WESTCOTT, J. HENRY

WESTCOTT, WARD, HOLSEY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/23/2019 at 19:32:50

Keokuk City
(P.O. Keokuk)

WESTCOTT, J. HENRY, Justice of the Peace and insurance agent ; Mr. Westcott was born in Wheeling, Va., in 1823, where he remained until 1837, when he removed with his parents to Ohio, thence to Indiana, in 1862 ; removed to this city, 1855 ; he has been engaged in mercantile business the greater part of his life ; has been Justice of the Peace since 1877. Has been married twice; first wife was Miss Frances M. Ward ; present wife was Miss Adelaide Holsey, of this city ; himself and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church ; politically he acts with the Republican party. Mr. Westcott represents the following insurance companies, Meriden Fire Ins. Co., of Meriden, Conn.; Williamsburg Fire Ins. Co., of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Northwestern National Ins. Co., of Milwaukee ; Merchants' Ins. Co., of Newark, N. J. ; The People's Fire Ins. Co., of Trenton, N. J. ; Union Ins. Co., of Philadelphia, Penn.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879