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Sgt. Harlan Page Prescott Date of Birth: 20 July 1839 Nativity: Vershire, Orange County, Vermont Parent (Father): Horton Prescott (1805-1864) Parent (Mother): Harriet Tracey (aka Tracy) (1815-1895)

Enlistment Record: 1st Vermont Infantry, Co. D Re-enlistment: 4th Vermont Inf., Co. E Residence: Vershin, Vermont Enlistment Date: 9 May 1861 with 1st Vermont Re-enlisted: 25 March 1864 in 4th VT Inf., Co. E Age at Enlistment: 21 years old Discharge Date: 15 August 1861 from 1st Vermont

1st Spouse: Lucina D. Heath (1844-1863) born in Vermont Marriage Date: 1862 Spouse: Bertha M. Borge (born in Chicago, Illinois) Marriage Date: 16 October 1886 in Cook County, Illinois Spouse Death: 1937 Spouse Burial:

Date of Death: 23 February 1917 Location of Death: Fox River Grove, McHenry County, Illinois (Ancestry- Cary, IL) Burial Location: Algonquin Cemetery, Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois Funeral: Algonquin Congregational Church Children- First Marriage: Willis A. born 2 July 1863 in Vershire, Orange County, Vermont Second Marriage: Alice (b. 1887 in Illinois) Margaret (b. 1892 in Illinois)

Employment: Sales Steam Supplies (1900), Wage Earner (1910) Retired salesman railway appliances

Harlan Page Prescott

4452. 5. Harlan Page, Born 2 1839; married 1862, Lucina Heath, who died in 1863. In April 1861, he enlisted in the first Regt. Vermont Vol. Infantry, for three months, which time he served faithfully, and upon his return home, again enlist-ed , for three years, in the Fourth Regt. of Vermont Vol. Infantry, C. B. Stoughton and then George P. Foster, Col., Comp. E, G. H. Amidon, Captain; Re-enlisted, March 25, 1864, and discharged, July 1865. He was engaged in the battles of Yorktown, Big Bethel, and many others, and suffered numerous hair-breadth escapes; but served throughout the war without receiving a wound.

Prescott Memorial, Page 548Stanford University Libraries



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1775 Grandfather was Col. William Prescott of the Revolutionary War, commander during Battle of Bunker Hill1860 Harlow (Harlan) P. Prescott (20) lived in Vershire, Orange County, Vermont with parents Horton Prescott (55) and mother Harriet (45) along with Luther A. (17), Lucy L. (14), Mary J. (11), Ingeg F. (7), Fremont (5)1862 March and April 1863 he was absent without leave since September 1, 1862. Dropped from rolls as a deserter. Private in Co. E, 4th Reg’t Vermont Infantry. Home sick in Vermont1863 Deserted from Harrison Landing, Verginia on 20 July 1862, he was supposed to be in Vershin, Virginia. Report from the 4th Vermont.1863 On 31 December 1863 was Casualty at Post. Paid at Post on 26 December 1863. In confinement.1864 January & February present. In confinement, joined from desertion on 15 February 1864. Returned from desertion at Brandy Station, Virginia on 25 March 1864.1864 March and April absent on furlough for 35 days from 5 April 1864, veteran bounty due $50.00. Present May & June1864 Court Martial on 2 August 1864, stopped $6.001864 Re-enlisted as a veteran on 28 March 1864 remaining with detachment in the field.1865 Present on 1 April 1865 on duty as cook. Absent in May & June. Bounty due was stopped by sentence, R. C. M. $10 Pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit $10 for one month. 1865 On Duty Quartermaster Dept. 6th Corps, letter 26 Jun 18651900 Harlan Prescott (60) lived in Lake View (City of Chicago) with wife Bertha (42) born Jan 1858 in Germany lived in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois with Alice (13) born March 1887, Margaret (8) (born in April 1892 both children born in Illinois, niece Norma Tiley (12), nephew Raymond Tiley (7) both born in Illinois.1910 Parley (Harlan) Prescott (70) and Bertha M. (52) lived in Chicago, Ward 26, on North Ramblina Street, Cook County, Illinois with Margaret (18). Wage earner1917 Harlan passed away on 23 February 1917 in Fox River Grove, McHenry County, Illinois and was buried in Algonquin Cemetery, Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois.1917 Widow filed for pension on 26 February 1917, granted.1926 Widow Bertha M. Prescott lived at 4676 Kensington, Dr., San Diego, California Harlan was a salesman for Graphite Company. Lived at 4833 North Hermitate Ave, Chicago (no date)


Col. Harlan Page PrescottCol. Harlan Page Prescott of Fox River Grove passed away last Friday morning at the age of 78 years, of heart failure. He was born at Versau (Vershire), Orange County, Vermont, July 20, 1838. His grandfather led the American army at Bunker Hill; his father was killed in the Civil War, in which he also served as colonel during the last three years. At one time he was in the iron industry in Pittsburgh and had amassed a large fortune, which was later swept away in a panic. About forty years ago he came to Chicago, being the only salesman of Jenkins Brothers of Tren-ton (maker of brass valves since 1865), New Jersey. He was buried Monday at the Algonquin Cemetery, Rev. Curtis Stephenson of Ravenswood preaching the sermon. Col. Prescott leaves to mourn his loss his wife, Bertha, and two daughters, Mrs. F. Klicka of Cary and Mrs. Robert Hastings of Chicago.

Source: Nunda Herald, 1 March 1917



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William Prescott (February 20, 1726 – October 13, 1795) was an American colonel in the Revolution-ary War who commanded the rebel forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Prescott is known for his order to his soldiers, “Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes”, such that the rebel troops may shoot at the en-emy at shorter ranges, and therefore more accurately and lethally, and so conserve their limited stocks of ammunition. It is debated whether Prescott or someone earlier coined this memorable saying.

Statue of Col. William Prescott in Charlestown, Mass. (1900-06 photo)




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Harlan Prescott grave site,Algonquin Cemetery,

Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois

Historic Algonquin Cemetery


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