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- Philo F. Prosser was the Kendall Town Supervisor from 1856 thru 1859. (Source: The Pioneer History of Orleans County, NY).
Philo F. Prosser
Philo F. Prosser was born in Albany county, N.Y., in 1796. In 1820 he married Celeste Willsey, a native of Albany county, born in 1800. In 1826 they came to Kendall and settled on lot 51, on the line between Orleans and Monroe counties. He finished a log house that had been commenced there and resided on this farm till his death in 1882. His wife died in 1867. They reared to maturity eleven children, of whom Mrs. Alfred Bassett resided on the old homestead. Mr. Prosser erected on his farm the first brick house in the town.
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