Facts: - death place: erie , pennsylvania - title: mayor of erie , pennsylvania - order: 8th - successor: f. f. farrar - party: republican party - death date: 14 october 1891 - predecessor: sherburn smith - spouse: abigail r. wilder - term end: 1864 - children: joseph metcalf , -lrb- 1847-1851 -rrb- ; frederick wilder metcalf , p. -lrb- d. 1890 -rrb- ; nellie metcalf , -lrb- d. metcalf 1856 -rrb- ; and george ralph metcalf , -lrb- 1858-1931 -lrb- -rrb- . 1847-1901 -rrb- ; windham wilder - term start: 1862 - birth date: 25 january 1813 - birth place: putney , vermont Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of prescott metcalf .
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prescott metcalf -lrb- january 25 , 1813 -- october 14 , 1891 -rrb- was a prominent businessman and the 8th mayor of erie , pennsylvania .he was one of the first republican mayors of erie , pennsylvania , a post he held from 1862 to 1864 .his children were joseph p. metcalf , -lrb- 1847 -- 1901 -rrb- ; windham wilder metcalf , -lrb- 1847 -- 1851 -rrb- ; frederick wilder metcalf , -lrb- d. 1890 -rrb- ; nellie metcalf , -lrb- d. 1856 -rrb- ; and george ralph metcalf , -lrb- 1858 -- 1931 -rrb- .one of thirteen children , metcalf was born in putney , vermont .he arrived in erie in 1835 .mecalf 's father was joseph metcalf -lrb- 24 august 1774 in oakham , ma -- 27 january 1869 in putney , vt -rrb- and his grandfather was sgt. samuel metcalf -lrb- 26 april 1739 in rutland , ma -- 13 june 1785 , oakham , ma -rrb- a continental soldier