[p. 392] general farmer and dairyman, who owns ninety-five acres of excellent land in Little Beaver Township, which is situated on both sides of the road, bordering on Little Beaver Creek, is a native of England and was born in Somersetshire, September 22, 1851. His parents were Thomas and Ann (Stenner) Prescott.
The parents of Mr. Prescott never left England. The father lived and died within ten miles of his birthplace. For many years he operated a country blacksmith shop. The mother died a short time after John Prescott came to America, but the father survived to the age of ninety years. They had eight children, namely: William, Samuel, Mary, Martha, Alling, John, Frank and Thomas, only two of whom came to America.
John Prescott very early became a wage-earner, beginning to work when only six years old, and he has always led a very industrious life. Until he was fifteen years old he worked on a farm and then made his way to Wales, where he worked in a rolling mill for three years. He was not satisfied with industrial conditions there, however, and in May, 1869, he came to America and secured employment in rolling mills in the city of Pittsburg, where he continued until he came to Lawrence County, in 1896. He was then financially able to invest in land and purchased his present farm from Thomas Paden. He erected the substantial barn and so remodeled the house that in all essentials it is new and here has a comfortable and pleasant home. He engages in general farming and on account of his fine pasturage, makes his dairying industry one of great profit, keeping from sixteen to eighteen cows and shipping his milk to Pittsburg. Mr. Prescott has every reason to take pride in his possessions, for they have been secured entirely through his own energy.
In April, 1882, Mr. Prescott was married to Mary Garner and they have two children: John T. and Blanche. In politics he is a Republican.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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