[From "The History of Sarah Jane Birch (Sarah J. Prentice)" by Jan Patrick Mongoven in 2011.]
John Wesley (Wes) Prentice was born February 22, 1869, at Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire. On January 24, 1894, he married Wisconsin-born Emma Frances Nicholson at Forman, Sargent County, North Dakota. They made their home at Cogswell, North Dakota, and had two children, Floyd and Ethel. For many years, Wes held the position of Soo Line agent in Cogswell. In addition, Wes went into business with his youngest brother, William. They opened a store in town called Prentice Bros., which was advertised as "headquarters for hardware, furniture and harness, burial cases and caskets, favorite steel ranges and heating stoves" – as well as sundry other home and farm implements and pieces of furniture. By July 1905, the brothers appear to have sold Prentice Bros., as brother Will went into the hardware business with L.H. White to form the firm of Prentice & White. In February 1908, the Cogswell Hardware Co. was incorporated. Wes was among its stockholders. The store remained at the same location until destroyed by fire in 1914; however, the owners relocated to the nearby Frogen Building within a month. Wes was also involved in the lumber business, assuming the title of vice-president and co-director of the Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co.
Wes had a musical side, too, as he played coronet at many of Cogswell's social gatherings. He was the only one of Adam and Sarah's children who remained at Cogswell his entire life. Wes died at 52, on November 24, 1921. Soon after Wes Prentice's death, Emma moved to Minneapolis to be with her son, Floyd. She died there at age 46, on June 3, 1924.
The following are taken from the Cogswell Enterprise newspaper, with some references to the Richville (Minnesota) Leader:
November 23, 1903…"R.N.A. Excelsior Camp No. 2428 meets first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Cogswell Hall. Transient brothers welcome. Mrs. John Cook, Oracle; Mrs. Emma Prentice, Recorder."
January 12, 1904..."Some Monday or Wednesday evening, when you're out for a little walk around the corners, just slip up to the Soo depot and listen outside awhile, but don't try to get in without a dehornin' machine, ‘cause they've nearly all got big long horns and are so dead in earnest they get red in the face and their cheeks stick away out just before they begin to use their horns. Then if you listen long enough you'll soon know that they're not cattle. It's music you'll get and you'll find it worth hanging around to hear. These are the evenings when the band boys practice, and this the place. They are named as follows and these are the parts they play: Fred Prentice, Solo Coronet, B Flat…West Prentice, Bass Horn…"
January 19, 1904…"Cogswell Gun Club – Local sportsmen and shootists have organized a gun club, drawn up by laws, elected officers and made all the detailed arrangement for a weekly shoot. A Magan trap and 2000 blue rocks have been ordered and Tuesday afternoon of each week designated for the time of the gathering. The officers are: L.H. White, Pres.; J.W. Prentice, vice Pres.; Dr. Saylor, Sec. and Treas."
November 15, 1904…"Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Prentice left Friday for a ten-day junketing trip over some of the new branches of the Soo. They also intend visiting at Winnipeg before returning. Roy Baird will have charge of the Soo office during Mr. Prentice's absence."
November 22, 1904…"J.W. Prentice and wife have returned from their trip to points in Minnesota considerably refreshed and well-pleased with their reception among friends and relatives."
November 29, 1904…"Richville Leader: J.W. Prentice and wife of Cogswell, N.D., arrived here Saturday last for a visit with the Prentice and Brooks families. Mr. Prentice has been in the employ of the Soo road the past ten years, and at present is agent at Cogswell. He made a trip up the line this week as far as Emerson, Mrs. Prentice remaining here. They are well-pleased with the appearance of Richville and surrounding country."
March 28, 1905…"Prentice Bros. will put you down an artesian or tubular well with their new well rig just arrived, cass it and cap it and guarantee water."
July 25, 1905…"The Soo depot has been landed safely on its new site at the north terminus of Fourth Street, where you will find John Wesley any time of the day or night with a courteous smile and a ready hand for your bag and baggage – unless, like the mosquitoes, he has taken a fly up town to present his bills. However, he has left the frog pond for sure and is now perched upon the hill-top, where the flies are fewer and there is less danger of spoilin'."
August 8, 1905…"Mrs. J.W. Prentice and children left Wednesday night for a week's visit with relatives at Richville, Minn."
August 30, 1906…"J.W. Prentice is buying grain for the elevator on the Soo Line and it is safe to say he will get his share."
May 28, 1908…"The Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co. has reorganized with T.J. Bell, president; J.W. Prentice, vice-president; Margaret Bell, treasurer. The new directors are T.J. Bell, J.W. Prentice…The new organization starts out with bright prospects and by strict attention to the wants of the public they hope to build up a business in their line second to none in the county. The president and vice-president are well-known business men, who are pioneers in the county…The lumber yards will be looked after by J.M. Daniels."
