Bio: Wescott, James W. (History - b 1848)

Transcribed by: Crystal Wendt

Surnames: Wescott, Walker

---Transcribed from pages 438-450 "History of Northern Wisconsin" - Biographical Sketches

James W. Wescott, County Superintendent of Schools and Deputy Register of Deeds, Merrill, settled in Horicon, in 1876. He lived there over one year, occupied in the Presbyterian pulpit. He came to Merrill as Presbyterian minister, and remained in that capacity until his election to the Superintendence of Schools in 1880, when he ceased preaching. He was born in Ramapo, Rockland Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, 1848 and was married, in Merrill, April 30, 1881, to Eva Walker. She was born in Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y., Aug. 11, 1864.

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