Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Scott, James October 6, 1822 - September 30, 1878
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

  James Scott, deceased, was one of the most successful and 
enterprising farmers of Jefferson Township. He was born 
October 6, 1822, on the farm where his family resides. His 
father and mother were James and Margaret (Kincaid) Scott. 
His father was a son of Mordecai and Kizzie (Potete) Scott, 
and came with his parents from Maryland to Greene County, 
Penn., where he married Margaret Kincaid, who was born in 
1790, and departed this life in 1888. 
  
    James was the fourth of their family of five children. 
He was united in marriage, May 9, 1853, with Mary A., 
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hedges) Spencer, who were 
natives of Washington County, Penn. Mr. Spencer came with 
his parents to Greene County when only two years old. He was 
married in Washington County, returned with his wife to 
Greene County and remained until 1871, then moved to the 
state of Tennessee, where Mrs. Spencer died April 12, 1883. 
In the fall of the same year he again returned to Greene 
County, and has since made his home with his daughter, Mrs. 
James Scott. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott were born six children, 
five of whom are living. The oldest of these, Lizzie E. is 
the widow of I.N. McNay, the mother of one child named 
Newton for his father; the second daughter is Anna S., wife 
of Dr. J.L. Milliken of Greensboro, Penn., and the mother of 
one son, Joe. P.; the others are William S., Emma K., and J. 
Newton. Margaret is deceased. 
  
    Mr. Scott acquired his education in the common schools 
in Jefferson Township. Like his ancestors, he made farming 
and stock-raising his business, and owned 400 acres of land. 
He was a member of Masonic fraternity, and belonged to 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Scott is also 
a devoted member. He remained on the old Scott homestead 
until his death, September 30, 1878.   

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