Contra Costa County Biography

ORLANDO C. PREWETT

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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The name which heads this review is one of the well-known men of eastern Contra 
Costa County. He is an enterprising, progressive, and up-to-date farmer, a 
public-spirited citizen, and a prominent factor in the development of this 
section. He was born in Marion County, Illinois, September 7, 1864, the son of 
Grafton and Emma Prewett. Orlando at the age of five years removed with his 
parents to Missouri, where his father farmed. In 1891 the family came to 
California and located near Brentwood. Orlando rented the Emerson place for 
sixteen years, and then bought his present farm of two hundred and forty acres. 
He also owns three hundred and six acres of range land, and has always been 
identified with stock-raising. Mr. Prewett was married to Rebecca Williamson, a 
native of Missouri, November 22, 1891. Mrs. Prewett's father died February 12, 
1870, and her mother passed away January 13, 1917, in Missouri. She was born in 
1837. Mr. Prewett's father died on February 12, 1902, and his mother passed away 
November 11, 1912. Orlando C. Prewett gives his political allegiance to the 
Democratic party. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic lodge of 
Brentwood. He also holds membership with the I. O. O. F. lodge of Antioch. He 
has served on the school board in the Iron House district for some years and 
shows deep interest in educational matters. He is in every way a representative 
citizen of his section.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California," Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p. 556.