From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 404.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOHN EDWARD PROSSER

John Edward Prosser, a leading retail grocer of Wheeling, was born in 
Shropshire, England, April 25, 1845, the son of Thomas and Ann (Nash) 
Prosser.  In 1863 the father came to America and provided a home for 
his family at Sharon, Penn., whither the mother with her five 
children, of whom John Edward was the eldest, came in 1865.  In 1868, 
the parents removed to Hickory county, Mo., where they  still reside, 
and the subject of this sketch came at that time to Wheeling, where 
he found employment as a boiler maker, which trade he learned in 
England.  From 1872 to 1879 he followed the same occupation at 
Irontown, Ohio, and subsequently he made his permanent home at 
Wheeling.  He has continued to follow the trade named, but in April, 
1885, also started a grocery on Main street, of which he has since 
been the proprietor, but which has been, under the immediate care of 
his family.  The business has been successful and he has one of the 
popular groceries of North Wheeling.  He is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs, and in politics is 
a republican.  Mr. Prosser was married January 1, 1871, to Elizabeth 
Dixon, daughter of Thomas, and Jane Dixon, formerly of Belmont 
county, Ohio.  Mrs. Prosser's parents were natives of England.  His 
mother, whose maiden name was Jane Robinson, was born December 30, 
1821, and came to America with her parents in 1834. Mr. and Mrs. 
Prosser have had four children: Thomas D., Annie B., Harry C. and 
Harriet. 


(Linda Fluharty)