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    1. Prescott, Walla Walla Co.
    2. My father, Robert Waggoner, was born to Elba McGrew and Virgil Waggoner in Prescott 1n 1915. His grandfather, Mansfield McGrew, had a general store there at the time. My great-grandfather had a large family, eight children, of whom seven lived to adulthood. Mansfield and his wife Susan Yockey were married in ILL, and came to the Walla Walla area between 1888 and 1890. Mansfield started out as a teacher, but ended up running a store (hard to raise seven kids on a teacher's salary). At least six of his daughters ended up as teachers. My questions are--does anybody remember this family? And how big was Prescott in 1915? I know from my father's stories that his grandfather's family moved back and forth between Walla Walla and Prescott, and that his own family moved more widely. Virgil Waggoner was a civil engineer, building bridges and roads. So they moved all over the NW, ending up in Seattle. During the Depression, Elba and Virgil opened a ma-and-pa grocery store in Seattle. People gotta eat. Thanks for any info anybody can provide, Doris Waggoner Seattle

    05/09/2005 01:41:45