John Wesley (Wes) Prentice was born February 22, 1869, at Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire. On January 24, 1894, he married Wisconsin-born Emma Frances Nicholson at Forman, Sargent County, North Dakota. They made their home at Cogswell, North Dakota, and had two children, Floyd and Ethel. For many years, Wes held the position of Soo Line agent in Cogswell. In addition, Wes went into business with his youngest brother, William. They opened a store in town called Prentice Bros., which was advertised as "headquarters for hardware, furniture and harness, burial cases and caskets, favorite steel ranges and heating stoves" – as well as sundry other home and farm implements and pieces of furniture. By July 1905, the brothers appear to have sold Prentice Bros., as brother Will went into the hardware business with L.H. White to form the firm of Prentice & White. In February 1908, the Cogswell Hardware Co. was incorporated. Wes was among its stockholders. The store remained at the same location until destroyed by fire in 1914; however, the owners relocated to the nearby Frogen Building within a month. Wes was also involved in the lumber business, assuming the title of vice-president and co-director of the Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co.
Wes had a musical side, too, as he played coronet at many of Cogswell's social gatherings. He was the only one of Adam and Sarah's children who remained at Cogswell his entire life. Wes died at 52, on November 24, 1921. Soon after Wes Prentice's death, Emma moved to Minneapolis to be with her son, Floyd. She died there at age 46, on June 3, 1924.
The following are taken from the Cogswell Enterprise newspaper, with some references to the Richville (Minnesota) Leader:
November 23, 1903…"R.N.A. Excelsior Camp No. 2428 meets first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Cogswell Hall. Transient brothers welcome. Mrs. John Cook, Oracle; Mrs. Emma Prentice, Recorder."
January 12, 1904..."Some Monday or Wednesday evening, when you're out for a little walk around the corners, just slip up to the Soo depot and listen outside awhile, but don't try to get in without a dehornin' machine, ‘cause they've nearly all got big long horns and are so dead in earnest they get red in the face and their cheeks stick away out just before they begin to use their horns. Then if you listen long enough you'll soon know that they're not cattle. It's music you'll get and you'll find it worth hanging around to hear. These are the evenings when the band boys practice, and this the place. They are named as follows and these are the parts they play: Fred Prentice, Solo Coronet, B Flat…West Prentice, Bass Horn…"
January 19, 1904…"Cogswell Gun Club – Local sportsmen and shootists have organized a gun club, drawn up by laws, elected officers and made all the detailed arrangement for a weekly shoot. A Magan trap and 2000 blue rocks have been ordered and Tuesday afternoon of each week designated for the time of the gathering. The officers are: L.H. White, Pres.; J.W. Prentice, vice Pres.; Dr. Saylor, Sec. and Treas."
November 15, 1904…"Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Prentice left Friday for a ten-day junketing trip over some of the new branches of the Soo. They also intend visiting at Winnipeg before returning. Roy Baird will have charge of the Soo office during Mr. Prentice's absence."
November 22, 1904…"J.W. Prentice and wife have returned from their trip to points in Minnesota considerably refreshed and well-pleased with their reception among friends and relatives."
November 29, 1904…"Richville Leader: J.W. Prentice and wife of Cogswell, N.D., arrived here Saturday last for a visit with the Prentice and Brooks families. Mr. Prentice has been in the employ of the Soo road the past ten years, and at present is agent at Cogswell. He made a trip up the line this week as far as Emerson, Mrs. Prentice remaining here. They are well-pleased with the appearance of Richville and surrounding country."
March 28, 1905…"Prentice Bros. will put you down an artesian or tubular well with their new well rig just arrived, cass it and cap it and guarantee water."
July 25, 1905…"The Soo depot has been landed safely on its new site at the north terminus of Fourth Street, where you will find John Wesley any time of the day or night with a courteous smile and a ready hand for your bag and baggage – unless, like the mosquitoes, he has taken a fly up town to present his bills. However, he has left the frog pond for sure and is now perched upon the hill-top, where the flies are fewer and there is less danger of spoilin'."
August 8, 1905…"Mrs. J.W. Prentice and children left Wednesday night for a week's visit with relatives at Richville, Minn."
August 30, 1906…"J.W. Prentice is buying grain for the elevator on the Soo Line and it is safe to say he will get his share."
May 28, 1908…"The Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co. has reorganized with T.J. Bell, president; J.W. Prentice, vice-president; Margaret Bell, treasurer. The new directors are T.J. Bell, J.W. Prentice…The new organization starts out with bright prospects and by strict attention to the wants of the public they hope to build up a business in their line second to none in the county. The president and vice-president are well-known business men, who are pioneers in the county…The lumber yards will be looked after by J.M. Daniels."
