Stephen Westcott (b. 1803)

WESTCOTT, MASON

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/21/2002 at 13:47:59

Westcott, Stephen, retired farmer, Taylorsville (Fairfield township); born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 11, 1803. Here he married Harriet Mason Feb. 3, 1825; she was born in the same county May 4, 1806; they moved to Oneida Co., NY, in 1848; from there to LaPorte, Indiana, in 1854, and in May, 1855, they emigrated and settled in this county; in 1860, they moved to Taylorsville, where he has been Postmaster sixteen years. A members of the C ----- Baptist Church. Republican. Emma J., born March 10, 1829; Frances M., born Dec. 8, 1831; Lloyd M., born May 5, 1836 and Clarence, born Oct. 14, 1841, the names and births of their living children; their children were all born under the same roof their father was.

Page 615, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"