-219- JOHN ROGGOW    For the past quarter of a century John Roggow has lived upon his present farm in Cherokee county and by constantly following the most practical and modern methods in its development has surrounded himself with an enviable degree of prosperity. He was born in Germany, July 23, 1864, and is a son of George and Dorothy (Lass) Roggow, natives of that country, where their two eldest children were born. They came to America in 1868 and settled in Will county, Illinois, where the father worked as a monthly laborer for four years. At the end of that time he engaged in farming independently until 1881 and then came to Cherokee county, purchasing land in Spring township. This he improved and cultivated until 1897, when he retired from active life, moving to Aurelia, Iowa, where he and his wife still reside. To their union were born -220- eight children: John; Mary, the wife of August Zorn, of North Dakota; Fred, of Cherokee county, Iowa; Minnie, who married Theodore Roths, of Gardena, North Dakota; Emma, the wife of William Zorn, of Bloomfield, Nebraska; Lena, who lives at home; Henry, a resident of Spring township; and Christ, of Chester, Montana.    John Roggow acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and he remained at home until he was eighteen years of age. He afterward worked as a monthly laborer for a few years and then, in 1888, rented the farm in Cherokee county upon which he now resides. Ten years later he purchased the property, which then comprised of one hundred and sixty acres, and he has since added to his holdings from time to time until he and his wife now own three hundred and twenty acres of highly improved land lying on section 25, Spring township. This is all in a high state of cultivation and yields excellent harvests of grain, all of which is fed to Mr. Roggow's fine stock.    On August 9, 1885, Mr. Roggow was united in marriage to Miss Lena Miller, a native of German, who came with her parents to America in 1872, when she was five years of age. She is a daughter of Carl and Lena (Felton) Miller, who settled in Monroe, Illinois, and later moved to Iowa, purchasing land in Cherokee county now owned by the subject of this review. To their union were born five children: Carl, of Buena Vista county, Iowa; Reicka, the deceased wife of Henry Bolte, of Aurelia, who left four children, three girls and one boy; Henry, of Cherokee county; Minnie, the wife of Henry Zorn, of Vesta, Minnesota; and Lena, the wife of the subject of this review. To Mr. and Mrs. Roggow have been born eight children: Edward, whose birth occurred February 1, 1889, and who now resides in Springtownship; Henry, born April 28, 1890; August, March 30, 1895; Edna, July 8, 1897; rosa, born March 21, 1906; and three deceased.    Mr. Roggow is a member of the Lutheran church and a republican in his political views. He is interested in all that pertains to the substantial improvement and development of the community, being widely recognized as a public-spirited and patriotic citizen.

-220- T. C. CREPPS    T. C. Crepps is now living in retirement in Aurelia, after having been for many years influentially identified with agricultural and stock-raising interests of the county. He was born in Germany in 1848 and is a son of John and Barbara Crepps, who came to America when their son was six years of age and settled in Ohio. The mother died two years later and the father afterward followed railroad contracting until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Union army, dying in 1862 while at the front. He was twice married and had five children by his first union: Jane, the deceased wife of Henry Manselman, of Cleveland, Ohio; Fred, of Aurelia; T. C., of this review; Bessie, the wife of James Shaw, of Ohio; and Philip, deceased.    When T. C. Crepps was nine years of age he was adopted by George Fox, of Troy, Ohio, and he remained in the latter's home until he was eighteen years of -221- age. He then began his independent career, working at various occupations, engaging principally in farming until he was twenty-four years of age. At that time he came west to Iowa, settling first in Boone county and two years later in Cherokee, where he bought one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining the corporation limits of Aurelia. For a number of years he engaged in general farming and stock-raising upon this property, each year witnessing his increased prosperity until he finally acquired a comfortable fortune upon which he retired from active life in 1906. Since that time he has made his home in Aurelia, where he owns an attractive and comfortable residence. He is a stockholder in the Farmers National Bank and in the Peoples Cooperative Telephone Company and has valuable property interests, owning in addition to his home three hundred and twenty acres in North Dakota.    In 1872 Mr. Crepps married Miss Nancy White, who was born in Ohio, a daughter of James and Elizabeth White, also natives of that state, where both passed away. Mrs. Crepps was educated in Ohio and came to Iowa after her marriage. She is one of a family of five children: Mary Jane, who died at the age of two; John, of Ohio; Alvida, the deceased wife of the late John Hollada, of Ohio; Nancy, the wife of the subject of this review; and Henry, of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Crepps became the parents of a son, Frank F., who was born in 1875. In 1897 he married Miss Bena Rotts, and to this union were born two children, Harry and Ray. Frank F. Crepps passed away in 1905 and his widow and her sons reside in North Dakota.    Mr. Crepps has filled all of the chairs of Lodge No. 495, I.O.O.F., and he is a republican in his political views. He is now a member of the town council of Aurelia, having accepted this office following twenty-three years of able service as township trustee. He is well known throughout the county for his many excellent traits of character and holds the respect and confidence of all with whom he comes in contact.

