Thomas Prescott was born in England 30 May 1830, but came to America at the age of four months. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Toulon, Illinois, before coming to Colorado in 1860.
He was a Civil War veteran serving from Sept. 1862 until 4 Jan. 1864. On the march to New Mexico his feet got sore and he stopped to take his boots off. While resting, a bear came upon him. They got into a "tussle" and when comrades reached him they found him beating the bear over the head with his boot.
He received numerous arrow wounds during the Indian conflicts and suffered from their effects the rest of his life.
Thomas Prescott was a charter member of Grand Army of the Republic, Greenwood Post 10, in Canon City. He also was the last living survivor of the charter members of the Methodist Society in Canon City.
He was a fruit grower in Canon City. His house still stands on South Ninth and Prescott Avenue, which was a street named after him.
(Source: "A Walk Into The Past: A Tour of Greenwood Cemetery" 2nd Edition 2006)
(All Rights reserved by the Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Committee. Copyright: City of Canon City, CO. USA).
He was a Civil War veteran serving from Sept. 1862 until 4 Jan. 1864. On the march to New Mexico his feet got sore and he stopped to take his boots off. While resting, a bear came upon him. They got into a "tussle" and when comrades reached him they found him beating the bear over the head with his boot.
He received numerous arrow wounds during the Indian conflicts and suffered from their effects the rest of his life.
Thomas Prescott was a charter member of Grand Army of the Republic, Greenwood Post 10, in Canon City. He also was the last living survivor of the charter members of the Methodist Society in Canon City.
He was a fruit grower in Canon City. His house still stands on South Ninth and Prescott Avenue, which was a street named after him.
(Source: "A Walk Into The Past: A Tour of Greenwood Cemetery" 2nd Edition 2006)
(All Rights reserved by the Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Committee. Copyright: City of Canon City, CO. USA).
Thomas Prescott was born in England 30 May 1830, but came to America at the age of four months. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Toulon, Illinois, before coming to Colorado in 1860.
He was a Civil War veteran serving from Sept. 1862 until 4 Jan. 1864. On the march to New Mexico his feet got sore and he stopped to take his boots off. While resting, a bear came upon him. They got into a "tussle" and when comrades reached him they found him beating the bear over the head with his boot.
He received numerous arrow wounds during the Indian conflicts and suffered from their effects the rest of his life.
Thomas Prescott was a charter member of Grand Army of the Republic, Greenwood Post 10, in Canon City. He also was the last living survivor of the charter members of the Methodist Society in Canon City.
He was a fruit grower in Canon City. His house still stands on South Ninth and Prescott Avenue, which was a street named after him.
(Source: "A Walk Into The Past: A Tour of Greenwood Cemetery" 2nd Edition 2006)
(All Rights reserved by the Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Committee. Copyright: City of Canon City, CO. USA).
He was a Civil War veteran serving from Sept. 1862 until 4 Jan. 1864. On the march to New Mexico his feet got sore and he stopped to take his boots off. While resting, a bear came upon him. They got into a "tussle" and when comrades reached him they found him beating the bear over the head with his boot.
He received numerous arrow wounds during the Indian conflicts and suffered from their effects the rest of his life.
Thomas Prescott was a charter member of Grand Army of the Republic, Greenwood Post 10, in Canon City. He also was the last living survivor of the charter members of the Methodist Society in Canon City.
He was a fruit grower in Canon City. His house still stands on South Ninth and Prescott Avenue, which was a street named after him.
(Source: "A Walk Into The Past: A Tour of Greenwood Cemetery" 2nd Edition 2006)
(All Rights reserved by the Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Committee. Copyright: City of Canon City, CO. USA).
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