Background
Prows was born in the upper part of the Kanawha Valley, Virginia (now part of West Virginia).
Prows was born in the upper part of the Kanawha Valley, Virginia (now part of West Virginia).
He was a descendant of Captain Thomas Pickering, an early leader of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The other principal candidate for discovering the Comstock Lode is Abner Blackburn. He was jailed for a time for practicing polygamy.
He died in Colonia Juárez.