-221- DANIEL A. SPRINGER    Daniel A. Springer, who has resided in Cherokee county for the past eighteen years, is a prosperous representative of busines interests in Cleghorn, conducting a hardware store in partnership with Joseph J. Kinzel. His birth occurred in McLean county, Illinois, on the 19th of June, 1877, his parents being Andrew J. and Elizabeth Springer, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Maryland. Andrew J. Springer took up his abode in Illinois in the '50s and carried on general agricultural pursuits in that state until 1895 except for the period which he spent in California as a gold seeker. Eightee years ago he came to Cherokee county, Iowa, and for two years operated a farm which he had purchased in Sheridan township. He still resides thereon but is not actively engaged in the work of the fields, spending the evening of life in honorable retirement.    Daniel A. Springer, who acquired his education in the schools of his native state, was a young man of eighteen years when he came to this county with his parents. In 1898, on attaining his majority, he left the home farm and took up -222- his abode on a tract of rented land in Sheridan township, cultivating the same successfully until the spring of 1913. On the first day of April he embarked in the hardware business at Cleghorn in association with his brother-in-law Joseph J. Kinzel, the two young men purchasing the stock and building of David Gowan. They have already won an enviable reputation as reliable and up-to-date merchants and are accorded a liberal patronage. Mr. Spring is also a stock-holder in the Farmers Elevator Company of Cleghorn and Cleghorn Independent Telephone Company.    In February, 1899, Mr. Springer was joined in wedlock to Miss Lena Kinzel, a daughter of Andrew J. and Dora (Pheifer) Kinzel, of whom more extended mention is made on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of Joseph J. Kinzel, a brother of Mrs. Springer. Our subject and his wife have two children, Edwin A. and Floyd A., who are thirteen and twelve years of age respectively. Mr. Springer is a progressive in politics, while his religious faith is that of the Christian church. His business interests have been carefully conducted, his duties of citizenship capably performed and at all times he has been true to the obligations and responsibilities that have devolved upon him in ever relation in life, making him one of the valued and respected residents of the community.

-222- JOHN WESLEY BROWNMILLER  Full size    During the course of an active, busy and useful life of John Wesley Brownmiller was connected with general agricultural pursuits in Cherokee county and filled several local offices, the duties of which he discharged with promptness and fidelity. His personal worth caused his death to be deeply regretted when, on the 22d of November, 1900, he passed away. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16, 1847, and was a son of Jeremiah and Catherine (Pentzer) Brownmiller, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The father was a blacksmith by trade and in 1855 removed westward, settling near Arcadia, Clayton county, Iowa, where he followed his trade until his removal to Fayette county, in Cherokee. In their family were nine children: John W.; Mary, the widow of Thomas Stewart and a resident of Yankton, South Dakota; Charles, living in Cherokee county; Susan and Franklin P., who have passed away; Emma, the widow of John Kelly, of Orfordville, Wisconsin; and James, George and Edward, all of whom are deceased.    John W. Brownmiller was a little lad of about eight years when the family came to Iowa and in the schools of Clayton county he pursued his education. Later he took up the occupation of farming there and subsequently followed farming in Fayette county but ultimately returned to Clayton county, where he lived until his removal to Cherokee county on the 5th of October, 1881. He then settled in Rock township, where he became the owner of a tract of land, which he carefully cultivated and improved, adding to it many of the equipments of a model farm of the twentieth century. Everything about his place indicated his careful supervision and practical methods and his work brought to him a substantial -225- return. Following his demise his widow conducted the farm until 1906, when she removed to Cherokee, where she now lives.    