Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Scott, Captain John April 6, 1815 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

    Captain John Scott, retired farmer and stock-grower, was 
born in Center Township, this county, April 6, 1815. He is a 
son of John and Susannah (Nicewonger) Scott. His parents 
were descendants of Quakers, his mother being a native of 
West Virginia, and his father of Greene County, Penn. His 
father died May 21, 1857, at the advanced age of seventy- 
three years: his mother died December 12, 1870, aged 
eighty-five. 
  
  Their family consisted of nine children of whom the 
subject is the fourth. He was reared on the farm in Center 
Township and received his education in the common schools. 
He has met with marked success as a farmer, and owns 242 
acres of finely improved land. Captain Scott was an active 
member of  the militia in Greene County many years ago. He 
has made his own way in the world, starting as a poor boy, 
and has succeeded in acquiring a good home for himself and 
his family. 
  
  He was united in marriage June 6,1836, with Miss Charlotte 
Mason, who was born in this county May 3, 1817, and is the 
daughter of James and Mary (Sayers) Mason. Her mother was 
born in New Jersey and was of German descent; she died 
February 9, 1883, aged ninety-six years. Her father was a 
native of Ireland, and died June 12, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. 
Scott are the parents of the following named children: Mason 
and J. C., farmers: Mary, wife of William Orndoff, Oliver 
Perry, a farmer, Eliza Jane, wife of A. C. Carpenter; Sarah 
wife of George Moore; Mathias, deceased. Mrs. Scott is a 
member of the Baptist Church. 
  
  Captain Scott has always taken great interest in school 
affairs, and has served as school director for many years. 
He is a member of the I.O O.F. His children and 
grandchildren were all present at the fiftieth anniversary 
of their marriage, which was one of the happiest events 
transpiring in the neighborhood for many years.     
 
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