Brief Life History of Harry Leroy
When Harry Leroy Prescott was born on 29 September 1880, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Webster Prescott, was 27 and his mother, Ellen E. Danforth, was 23. He married Alice Sanborn Wadleigh on 8 May 1902, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 December 1960, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Groveland, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Harry L Webster in household of Joseph Webster, "United States Census, 1900"
- Harry Leroy Prescott, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Harry L Prescott, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1889
Historical Boundaries: 1889: Orange, California, United States
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.
History: John Prescott of Standish, Lancaster, England, arrived in NewEngland in 1640 and in 1643 was one of the first settlers ofLancaster, MA. His descendants include several prominent Americans ofthe revolutionary war, including Samuel Prescott, born in Concord, MA,in 1751, whose fame lies in completing the midnight ride of warning in1775 after Paul Revere was captured.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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