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Rev Nathan Scarritt III

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Rev Nathan Scarritt III

Birth
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Death
22 May 1890 (aged 69)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.099911, Longitude: -94.4730998
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An early settler of Westport, Missouri, which is now an area within Kansas City, Missouri. Rev. Nathan Scarritt was a college educated teacher and Methodist preacher. Scarritt and his wife Martha Matilda Chick, lived in Westport, in a two-story framed farmhouse still standing at 4038 Central Street. They had nine children, and later moved to a 260 acre farm in the Northeast area of what is now Kansas City, Missouri. In the 1860's Scarritt began buying and selling farmland. He evidently did well in mathmatics, he made $2 million doing it. Scarritt Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri is named after him.
An early settler of Westport, Missouri, which is now an area within Kansas City, Missouri. Rev. Nathan Scarritt was a college educated teacher and Methodist preacher. Scarritt and his wife Martha Matilda Chick, lived in Westport, in a two-story framed farmhouse still standing at 4038 Central Street. They had nine children, and later moved to a 260 acre farm in the Northeast area of what is now Kansas City, Missouri. In the 1860's Scarritt began buying and selling farmland. He evidently did well in mathmatics, he made $2 million doing it. Scarritt Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri is named after him.


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  • Created by: Bill Walker
  • Added: Oct 23, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6870909/nathan-scarritt: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Nathan Scarritt III (14 Apr 1821–22 May 1890), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6870909, citing Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Bill Walker (contributor 656).