Biography 1:
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM, Supervisor of Vassar Township, Tuscola County, was born in Metamora, this State, July 25, 1850, and is the son of William N. and Julia H. (Russell) Varnum. The parents, who were natives respectively of Connecticut and New York State, are now residing in Lapeer, where the father is engaged in a foundry. He is a man of integrity and unimpeachable honor, and his standing is among the best citizens of Lapeer County. The childhood years of Prescott L. were passed uneventfully on the old homestead, where he acquired a practical idea of agricultural pursuits and gleaned a good education from the text-books used in the district schools.
At the age of eighteen years Mr. Varnum commenced to teach, which profession he followed for two years and afterward clerked in a clothing establishment for a few years. When he was about twenty-four years old he started in his present business in Vassar, where he has become well known as a successful boot and shoe merchant and an enterprising citizen. When prepared to establish home ties of his own, he was married, October 4, 1875, to Miss Della Steele, an estimable lady, possessing many graces of character and much refinement. The bride was a native of Union, Ontario, born April 9, 1855, and is the daughter of Caleb and Sara A. Steele, of Ontario. The family of our subject includes three children - Julia E., born in 1877; Guy N., August 28, 1880; and Carrie A., 1884.
Mr. Varnum has a brother and sister still surviving, out of a family of eight children, Mary, the wife of Frank Lockwood, who resides in Bay City, and Russell D., who is employed in Mr. Varnum's establishment. Our subject has served in many official capacities and has abundantly demonstrated his ability to wield the "official scepter." Of him the Caro Democrat says: "He has been many times honored by the people of Vassar, having filled with great acceptability the various positions of Superintendent of Schools, member of the Common Council and Treasurer, and he now holds the office of Supervisor of Vassar Township for the third term. He is a man thoroughly interested in school work and is at present a member of the Vassar School Board. There is a good word for him upon every hand, and he is highly esteemed among his daily associates for his many excellent qualities."
In his political affiliations Mr. Varnum is a strong Democrat. In his various public positions he has acted to the satisfaction of his constituents; he has been continued in the important office of Supervisor from year to year by vote of the people, with a large and increasing majority each year, while the fact that he usually runs ahead of his ticket tells its own story of the merits of his service. In his business as a boot and shoe dealer he has been successful, and from a small beginning his establishment has grown to its present proportions and importance, a result due almost entirely to his unaided exertions.
(1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros., p. 365.)
Biography 2:
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM was born July 25, 1850, in Lapeer County, and came to Vassar in 1875. He immediately engaged in the shoe business here, and has been closely identified with the city's growth and interests since that time. Mr. Varnum has held various offices of public trust, being an alderman eight years, city treasurer two years, county supervisor five years, and a member of the Board of Education for ten years, a position he now holds. Mr. Varnum has in connection with his shoe business been the agent of the American Express Company at this point.
(Vassar, Mich., arranged and compiled by Will O. Clyne and Fred Voiland. Saginaw, Mich: Valley Publishing Co., 1895, page 10.)
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM, Supervisor of Vassar Township, Tuscola County, was born in Metamora, this State, July 25, 1850, and is the son of William N. and Julia H. (Russell) Varnum. The parents, who were natives respectively of Connecticut and New York State, are now residing in Lapeer, where the father is engaged in a foundry. He is a man of integrity and unimpeachable honor, and his standing is among the best citizens of Lapeer County. The childhood years of Prescott L. were passed uneventfully on the old homestead, where he acquired a practical idea of agricultural pursuits and gleaned a good education from the text-books used in the district schools.
At the age of eighteen years Mr. Varnum commenced to teach, which profession he followed for two years and afterward clerked in a clothing establishment for a few years. When he was about twenty-four years old he started in his present business in Vassar, where he has become well known as a successful boot and shoe merchant and an enterprising citizen. When prepared to establish home ties of his own, he was married, October 4, 1875, to Miss Della Steele, an estimable lady, possessing many graces of character and much refinement. The bride was a native of Union, Ontario, born April 9, 1855, and is the daughter of Caleb and Sara A. Steele, of Ontario. The family of our subject includes three children - Julia E., born in 1877; Guy N., August 28, 1880; and Carrie A., 1884.
