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Wisconsin, Sept. 14, 1875. He was born at Palmyra, 

 N. Y., March 7, 1811. At one time a civil engineer 

 employed on the Welland Canal and also on the canal 

 around the Falls of the Ohio at Louisville, Ky. ; from 

 1833-1835 Secretary of the Board of Canal Commis- 

 sioners of Ohio. In 1838 he removed to Milwaukee, 

 where he resided until his decease. In 1862 he was 

 chosen President of the Wisconsin Historical Society. 

 In 1873 he was appointed State Geologist and began 

 making a thorough geological and topographical survey 

 of the State. He was a prolific writer, having been a 

 frequent contributor to scientific journals and other publi- 

 cations. He was elected a member of Essex County 

 Natural History Society, July 13, 1836. 



William Prescott, son of William and Deborah (Welch) 

 Prescott, born at Sandbornton, N. H., Dec. 29, 1789. 

 In early life, a farmer. In 1815 received the Medical 

 degree from Dartmouth Medical School, and commenced 

 the practice of the profession at Gilmanton, N. H., where 

 he remained eighteen years. In December, 1832, he re- 

 moved to Lynn, Mass., and in September, 1845, to Con- 

 cord, N. H. In 1852 he relinquished active professional 

 labor for the purpose of devoting himself to those liter- 

 ary, scientific, genealogical and antiquarian studies for 

 which he had a decided taste. He died at his home in 

 Concord, Oct. 18, 1875. During his residence in Lynn, 

 he was present and took an active part at the first meet- 

 ing of the Essex County Natural History Society, Dec. 

 14, 1833, and was one of the persons named in the Act 

 of Incorporation. For ten years he was one of the cura- 

 tors of the Society, and at the time of his removal from 

 the State one of its Vice Presidents. He delivered a lec- 

 ture before the Natural History Society in 1838, which 

 was printed in the Journal, on the Minerals of the South- 



