20th Century History of New Castle and
Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens

WILLIAM JAMES SCOTT,*

[p. 997] general farmer and squab raiser, who resides on his valuable farm of 100 acres, situated in Hickory Township, one mile north of East Brook and one-quarter of a mile west of the old State Road, was born in Sharon, Pa., and is a son of William Joseph, and Elizabeth (Thornborg) Scott. The Scott family settled at an early day in Mercer County.

After completing his education and graduating from the Sharon High School, William J. Scott engaged in the iron manufacturing business and continued in that industry for thirty-three years. He then purchased the farm on which he now resides. He is interested in general agriculture and has proved that the raising of squabs for the market may be made a lucrative specialty.

In 1871 Mr. Scott was married (first) to Mrs. Kate L. Stephenson, widow of Major-General John B. Stephenson, of the United States Army. They had two children—Carrie Foster, who married Ralph Harriott, and Eva Edna, who is now deceased. Mrs. Scott died some years later and Mr. Scott was married (secondly) to Miss Mary Morley, a daughter of John Morley, a retired merchant of Philadelphia. Mr. Scott is a member of the Presbyterian Church.


20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908

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