Mr. Varnum has a brother and sister still surviving, out of a family of eight children, Mary, the wife of Frank Lockwood, who resides in Bay City, and Russell D., who is employed in Mr. Varnum's establishment. Our subject has served in many official capacities and has abundantly demonstrated his ability to wield the "official scepter." Of him the Caro Democrat says: "He has been many times honored by the people of Vassar, having filled with great acceptability the various positions of Superintendent of Schools, member of the Common Council and Treasurer, and he now holds the office of Supervisor of Vassar Township for the third term. He is a man thoroughly interested in school work and is at present a member of the Vassar School Board. There is a good word for him upon every hand, and he is highly esteemed among his daily associates for his many excellent qualities."
In his political affiliations Mr. Varnum is a strong Democrat. In his various public positions he has acted to the satisfaction of his constituents; he has been continued in the important office of Supervisor from year to year by vote of the people, with a large and increasing majority each year, while the fact that he usually runs ahead of his ticket tells its own story of the merits of his service. In his business as a boot and shoe dealer he has been successful, and from a small beginning his establishment has grown to its present proportions and importance, a result due almost entirely to his unaided exertions.
(1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros., p. 365.)
Biography 2:
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM was born July 25, 1850, in Lapeer County, and came to Vassar in 1875. He immediately engaged in the shoe business here, and has been closely identified with the city's growth and interests since that time. Mr. Varnum has held various offices of public trust, being an alderman eight years, city treasurer two years, county supervisor five years, and a member of the Board of Education for ten years, a position he now holds. Mr. Varnum has in connection with his shoe business been the agent of the American Express Company at this point.
(Vassar, Mich., arranged and compiled by Will O. Clyne and Fred Voiland. Saginaw, Mich: Valley Publishing Co., 1895, page 10.)
Biography 1:
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM, Supervisor of Vassar Township, Tuscola County, was born in Metamora, this State, July 25, 1850, and is the son of William N. and Julia H. (Russell) Varnum. The parents, who were natives respectively of Connecticut and New York State, are now residing in Lapeer, where the father is engaged in a foundry. He is a man of integrity and unimpeachable honor, and his standing is among the best citizens of Lapeer County. The childhood years of Prescott L. were passed uneventfully on the old homestead, where he acquired a practical idea of agricultural pursuits and gleaned a good education from the text-books used in the district schools.
At the age of eighteen years Mr. Varnum commenced to teach, which profession he followed for two years and afterward clerked in a clothing establishment for a few years. When he was about twenty-four years old he started in his present business in Vassar, where he has become well known as a successful boot and shoe merchant and an enterprising citizen. When prepared to establish home ties of his own, he was married, October 4, 1875, to Miss Della Steele, an estimable lady, possessing many graces of character and much refinement. The bride was a native of Union, Ontario, born April 9, 1855, and is the daughter of Caleb and Sara A. Steele, of Ontario. The family of our subject includes three children - Julia E., born in 1877; Guy N., August 28, 1880; and Carrie A., 1884.
Mr. Varnum has a brother and sister still surviving, out of a family of eight children, Mary, the wife of Frank Lockwood, who resides in Bay City, and Russell D., who is employed in Mr. Varnum's establishment. Our subject has served in many official capacities and has abundantly demonstrated his ability to wield the "official scepter." Of him the Caro Democrat says: "He has been many times honored by the people of Vassar, having filled with great acceptability the various positions of Superintendent of Schools, member of the Common Council and Treasurer, and he now holds the office of Supervisor of Vassar Township for the third term. He is a man thoroughly interested in school work and is at present a member of the Vassar School Board. There is a good word for him upon every hand, and he is highly esteemed among his daily associates for his many excellent qualities."
