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Jesse P. Prescott

PRESCOTT, MILES, TOPLIFF, CONRAD, LONG, KELLAM, MCNAIR

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 5/20/2010 at 07:16:39

Jesse P. Prescott (1868), of Heron Lake, is one of Jackson county's pioneers, having resided here nearly forty-two years. He was born in Penobscot county, Maine, June 7, 1840, the son of Jeremiah and Mary (Miles) Prescott. The mother of our subject was born at Newport, Maine, December 3, 1804, and was married to Mr. Prescott December 16, 1823. The family moved to Illinois in 1847 and seven years later to Allamakee county, Iowa. There, with the exception of two years spent in California and Oregon, the parents of our subject spent the rest of their lives.

Jesse P. Prescott accompanied his parents from Maine to the west when seven years of age, and he resided with them until the early sixties. In 1861 he engaged in farming, having previously bought land in Allamakee county, Iowa, but a year and a half later enlisted as a member of company A, Thirteenth Iowa infantry, and served until the close of the war.

He farmed two years after the war, and in the spring of 1868 moved to Jackson county, taking as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 30, Des Moines township. Mr. Prescott engaged in farming his homestead five years and then located in the village of Heron Lake, where he has since resided, engaged in various occupations.

At Lansing, Allamakee county, Iowa, Mr. Preseott was married in 1861 to Sophronia Topliff. To them were born four children, as follows: Edah M., born July 5, 1863, died August, 1888; Iva B., born November 10, 1867, married Henry Conrad, died April 3, 1909; Alvah P., born September 29, 1872, married Lillie Long; Lelah B., born December 14, 1881, married C. A. Kellam June, 1907. The second marriage of Mr. Prescott occurred at Sibley, Iowa, October 7, 1889, to Mary McNair, a native of Ulster county, New York. One child has been born to this union, Harvey H., born October 14, 1890, a graduate of Mankato college, and now a clerk in the First National Bank of Heron Lake.

~Illustrated History of Jackson County, Minnesota; by A.P. Rose, 1910, pg 370


 

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