Obit: Prescher, Sidney Richard (1896 - 1940)
Contact:  Crystal Wendt
Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Prescher, Barr

----Sources: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) Thurs., 15 Feb. 1940

Prescher, Sidney R. (19 Nov 1896 - 10 Feb. 1940)

Sidney R. Prescher passed away at a hospital in Janesville Saturday night as a result of being kicked in the head by a horse. He was a farm hand, formerly living near Humbird. The funeral will be held today at Humbird.

Wisconsin Birth Records

Sidney Richard Presher, white male
birth date: 19 Nov 1896
birthplace: Mentor Twp, Clark Co., Wisconsin
race: White
father's name: William Franklin Presher
father's birthplace: Nichols Corners, N. Y.
mother's name: Abigail Urania Barr
mother's birthplace: Erie Co, Pa

1900 Federal Census, ED 22 Mentor & Hewett towns, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, page: 2, sheet letter: A, family # 29

Wm Presher, white, married, male
years married: 26
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
estimated marriage year: 1874

Household Members
head Wm Presher M 54 (Sep 1846 New York)
wife Abigal Presher F 46 Pennsylvania son Sidney R Presher M 4 (Nov 1896 Wisconsin)

1905 Wisconsin State Census, Mentor, Clark, Wisconsin, family # 132, page # 313, line # 45

William J Presher, white, married, male
place of birth: parent 1: New York
place of birth: parent 2: New York

Household Members
head William J Presher M 58y (1847 New York)
wife Abigail A Presher F 51y Pennsylvania
son Sidney R Presher M 8y Wisconsin

1920 Federal Census, Clark, Wisconsin

William F Preshur, white, married, male
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York

Household Members
self William F Preshur M 73y (1847 New York)
wife Abigail U Preshur F 65y (Apr 1854 Pennsylvania)
son Sidney R Preshur M 23y (1896 Wisconsin)