In his political affiliations Mr. Varnum is a strong Democrat. In his various public positions he has acted to the satisfaction of his constituents; he has been continued in the important office of Supervisor from year to year by vote of the people, with a large and increasing majority each year, while the fact that he usually runs ahead of his ticket tells its own story of the merits of his service. In his business as a boot and shoe dealer he has been successful, and from a small beginning his establishment has grown to its present proportions and importance, a result due almost entirely to his unaided exertions.
(1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros., p. 365.)
Biography 2:
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM was born July 25, 1850, in Lapeer County, and came to Vassar in 1875. He immediately engaged in the shoe business here, and has been closely identified with the city's growth and interests since that time. Mr. Varnum has held various offices of public trust, being an alderman eight years, city treasurer two years, county supervisor five years, and a member of the Board of Education for ten years, a position he now holds. Mr. Varnum has in connection with his shoe business been the agent of the American Express Company at this point.
(Vassar, Mich., arranged and compiled by Will O. Clyne and Fred Voiland. Saginaw, Mich: Valley Publishing Co., 1895, page 10.)
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM, Supervisor of Vassar Township, Tuscola County, was born in Metamora, this State, July 25, 1850, and is the son of William N. and Julia H. (Russell) Varnum. The parents, who were natives respectively of Connecticut and New York State, are now residing in Lapeer, where the father is engaged in a foundry. He is a man of integrity and unimpeachable honor, and his standing is among the best citizens of Lapeer County. The childhood years of Prescott L. were passed uneventfully on the old homestead, where he acquired a practical idea of agricultural pursuits and gleaned a good education from the text-books used in the district schools.
At the age of eighteen years Mr. Varnum commenced to teach, which profession he followed for two years and afterward clerked in a clothing establishment for a few years. When he was about twenty-four years old he started in his present business in Vassar, where he has become well known as a successful boot and shoe merchant and an enterprising citizen. When prepared to establish home ties of his own, he was married, October 4, 1875, to Miss Della Steele, an estimable lady, possessing many graces of character and much refinement. The bride was a native of Union, Ontario, born April 9, 1855, and is the daughter of Caleb and Sara A. Steele, of Ontario. The family of our subject includes three children - Julia E., born in 1877; Guy N., August 28, 1880; and Carrie A., 1884.
Mr. Varnum has a brother and sister still surviving, out of a family of eight children, Mary, the wife of Frank Lockwood, who resides in Bay City, and Russell D., who is employed in Mr. Varnum's establishment. Our subject has served in many official capacities and has abundantly demonstrated his ability to wield the "official scepter." Of him the Caro Democrat says: "He has been many times honored by the people of Vassar, having filled with great acceptability the various positions of Superintendent of Schools, member of the Common Council and Treasurer, and he now holds the office of Supervisor of Vassar Township for the third term. He is a man thoroughly interested in school work and is at present a member of the Vassar School Board. There is a good word for him upon every hand, and he is highly esteemed among his daily associates for his many excellent qualities."
In his political affiliations Mr. Varnum is a strong Democrat. In his various public positions he has acted to the satisfaction of his constituents; he has been continued in the important office of Supervisor from year to year by vote of the people, with a large and increasing majority each year, while the fact that he usually runs ahead of his ticket tells its own story of the merits of his service. In his business as a boot and shoe dealer he has been successful, and from a small beginning his establishment has grown to its present proportions and importance, a result due almost entirely to his unaided exertions.
(1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros., p. 365.)
Biography 2:
PRESCOTT L. VARNUM was born July 25, 1850, in Lapeer County, and came to Vassar in 1875. He immediately engaged in the shoe business here, and has been closely identified with the city's growth and interests since that time. Mr. Varnum has held various offices of public trust, being an alderman eight years, city treasurer two years, county supervisor five years, and a member of the Board of Education for ten years, a position he now holds. Mr. Varnum has in connection with his shoe business been the agent of the American Express Company at this point.
(Vassar, Mich., arranged and compiled by Will O. Clyne and Fred Voiland. Saginaw, Mich: Valley Publishing Co., 1895, page 10.)
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PRESCOTT L. VARNUM
1850 - 1946
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