It was on the 15th of October, 1879, that Mr. Brownmiller was united in marriage to Miss Mary Margaret Pixler, a daughter of James M. and Eliza (Fry) Pixler, of Clayton county, Iowa, the former of whom was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 25, 1822. He came to Iowa in 1850, reaching McGregor on the 23d of April. From there he moved to Farmersburg, where he remained for three years, when he came to Grand Meadow township, Cherokee county, settling on section 23 on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he had previously purchased. He now owns two hundred acres of land which he has brought to a high state of cultivation. March 26, 1846, he was married to Eliza Fry, who was a native of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and whose natal day was March 11, 1824. Mr. and Mrs. Pixler became the parents of the following children: Sarah A., now Mrs. Richard Larkin; Melissa M.; Mary M., now Mrs. Brownmiller; Elizabeth E.; Clara, now Mrs. Charles Horrocks; George W.; and Emma L. Mr. Pixler gives his political support to the republican party and he has held various local offices of trust, among them those of township assessor and trustee. He is a consistent member of the Baptist church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brownmiller were born three children: Clara is the wife of Nicholas Smith, of Douglas, North Dakota, and their children are, Chester, Cecil, Floyd, Ethel and Fern. James Arthur is a resident of Rock township and is married and has three children, Sherill, Syral and Erma. Ray Edward, the youngest of the family, also lives in Rock township. He is married and has four children, Elmo, Vernon, Orville and Pearl.    In his political views Mr. Brownmiller was an earnest democrat and, while he was never a politician in the sense of office seeking, he served as township trustee and as constable. He was also school director and the cause of education found in him a warm friend. Fraternally he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. Many sterling traits of character gained for him the wrm regard and good-will of those with whom we was associated and those whom he met in social relations learned to feel for him the strongest friendship.

-225- FRANCIS P. SHAFER    Francis P. Shafer, who owns and operates a fine farm of eighty acres on section 21, Amherst township, was born in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1854. He is a son of Daniel and Mary Shafer, natives of the Keystone state, who moved afterward to Illinois, where the father engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1864. His wife survived him only a short time, dying in 1866.    Francis P. Shafer was reared and educated in Wisconsin and Illinois and afterward began working as a farm hand. In 1879 he moved to Benton county, Iowa, and there engaged in farming for two years, after which he moved to Cherokee county, where he rented land. At the end of one year he bought a farm in Tilden township, and operated and improved this fro some time, finally selling his holdings and buying land in Amherst township. This he later sold, -226- purchasing eighty acres on section 21, in the same township, and he has since operated this property, which under his able management has become productive and valuable. He has equipped it with an excellent set of buildings and has installed labor-saving machinery, neglecting nothing which would add to the appearance or value of the place.    On the 4th of March, 1879, Mr. shafer was united in marriage to Miss Judith Fike, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Bear) Fike, natives of Pennsylvania, the former being a pioneer in Benton county, Iowa, where he farmed until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer have become the parents of three children: Daniel, who is engaged in farming in Canada; Chelsea, who lives at home; and Mae, attending school.    Mr. Shafer is a Methodist in his religious views and he gives his political allegiance to the prohibition party. He is a progressive and able agriculturist and recognized as a prominent factor in farming circles of this locality.

