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Prescott, Joseph W. (1824-1888)

Name:
Prescott, Joseph W. (1824-1888)
Title:
Member. New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1868, 1869
Recipient of Gold Medal for superior church organ, 1868
Other Names:
Prescott, Joseph Warren
Born:
03/02/1824
Birthplace:
Deerfield, NH
Died:
11/10/1888
Death Location:
Weare, NH
Residence:
Deerfield, NH 1824-1833
Concord, NH 1833-1888
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Musical Instrument Maker
Father:
Prescott, Abraham (1789-1858)
Mother:
Prescott, Sally (1796-1838)
Relations:
Father and brothers were also musical instrument makers.
Siblings:
Prescott, Abraham James (1816-1891; musical instrument maker; m1 Paulina Maria Little; 1 child; m2 Mrs. Sarah B. Chase 1855)
Prescott, Hannah Cram (1819-; m. S. Prentiss Hill 1857)
Prescott, Mary Jane (1821-; m. Rev. Lucian Hayden 1858; principal of the female dept. of the Literary Scientific Institution in New London; 1 child who died in infancy)
Prescott, Josiah Barnaby (1825-1859; m. Jane N. Dole 1855; musical instrument maker; d. Concord, NH, of consumption; 1 dau, Carrie Dole Prescott)
Prescott, Sarah Elizabeth (1828-; m. Rev. Foster Henry 1853)
Prescott, Abigail Thompson (1830-; m. Thomas Wadleigh 1856; 1 child, Sarah Maria Wadleigh)
Prescott, Martha Augusta (1832-1844)
Prescott, George D. B. (1834-; m. Susan Elizabeth Dunkley 1860; musical instrument maker)
Prescott, Benjamin Franklin (1836-1837)
Spouse:
Married Mary Peterson Whittle (1833-1917), January 8, 1852.
Children:
Freddie Warren, born January 5, 1853; died August 13, 1853
Notes:
SEE ALSO (father): Prescott, Abraham (1)
SEE ALSO (brother): Prescott, Abraham James (2)
SEE ALSO (brother): Prescott, George D. B.
SEE ALSO (sister): Prescott, Mary Jane

William Prescott, The Prescott Memorial: Or a Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in America, In Two Parts. (Boston, Massachusetts: Henry W. Dutton Son, 1870), 277-279, 356-357.

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