This sketch comes from a bio for daughter Rebecca's husband in:
History of Colorado, 1918, Vol 2
by Wilbur Fiske Stone
Pages 750-751
You may use whatever you wish or nothing at all.
In January, 1869, Mr. Stoops married Rebecca Prey, a daughter of John D. and Margaret (Gibson) Prey, the father a native of Scotland and the mother of Ireland. Mr. Prey came to America in 1820 and located in New Brunswick, later removing to New York. For a number of years he was engaged in slate roofing. He then went to Wisconsin, where in 1842 he bought land which he cultivated until 1856, when removal was made to Lancaster county, Nebraska, where he devoted his energies to the operation of a farm for the rest of his life, passing away in 1872. His widow survived him until 1878 [sic].
History of Colorado, 1918, Vol 2
by Wilbur Fiske Stone
Pages 750-751
You may use whatever you wish or nothing at all.
In January, 1869, Mr. Stoops married Rebecca Prey, a daughter of John D. and Margaret (Gibson) Prey, the father a native of Scotland and the mother of Ireland. Mr. Prey came to America in 1820 and located in New Brunswick, later removing to New York. For a number of years he was engaged in slate roofing. He then went to Wisconsin, where in 1842 he bought land which he cultivated until 1856, when removal was made to Lancaster county, Nebraska, where he devoted his energies to the operation of a farm for the rest of his life, passing away in 1872. His widow survived him until 1878 [sic].
This sketch comes from a bio for daughter Rebecca's husband in:
History of Colorado, 1918, Vol 2
by Wilbur Fiske Stone
Pages 750-751
You may use whatever you wish or nothing at all.
In January, 1869, Mr. Stoops married Rebecca Prey, a daughter of John D. and Margaret (Gibson) Prey, the father a native of Scotland and the mother of Ireland. Mr. Prey came to America in 1820 and located in New Brunswick, later removing to New York. For a number of years he was engaged in slate roofing. He then went to Wisconsin, where in 1842 he bought land which he cultivated until 1856, when removal was made to Lancaster county, Nebraska, where he devoted his energies to the operation of a farm for the rest of his life, passing away in 1872. His widow survived him until 1878 [sic].
History of Colorado, 1918, Vol 2
by Wilbur Fiske Stone
Pages 750-751
You may use whatever you wish or nothing at all.
In January, 1869, Mr. Stoops married Rebecca Prey, a daughter of John D. and Margaret (Gibson) Prey, the father a native of Scotland and the mother of Ireland. Mr. Prey came to America in 1820 and located in New Brunswick, later removing to New York. For a number of years he was engaged in slate roofing. He then went to Wisconsin, where in 1842 he bought land which he cultivated until 1856, when removal was made to Lancaster county, Nebraska, where he devoted his energies to the operation of a farm for the rest of his life, passing away in 1872. His widow survived him until 1878 [sic].
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age 74 yrs., 9 mo., 13da.
Gravesite Details
According to Lancaster Co., Nebraska History, this John D. Prey took out the first Preemption Claim in Lancaster Co. in 1856 in southeast Centerville precinct
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