-226- A. M. DUNN    In the thirty-two years during which A. M. Dunn has lived upon his present farm on section 32, Spring township, he has transformed this place from a tract of raw land into a productive and valuable property, his individual success forming an important factor in the general agricultural development of the locality. He was born in Scoot county, IOwa, March 31, 1849, and is a son of A. R. and Margaret G. (Grace) Dunn, the former born near Columbus, Ohio, of Irish ancestry, and the mother in New York, of Pennsylvania-Dutch extraction. Their marriage occurred at Davenport, IOwa, and the father purchased land in that vicinity, operating this until 1878, when he moved to the Pacific coast, dying in California in 1887. The old homestead in Davenport remained in the possession of the family until the mother's death in 1908, when it was sold. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dunn: A. M., of this review; Alice, the wife of Alvin Fowles, of Galva, Iowa; J. D., who resides near Denver, Colorado; John D., of Cherokee county; A. R., Jr., who was accidentally killed; Greely, who died at the age of two; and Maggie, who passed away when she was three years of age.    A. M. Dunn acquired his education in a country school in Scott county and he learned practical agriculture by assisting his father with the work of the homestead. Wheln he was twenty-three years of age he began farming independently, renting land in Ida county, upon which he resided for three years. At hte end of that time he bought a farm, which he occupied until 1881, when he came to Cherokee county. Here he purchased the northeast quarter of section 32, Spring township, an dupon this property he has made his home since that time, the years bringing him constantly increasing success and prominence. When the land came into his possession it was entirely unimproved, but with characteristic energy Mr. Dunn broke the soil and began the work of cultivation. This he has carried forward along modern and progressive lines since that time and has today one of the best managed, best equipped and most productive farms in -227- this section of the county. He engages in stock-raising on an extensive scale and has an enviable reputation as a fancier of horses, hogs and cattle.    On March 25, 1873, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to Miss Della Ellsworth, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Stevens) Ellsworth, natives of New York. The father was a veteran of the Civil war and was first cousin to the first man killed in that conflict. He enlisted in 1861 in company C, Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and after serving for three years reenlisted in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, serving until the close of the war. After his second discharge he returned to Iowa, buying eight acres of land near Washington, where he followed agricultural pursuits until he retired from active life. He lived in Cherokee county for a short time afterward and then moved to Minnesota, where his death occurred, when he was past the age of eighty. He and his wife became the parents of seven children: Della, the wife of the subject of this review; Horace, of Kansas City, Missouri; Mary, who married E. W. Baxter, of Ainsworth, this state; and Charles, Albert, Daniel and George, who have passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have become the parent of eleven children: Nancy J., who was born in 1876 and who married E. H. Snell, of Cherokee county; Delbert, whose birth occurred in 1878 and who is now practicing law in Whitetail, Montana; Wade, who was born in 1880 and who is a resident of Whitetail, Montana; Maud, the wife of C. E. McCurry, of Whitetail, Montana; Asa, whose birth occurred in 1884, and who now resides in Whitetail, Montana; Hazel, who was born in 1887 and who married Jesse Wylie, of Whitetail, Montana; Harry, who was born in 1889 and died in 1891; Roy, who was born in 1891 and who also resides in Whitetail, Montana; Della, who was born in 1893 and who is now engaged in teaching; Amzey, twin to Della and also engaged in teaching; and Floyd, whose birth occurred in 1899.    Mr. Dunn is a progressive republican and has served as township clerk, as trustee and as a member of the school board. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and he has been very active in religious work, for many eyars preaching Baptist and Methodist doctrines. He is a man of exemplary character and is highly respected and estemed in a community which has known him for more than thirty years.

-227- CLAYTON J. SNYDER    Clayton J. Snyder enjoys an enviable and lucrative patronage as the proprietor of a drug and jewelry stoe in Cleghorn, conducting the only enterprise of the kind in the town. His birth occurred in Cherokee, Iowa, on the 15th of August, 1874, his parents being Cyrus and Ella M. (Johnston) Snyder, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Canada. Cyrus Snyder came to Cherokee in 1869 and embarked in the grain business in association with a Mr. Hobart, carrying on operations along the line under the style of Hobart & Snyder for thirteen years. On the expiration of that period he was elected county recorder and ably served in that capacity for six years. On retiring from the office he removed to Sioux City, Iowa, where he is now spending the evening -228- of life in well earned ease. He has attained the age of seventy-four years and his wife is fifty-five years old.    Clayton J. Snyder was reared and educated in Cherokee and after putting aside his text-books entered the drug store of H. J. Shustee, in whose employ he remained for three years. subsequently he entered the School of Pharmacy of the Northwestern University in Chicago and in due time was graduated with the class of June, 1896. He then worked in a drug store of the western metropolis for two years and at the end of that time came to Aurelia, Cherokee county, Iowa, where he was engaged in the drug business for three years. On the expiration of that period he removed to South Dakota, purchased a farm and put in a crop of flax which was afterward destroyed by frost and caused him heavy losses. He then returned to this county, locating in Cleghorn, and in 1904, in association with O. G. Walrath (now of Cherokee), purchased the drug and jewelry business of M. J. Shea. this relation was maintained with mutual pleasure and profit until 1911, when Mr. Snyder purchased his partner's interest and since which time he has conducted the business independently. His is the only store of the kind in Cleghorn, and a liberal patronage is accorded him in recognition of his honorable and upright business dealings.    Mr. Snyder gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as a member of the town council for two years. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist church, and his fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias. His life has been above reproach in all relations and he is widely recognized as one of the substantial, esteemed and representative citizens of his native county.