[From "The History of Sarah Jane Birch (Sarah J. Prentice)" by Jan Patrick Mongoven in 2011.]
John Wesley (Wes) Prentice was born February 22, 1869, at Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire. On January 24, 1894, he married Wisconsin-born Emma Frances Nicholson at Forman, Sargent County, North Dakota. They made their home at Cogswell, North Dakota, and had two children, Floyd and Ethel. For many years, Wes held the position of Soo Line agent in Cogswell. In addition, Wes went into business with his youngest brother, William. They opened a store in town called Prentice Bros., which was advertised as "headquarters for hardware, furniture and harness, burial cases and caskets, favorite steel ranges and heating stoves" – as well as sundry other home and farm implements and pieces of furniture. By July 1905, the brothers appear to have sold Prentice Bros., as brother Will went into the hardware business with L.H. White to form the firm of Prentice & White. In February 1908, the Cogswell Hardware Co. was incorporated. Wes was among its stockholders. The store remained at the same location until destroyed by fire in 1914; however, the owners relocated to the nearby Frogen Building within a month. Wes was also involved in the lumber business, assuming the title of vice-president and co-director of the Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co.
Wes had a musical side, too, as he played coronet at many of Cogswell's social gatherings. He was the only one of Adam and Sarah's children who remained at Cogswell his entire life. Wes died at 52, on November 24, 1921. Soon after Wes Prentice's death, Emma moved to Minneapolis to be with her son, Floyd. She died there at age 46, on June 3, 1924.
The following are taken from the Cogswell Enterprise newspaper, with some references to the Richville (Minnesota) Leader:
November 23, 1903…"R.N.A. Excelsior Camp No. 2428 meets first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Cogswell Hall. Transient brothers welcome. Mrs. John Cook, Oracle; Mrs. Emma Prentice, Recorder."
January 12, 1904..."Some Monday or Wednesday evening, when you're out for a little walk around the corners, just slip up to the Soo depot and listen outside awhile, but don't try to get in without a dehornin' machine, ‘cause they've nearly all got big long horns and are so dead in earnest they get red in the face and their cheeks stick away out just before they begin to use their horns. Then if you listen long enough you'll soon know that they're not cattle. It's music you'll get and you'll find it worth hanging around to hear. These are the evenings when the band boys practice, and this the place. They are named as follows and these are the parts they play: Fred Prentice, Solo Coronet, B Flat…West Prentice, Bass Horn…"
January 19, 1904…"Cogswell Gun Club – Local sportsmen and shootists have organized a gun club, drawn up by laws, elected officers and made all the detailed arrangement for a weekly shoot. A Magan trap and 2000 blue rocks have been ordered and Tuesday afternoon of each week designated for the time of the gathering. The officers are: L.H. White, Pres.; J.W. Prentice, vice Pres.; Dr. Saylor, Sec. and Treas."
November 15, 1904…"Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Prentice left Friday for a ten-day junketing trip over some of the new branches of the Soo. They also intend visiting at Winnipeg before returning. Roy Baird will have charge of the Soo office during Mr. Prentice's absence."
November 22, 1904…"J.W. Prentice and wife have returned from their trip to points in Minnesota considerably refreshed and well-pleased with their reception among friends and relatives."
November 29, 1904…"Richville Leader: J.W. Prentice and wife of Cogswell, N.D., arrived here Saturday last for a visit with the Prentice and Brooks families. Mr. Prentice has been in the employ of the Soo road the past ten years, and at present is agent at Cogswell. He made a trip up the line this week as far as Emerson, Mrs. Prentice remaining here. They are well-pleased with the appearance of Richville and surrounding country."
March 28, 1905…"Prentice Bros. will put you down an artesian or tubular well with their new well rig just arrived, cass it and cap it and guarantee water."
July 25, 1905…"The Soo depot has been landed safely on its new site at the north terminus of Fourth Street, where you will find John Wesley any time of the day or night with a courteous smile and a ready hand for your bag and baggage – unless, like the mosquitoes, he has taken a fly up town to present his bills. However, he has left the frog pond for sure and is now perched upon the hill-top, where the flies are fewer and there is less danger of spoilin'."
August 8, 1905…"Mrs. J.W. Prentice and children left Wednesday night for a week's visit with relatives at Richville, Minn."
August 30, 1906…"J.W. Prentice is buying grain for the elevator on the Soo Line and it is safe to say he will get his share."
May 28, 1908…"The Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co. has reorganized with T.J. Bell, president; J.W. Prentice, vice-president; Margaret Bell, treasurer. The new directors are T.J. Bell, J.W. Prentice…The new organization starts out with bright prospects and by strict attention to the wants of the public they hope to build up a business in their line second to none in the county. The president and vice-president are well-known business men, who are pioneers in the county…The lumber yards will be looked after by J.M. Daniels."
