George was born on 9 December 1872 in
Wayne,, Illinois. He was the son of
Richard Prescott and
Emily Martin. He married
Jennie M Hawthorne on 10 October 1894. George died on 4 January 1941 in
Lincoln,, Nebraska, at age 68.
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Richard and Emily married in 1872. There were 6 kids. Emily abandoned the family and took the youngest child with her in abt 1881. Richard passed away about a year later. 3 of the children (Mary, Minnie and Albert) were adopted by the Wolcott family in Illinois. Emily's parents, George and Harriet took the 2 oldest children (George and William) to raise. They moved to Nebraska and were given the Martin family name. These brothers and sisters were reunited by the 1940s. The youngest was never found.