-228- JESSE F. MEANS    Jesse F. Means, operating a fine farm of two hundred and seventy-one and a half acres on sections 32 and 33, Marcus township, was born in Pennsylvania, April 4, 1856. He is a son of Nathan and Barbara (Fletcher) Means, also natives of the Keystone state, where the father engaged in farming until his death,which occurred January 24, 1907. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in May, 1870.    Jesse F. Means was reared and educated in his native state and remained with his parents until he was eighteen years of age. In April, 1876, he came to Marshall county, Iowa, and after remaining there a short time moved to Cass county,where he worked as a farm hand until July, 1878. In that year he moved to California and in the fall of 1879 returned to Cass county, working at farming in the employ of others for a short time. He afterward became a bridge carpenter in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company and after resigning this position he went to Missouri and purchased a team of mules and with them came to Cherokee county and engaged in breaking soil. After a short trip to Pennsylvania for his marriage he returned to Cherokee county and rented land, upon which he remained for four years, going at the end of that time to O'Brien county and purchasing eighty acres. After operating this property for one year he sold it and returned to Cherokee county, buying -229- one hundred and one acres on section 32, Marcus township. He has since owned this property and from time to time has added to his holdings until he has now two hundred and seventy-one and a half acres on sections 32 and 33. He also owns one hundred and sixty acres on section 9, Marcus township, and is accounted one of the extensive landowners of his locality.    On January 11, 1883, Mr. Means was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Lynn, a daughter of Hugh and Catherine (Von Stein) Lynn, natives of Pennsylvania, where the father worked in the tanneries and also engaged in farming. He enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment and served eighteen months in the Civil war, and he afterward made his home in his native state until his death, which occurred in 1891. His wife survived him some years, dying in 1907. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Means were born nine children: Deborah, who was born November 14, 1883, and who married Louis Hazen, a farmer of Plymouth county; Mary Gertrude, whose birth occurred February 19, 1885, and who is now the wife of George Trienen, a farmer of Cherokee county; Jesse C., who was born October 11, 1887, who married Catherine Kelly and who resides in Sheridan township; Louisa Pearl, born November 11, 1888, now the wife of Felix Trienen, a resident of Plymouth county, Iowa; Cora, born April 20, 1891, who is the wife of William Treptow and who resides in Plymouth county, Iowa; Silas, October 22, 1895; Francis V., April 26, 1897; Judy Marie, July 22, 1899; and Louis W., April 1, 1903. Mr. Means attends the Christian church and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. He is one of the representative and substantial farmers of Marcus township—a man of integrity, ability and enterprise— and he enjoys in an unusual degree the confidence and good-will of the entire community.

-229- GEORGE T. MITCHELL    George T. Mitchell, a retired agriculturist who has made his home at Cleghorn since 1902, was for a number of years actively and successfully identified with general agricultural pursuits in Cherokee county, owning a farm of one hundred and seventy-two acres in Sheriden township. His birth occurred in Gloustershire, England, on the 22d of January, 1834, his parents being William and Eliza (Tandy) Mitchell, who spent their entire lives in that country. The father, a baker by trade, reached the venerable age of eighty-two years, while the mother passed away in 1859.    George T. Mitchell was reared and educated in his native land and when a youth of fifteen began learning the blacksmith's trade, completing his apprenticeship at the age of twenty-one years. He worked at that occupation in England until 1857 and then emigrated to the United States, remaining in this country for three years and being employed as a blacksmith. Returning to his native land, he was married and remained there until May, 1871, when he again crossed the Atlantic to America and worked at his trade in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. After a short time he came to Iowa, locating at Farley, Dubuque county, where he was engaged in business as a blacksmith for about fifteen years. On the expiration of that period he came to Cherokee county and purchased -230- a farm on one hundred and seventy-two acres in Sheridan township, the cultivation and improvement of which claimed his attention throughout the remainder of his active business career. In 1902 he took up his abode at Cleghorn where he has since lived retired, spending his declining years in well earned ease in an attractive home on South Main street.    On May 26, 1860, Mr. Mitchell was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Olpin, a daughter of Charles and Anna (Hodges) Olpin, who were natives of Goucestershire, England. The father, a cloth weaver, spent his entire life in that country, passing away on the 25th of February, 1871, at the age of sixty-two years. The demise of his wife occurred on the 1st of November, 1882, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell were born nine children, as follows: Charles W., who is a resident of Cherokee; Arthur, residing at Storm Lake; John W., who follows farming in Amherst township; Edwin H., an agriculturist of Sheridan township; Maurice E., a resident of South Dakota; Annie, who is the widow of William Gowan and resides on a farm in Amherst township; Emma, the wife of M. E. Goodrich, who is a well digger and house mover of Cleghorn; Ada, who is the wife of E. Long and resides in Oklahoma City; and Emma E., who died in England in 1863.    In his political views Mr. Mitchell is a stanch democrat, while his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has now passed the seventy-ninth milestone on life's journey and enjoys the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded one who has traveled thus far on this earthly pilgrimage and whose career has been at all time upright and honorable.

