Mrs. Ellen S. Prescott Of Biddeford Dies.
BIDDEFORD, July 31 – (AP) –
Mrs. Ellen S. Prescott, widow of Col. C. H. Prescott, founder of the Biddeford Daily Journal, died here today. She was 72 years old.
She was a native of North Berwick. Mrs. Prescott came from an old York county family. She leaves a sister, Margaret Hobbs of North Berwick.
Coming here as a bride when Col. Prescott purchased the old Weekly Journal in 1882, Mrs. Prescott assumed the job of bookkeeper and office manager in the building up of the Daily Journal, started in 1884. She retained part interest in the paper at her death.
Col. Prescott died five years ago.
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Lewiston Evening Journal, July 31, 1935.
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NORTH BERWICK — There was a very informal wedding Tuesday at the residence of Mr. William Hobbs when his daughter, Nellie S. was married to Charles H. Prescott of the Union and Journal. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. C. Bradeen, in the presence of a few of immediate relatives and invited friends. The young couple started on their wedding tour by the afternoon train. Their trip will include New York, Washington D.C., and will occupy two or three weeks. They have the best wishes of many freinds for a pleasant journey, a safe return and a long life of prosperity. (Source:
The Union and Journal, Jan. 20, 1882).
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Source: Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921