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The population of the town at the time of its
incorporation was about 2,500.
MAYORS OF PRESCOTT.
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B. WHITE.
The present Town Clerk, Major White, was born
in Ireland in 1819, and emigrated to the Township
of Williamsburg in 1841, removing to Prescott in
1845. At home, Mr. White was a schoolmate of the
Hon. T. W. Anglin, late Speaker of the House of
Commons. Mr. White married Elizabeth, daughter
of the late Timothy Buckley. Joining the volunteers
in 1857, he was called out for frontier duty in 1862,
acting as Major of the Provisional Battalion in 1866.
In 1872 he was created a Lieutenant-Colonel.
SOLOMON SNYDER.
William Snyder was a native of Johnstown, in the
During the Revolution, he joined the army of Bur¬
goyne, but before the close of the war removed to
Canada. Mrs. Snyder, on receiving intimation that
the Indians had been commissioned by the Conti¬
nental authorities to slaughter all the Loyalists,
Quebec. With her family, consisting of William,
aged 16, three young daughters, and two infants,
she set out on her perilous journey, proceeding on
foot through the woods. The infants died on the
way, and were buried ina shallow grave; but ere
the heart-broken mother had proceeded half a mile,
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the dear departed. William Snyder, Jr., settled in
Matilda, where he died. He received a commission
as lieutenant in the British army, but owing to a
severe accident, did not enter upon active duty.
His son, Solomon, was born on the homestead in
Solomon married Isabella Monroe,
daughter of a U. E. Loyalist, and in the War of 1812
received a lieutenant’s commission. He was prin¬
campaign, but at the capture of Ogdensburg he
commanded a company. At the close of the war
where he died in 1825. Of his family, Ruth C.
married Asahel Gerald, of Prescott.
ASAHEL GERALD.
Asahel Gerald, the pioneer of the Gerald family
in America, came to Massachusetts during the Revo¬
lution, from the north of Ireland. Removing to
Canada, he settled in Osnabruck. Of his descend¬
ants, none are now left in Central Canada except
the children of the late Asahel Gerald, of Prescott.
The relict of the late Asahel Gerald is a descendant
of one of the pilgrims who came to America in the
Mayflower. Mrs. Geralds retains a sampler which
was worked during that memorable voyage, and
also several other curious and interesting relics,
JUSTICE SHERWOOD MERWIN.
Mr. Merwin was born in the United States in 1784,
and came with the Sherwoods to Elizabethtown.
In 1812 he was a prominent business man in
Prescott. He died in 1863.
BENJAMIN FRENCH.
Benjamin French, son of a U. E. Loyalist who
When a
young man he engaged extensively in railway con¬
tracting in the United States. In 1854 he returned
to Canada, and in 1856 was appointed Superintendent
of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Railway, a position
which he held for ten years.
In educational advantages, Prescott is second to
The High School building,
erected in 1867, at a cost of $9,000, is well supplied
The Public
School is graded into eight departments, the average
attendance being 300.
The Separate School is one of the largest in
Ontario. The new school house was erected in
1875, at a cost of $10,000. It is a model of neatness
and convenience, reflecting the greatest credit upon
the Roman Catholics of the town. The Rev. Father
O'Donnell is deserving of especial praise for his
indefatigable efforts in promoting the educational
advancement of his parishoners,
no town in Canada.
with all the latest improvements.