-230- GEORGE W. PRESCOTT   Full size    Throughout a residence of thirty-three years in Meriden, George W. Prescott firmly entrenched himself in the affection and regard of those with whom he came in contact, while his business ability gained him a place among the representative and valued citizens of the community. His life measured up to the full standard of honorable manhood in all things and thus his death, which occurred on June 16, 1906, was felt as a deep and vital loss to the community at large. He was born in Wilmot, New Hampshire, September 28, 1828, and was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Scribner) Prescott, natives of New York state. The father moved to New Hampshire in early life and engaged in farming there for a number of years, dying upon his property February 1, 1869, at the age of seventy-six. His wife survived him several years, passing away December 10, 1877, when she was eighty-nine years of age.    George W. Prescott was reared and educated in New Hampshire and remained on the farm with his parents until he was twenty-one. He then returned his attention to the general merchandise business in Wilmot, operating a store until 1873, when he moved to Cherokee county. He located in what was then Hazard, now Meriden, and established himself in partnership with his son in the general merchandise business, erecting also an elevator and operating a lumberyard. He was -235- one of the early business men of the city and was instrumental in having its name changed to Meriden. After a few years' identification with mercantile interests he disposed of all of his enterprises and entered the Cherokee County State Bank of Meriden, of which he was made president, serving in this responsible and important position for the remainder of his life. HIs ability as a financier, his discrimination, judgment and resourcefulness were factors in making this one of the strong moneyed institutions in this part of the state and they gained for him a place among representative and substantial business factors. Mr. Prescott was also an extensive landowner, having valuable interests in farming property throughout the county.    On the 11th of September, 1849, Mr. Prescott married Miss Lydia Upton, a daughter of Daniel and Asenath (Teel) Upton, natives of Massachusetts. The father was a carpenter by trade and followed this in Wilmot, New Hampshire, for a number of years. He died in that community in 1853 and was survived by his wife until 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Prescott became the parents of three children: Frank, a retired merchant of Fresno, California; Myra, who died June 19, 1872, at the age of twenty; and Nellie, who passed away September 18, 1861. Mrs. Prescott died June 9, 1859, after one year's illness, and later the subject of this review was again married, his second wife being Miss Harriett J. Upton, a sister of our subject's first wife. They became the parents of a son, Charles, who died November 29, 1866, at the age of eighteen. Mrs. Prescott survives her husband and owns an attractive home in Meriden. She still retains her interest in the local bank and has valuable property holdings.    Mr. Prescott gave his political allegiance to the republican party and in the course of his long period of residence in Meriden held various positions of trust and responsibility, serving as mayor of the city, as postmaster, school director and treasurer and proving himself a capable, reliable and public-spirited official. He was a member of the Congregational church and was a very ardent worker, both in the cause of religion and education. Mrs. Prescott is also a member of the Congregational church. Mr. Prescott died on the 16th of June, 1906, and his passing was felt as a distinct loss to business and public interests of the county. In other relations of life he was equally successful, being a kind parent, a true friend and a firm upholder of the law, a citizen whose life work made a lasting impression on those with whom he came in contact and upon the community in which he had so long resided.

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