WILSON PRALL
Wilson Prall came to Franklin Township in 1857, where he improved a farm, and remained till 1865, when he removed to Atlantic township, where he now resides.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 793.
Wilson Prall came to Cass county in November, 1857, and settled in Franklin township. He was born in Ohio, on the 20th of April, 1839, and is the son of Gabriel and Mary (Heaton) Prall. When about five years of age his parents removed to Indiana, where Wilson remained until eighteen years of age, when he came to Cass county, and worked for different parties for some time, when he settled on section 28, Franklin township, where he remained about eight years, when he came to his present location on section 26, Atlantic township. He has four hundred and eighty-five acres of improved land, all being under cultivation, and is now raising a fine stock of Durham and Short-horn cattle. He has received several prizes for his fine horses, and raises a number of Poland China hogs. Mr. Prall was married in Cass county, in August, 1859, to Mary Judd, a daughter of William Judd, and an early settler of Cass county. They have seven children living--George B., Thomas W., Henry T., Mary E., John B., Etta V. and Martha V. Frederick and an infant died a number of years ago. Mr. Prall and family are members of the Christian church.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 843-844.