John Wesley (Wes) Prentice was born February 22, 1869, at Orange, Grafton County, New Hampshire. On January 24, 1894, he married Wisconsin-born Emma Frances Nicholson at Forman, Sargent County, North Dakota. They made their home at Cogswell, North Dakota, and had two children, Floyd and Ethel. For many years, Wes held the position of Soo Line agent in Cogswell. In addition, Wes went into business with his youngest brother, William. They opened a store in town called Prentice Bros., which was advertised as "headquarters for hardware, furniture and harness, burial cases and caskets, favorite steel ranges and heating stoves" – as well as sundry other home and farm implements and pieces of furniture. By July 1905, the brothers appear to have sold Prentice Bros., as brother Will went into the hardware business with L.H. White to form the firm of Prentice & White. In February 1908, the Cogswell Hardware Co. was incorporated. Wes was among its stockholders. The store remained at the same location until destroyed by fire in 1914; however, the owners relocated to the nearby Frogen Building within a month. Wes was also involved in the lumber business, assuming the title of vice-president and co-director of the Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co.
Wes had a musical side, too, as he played coronet at many of Cogswell's social gatherings. He was the only one of Adam and Sarah's children who remained at Cogswell his entire life. Wes died at 52, on November 24, 1921. Soon after Wes Prentice's death, Emma moved to Minneapolis to be with her son, Floyd. She died there at age 46, on June 3, 1924.
The following are taken from the Cogswell Enterprise newspaper, with some references to the Richville (Minnesota) Leader:
November 23, 1903…"R.N.A. Excelsior Camp No. 2428 meets first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Cogswell Hall. Transient brothers welcome. Mrs. John Cook, Oracle; Mrs. Emma Prentice, Recorder."
January 12, 1904..."Some Monday or Wednesday evening, when you're out for a little walk around the corners, just slip up to the Soo depot and listen outside awhile, but don't try to get in without a dehornin' machine, ‘cause they've nearly all got big long horns and are so dead in earnest they get red in the face and their cheeks stick away out just before they begin to use their horns. Then if you listen long enough you'll soon know that they're not cattle. It's music you'll get and you'll find it worth hanging around to hear. These are the evenings when the band boys practice, and this the place. They are named as follows and these are the parts they play: Fred Prentice, Solo Coronet, B Flat…West Prentice, Bass Horn…"
January 19, 1904…"Cogswell Gun Club – Local sportsmen and shootists have organized a gun club, drawn up by laws, elected officers and made all the detailed arrangement for a weekly shoot. A Magan trap and 2000 blue rocks have been ordered and Tuesday afternoon of each week designated for the time of the gathering. The officers are: L.H. White, Pres.; J.W. Prentice, vice Pres.; Dr. Saylor, Sec. and Treas."
November 15, 1904…"Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Prentice left Friday for a ten-day junketing trip over some of the new branches of the Soo. They also intend visiting at Winnipeg before returning. Roy Baird will have charge of the Soo office during Mr. Prentice's absence."
November 22, 1904…"J.W. Prentice and wife have returned from their trip to points in Minnesota considerably refreshed and well-pleased with their reception among friends and relatives."
November 29, 1904…"Richville Leader: J.W. Prentice and wife of Cogswell, N.D., arrived here Saturday last for a visit with the Prentice and Brooks families. Mr. Prentice has been in the employ of the Soo road the past ten years, and at present is agent at Cogswell. He made a trip up the line this week as far as Emerson, Mrs. Prentice remaining here. They are well-pleased with the appearance of Richville and surrounding country."
March 28, 1905…"Prentice Bros. will put you down an artesian or tubular well with their new well rig just arrived, cass it and cap it and guarantee water."
July 25, 1905…"The Soo depot has been landed safely on its new site at the north terminus of Fourth Street, where you will find John Wesley any time of the day or night with a courteous smile and a ready hand for your bag and baggage – unless, like the mosquitoes, he has taken a fly up town to present his bills. However, he has left the frog pond for sure and is now perched upon the hill-top, where the flies are fewer and there is less danger of spoilin'."
August 8, 1905…"Mrs. J.W. Prentice and children left Wednesday night for a week's visit with relatives at Richville, Minn."
August 30, 1906…"J.W. Prentice is buying grain for the elevator on the Soo Line and it is safe to say he will get his share."
May 28, 1908…"The Cogswell Lumber & Implement Co. has reorganized with T.J. Bell, president; J.W. Prentice, vice-president; Margaret Bell, treasurer. The new directors are T.J. Bell, J.W. Prentice…The new organization starts out with bright prospects and by strict attention to the wants of the public they hope to build up a business in their line second to none in the county. The president and vice-president are well-known business men, who are pioneers in the county…The lumber yards will be looked after by J.M. Daniels."
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