Tuscola-Lapeer County MI Archives Biographies.....Varnum, Prescott L. 1850 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

PRESCOTT L. VARNUM, Supervisor of Vassar Township, Tuscola County, was born in
Metamora, this State, July 25, 1850, and is the son of William N. and Julia H.
(Russell) Varnum. The parents, who were natives respectively of Connecticut and
New York State, are now residing in Lapeer, where the father is engaged in a
foundry. He is a man of integrity and unimpeachable honor, and his standing is
among the best citizens of Lapeer County. The childhood years of Prescott L.
were passed uneventfully on the old homestead, where he acquired a practical
idea of agricultural pursuits and gleaned a good education from the text-books
used in the district schools.

  At the age of eighteen years Mr. Varnum commenced to teach, which profession
he followed for two years and afterward clerked in a clothing establishment for
a few years. When he was about twenty-four years old he started in his present
business in Vassar, where he has become well known as a successful boot and shoe
merchant and an enterprising citizen. When prepared to establish home ties of
his own, he was married, October 4, 1875, to Miss Delia Steele, an estimable
lady, possessing many graces of character and much refinement. The bride was a
native of Union, Ontario, born April 9, 1855, and is the daughter of Caleb and
Sara A. Steele, of Ontario. The family of our subject includes three
children—Julia E., born in 1877; Guy N., August 28, 1880; and Carrie A., 1884.

  Mr. Varnum has a brother and sister still surviving, out of a family of eight
children, Mary, the wife of Frank Lockwood, who resides in Bay City, and Russell
D., who is employed in Mr. Varnum's establishment. Our subject has served in
many official capacities and has abundantly demonstrated his ability to wield
the "official sceptre." Of him the Caro Democrat says: "He has been many times
honored by the people of Vassar, having filled with great acceptability the
various positions of Superintendent of Schools, member of the Common Council and
Treasurer, and he now holds the office of Supervisor of Vassar Township for the
third term. He is a man thoroughly interested in school work and is at present a
member of the Vassar School Board. There is a good word for him upon every hand,
and he is highly esteemed among his daily associates for his many excellent
qualities."

  In his political affiliations Mr. Varnum is a strong Democrat. In his various
public positions he has acted to the satisfaction of his constituents; he has
been continued in the important office of Supervisor from year to year by vote
of the people, with a large and increasing majority each year, while the fact
that he usually runs ahead of his ticket tells its own story of the merits of
his service. In his business as a boot and shoe dealer he has been successful,
and from a small beginning his establishment has grown to its present
proportions and importance, a result due almost entirely to his unaided exertions.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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