George W. Wescott

WESCOTT

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 22:14:05

George W. Wescott

George W. Wescott was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Jan. 31, 1833, grew to manhood on his father's farm, receiving a common school education. He is a son of David Wescott, a native of Saratoga Co., N. Y., who died in Orleans county in August, 1867, aged seventy-five. His mother was Celinda (Brom) Wescott, born in new Hampshire. She died in Orleans Co., N. Y., in the spring of 1882, aged eighty-two. She raised a family of nine children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh. Mr. Wescott was married Dec. 20, 1856, to Ellen Pinney, born in Orleans Co., N. Y., March 3, 1837. She is a sister Daniel H. Pinney, now chief judge of Arizona. Mr. Wescott lived in his native county until 1856, when he removed to Jolliet, Ill., where he engaged in farming and was a clerk in a store. He remained there until 1868, when he came to Worth county and settled on section 9 in Fertile township, where his still resides. His farm contains 240 acres. Mr. Wescott has twelve and on half acres of timber, which is the largest artificial grove in the country. Mr. and Mrs. Wescott have three children - Jennie M., Charles Warren and Myron E. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.754