel Prebster was born June 15, 1813, in Scioto County, Ohio. His parents were John and Christena Prebster, natives of Germany. They were the parents of six children, of whom three are living--Reuben, Christian, and Emanuel, our subject. The latter came to Hendricks County, Ind., with his father's family, who entered a large tract of wild land in Lincoln Township, at that time known as Brown Township. His educational facilities were very limited, he being obliged to help his father on the farm from boyhood. Oct. 8, 1850, he was married to Mrs. Mary (Milby) Hollett, born March 24, 1821, in North Carolina, a daughter of Thomas Milby, and widow to the late Mark Hollett. To Mr. and Mrs. Prebster were born three children--Eliza C., Anderson and Everson. Mr. Prebster has been successful in his agricultural pursuits and now owns a good farm of 150 acres. In politics he is a Republican. In 1873, having for some time previous been afflicted with a rheumatic swelling in the knee, he had one of his limbs amputated above the knee.