About Jefferson F. Wescott
Lived 1826 – 1879 (aged 52–53). Jefferson F. Wescott was an American magistrate and politician.
Jefferson F. Wescott was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography Wescott was born on March 26, 1826, in Wethersfield, New York. He later taught school in New Glarus, Wisconsin, where his father was a local politician, as well as working as a farmer and merchant. He was a member of the Assembly during the 1869 session. In addition, he was Magistrate and Clerk of New Glarus and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican. On his 30th birthday, Wescott married Sarah E. Rogers. They would have eight children. His brothers, Walter and Ezra, were also legislators. Wescott died on February 16, 1879.
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Who was Jefferson F. Wescott?
member of Wisconsin State Assembly
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Jefferson F. Wescott was born in 1826.
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Jefferson F. Wescott died in 1879.
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Jefferson F. Wescott was a magistrate and politician.
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Jefferson F. Wescott was American.
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