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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Review Volume of Biographical Sketches of The Leading Citizens of Hampshire County, Massachusetts published by Biographical Review Publishing Company in 1896. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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ALFRED CLARK PRESCOTT, of the firm of Boyden & Prescott, wholesale and retail dealers in foreign and domestic fruits, produce, and confectionery in Northampton, was born in Holden, Mass., in 1864. His father, William M. Prescott, now a resident of Northampton, was born in 1820 in West Boylston, Mass.
Alfred C. Prescott was graduated from the Clinton High School in 1881, being then seventeen years of age. For the succeeding five years he worked on his father’s farm. He then came to this city, where he found employment with his present partner, Charles Henry Boyden. After working for four years here, he was admitted into partnership, under the firm name already mentioned. These gentlemen have one of the finest stores of the kind in Western Massachusetts. Since opening it, on April 1, 1893, they have built up a very large business both in wholesale and retail trade. They are enterprising, very active and progressive, showing in everything the business ability and tact so requisite to success.
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