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Margaret L <I>Scott</I> Officer

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Margaret L Scott Officer

Birth
Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
12 Dec 1880 (aged 83)
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Margaret Scott was born in Washington Co PA to John Scott & Martha Patterson.

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Biography of Margaret L. Scott's parents:

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(3) John, born in Adams county in 1772, married in Gettysburgh, Penn., about 1796 to Martha Patterson, who was born in Lancaster county, December 10, 1777. Their children were all born in Washington, Penn.: Margaret, born May 10, 1797, married Robert Officer, May 4, 1819, died December 12, 1880, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the family had resided a number of years; Jane, born May 12, 1799, died unmarried near Washington, Ill., April 19, 1869; Rebecca, born July 9, 1803, died February 24, 1818, of smallpox, at Washington, Penn.; James Patterson, born November 6, 1805 married Margaret Sample, of Washington, Penn., April 23, 1835 (Patterson died August 21, 1866); his wife died April 11, 1884. They are buried in Washington, Ill. Their children were Elias Cornelius, born June 30, 1836; Martha Jane, born September 6, 1838, married David E. Seedom, December 22, 1887 (she died in Hubbell, Neb., April 6, 1890); John Workman, born September 28, 1840, died June 30, 1867; Sarah Olivia, born October 28, 1842; Elizabeth Gertrude, born September 29, 1844, married September 29, 1870, to Marshall W. Woodbury; issue: Cornelius Wellington, born April 1, 1870, died August 30, 1875; Nathan Patterson, born February 28, 1881, lives in Hubbell, Neb.; Mary Roxanna, born February 25, 1846; Rebecca Violet, born May 7, 1849; Hester Ellen, September 17, 1851, married John M. Marton, February 19, 1885, and had a daughter, Lucia Ethel, born April 5, 1887 (live in Ocoya, Ill.), Margaret Lucia, born February 4, 1854; James Patterson Scott emigrated from Washington, Penn., to near Washington, Ill., in 1837, where as a teacher and farmer he spent his life. Dr. John, born April 20, 1808, married June 18, 1833, to Margaret Sloan, of Pittsburgh, Penn., in which city he spent his after life in his chosen profession, dentistry (died October 19, 1888, on train while en route home from Duluth, Minn., where he had been on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Cash); Hugh, born July 4, 1810; John Randolph, born December 12, 1812, married Asenath Hicks, November 25, 1847; issue: Anna Martha, born January 13, 1849, married George Tobias October 8, 1874, and had a son, born December 29, 1879, died in infancy. Quincy A., born August 10, 1850, married Lucy J. Hatfield, October 26, 1882 (lives in Wayne county, Iowa); Emma Julia, born November 19, 1854. Roenna Elliott, born July 19, 1853, died September 30, 1853; Charles Sumner, born November 7, 1857, murdered (as supposed) in July, 1880; Lincoln R., born June 23, 1860, married Minnie R. Beck, October 24, 1888 (lives in Idalia, Col.); William Goodel, born February 18, 1862, married La Tina Myers, October 7, 1885 (lives in Peoria, Ill.); John Randolph emigrated from Washington, Penn., in spring of 1837, and settled on Government lands which he had entered the previous year, four miles south of Washington, Ill., where he yet resides, a wealthy, intelligent farmer.

Text taken from page 422 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

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(3) John Scott, Sr., was a general trader on the river to New Orleans and returned across the country with houses and mules. He established the stage lines from Washington to Pittsburgh, to Brownsville to Wheeling, and to Steubenville, Ohio. Had three paralytic strokes at different times, and after the third could not walk; had use of his arms, but no control of his limbs; had to be lifted and fed for twenty years. He died from effects of cholera, October 17, 1834, taken the previous August; his wife , Martha Patterson, died of cholera about August 10, 1834. The father, mother and son, Decatur, are buried on the farm on which they lived, one and one-half miles east of Washington, Penn., now owned by William Davis.

Text taken from page 422 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
Margaret Scott was born in Washington Co PA to John Scott & Martha Patterson.

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Biography of Margaret L. Scott's parents:

http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/scott-422.html

(3) John, born in Adams county in 1772, married in Gettysburgh, Penn., about 1796 to Martha Patterson, who was born in Lancaster county, December 10, 1777. Their children were all born in Washington, Penn.: Margaret, born May 10, 1797, married Robert Officer, May 4, 1819, died December 12, 1880, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the family had resided a number of years; Jane, born May 12, 1799, died unmarried near Washington, Ill., April 19, 1869; Rebecca, born July 9, 1803, died February 24, 1818, of smallpox, at Washington, Penn.; James Patterson, born November 6, 1805 married Margaret Sample, of Washington, Penn., April 23, 1835 (Patterson died August 21, 1866); his wife died April 11, 1884. They are buried in Washington, Ill. Their children were Elias Cornelius, born June 30, 1836; Martha Jane, born September 6, 1838, married David E. Seedom, December 22, 1887 (she died in Hubbell, Neb., April 6, 1890); John Workman, born September 28, 1840, died June 30, 1867; Sarah Olivia, born October 28, 1842; Elizabeth Gertrude, born September 29, 1844, married September 29, 1870, to Marshall W. Woodbury; issue: Cornelius Wellington, born April 1, 1870, died August 30, 1875; Nathan Patterson, born February 28, 1881, lives in Hubbell, Neb.; Mary Roxanna, born February 25, 1846; Rebecca Violet, born May 7, 1849; Hester Ellen, September 17, 1851, married John M. Marton, February 19, 1885, and had a daughter, Lucia Ethel, born April 5, 1887 (live in Ocoya, Ill.), Margaret Lucia, born February 4, 1854; James Patterson Scott emigrated from Washington, Penn., to near Washington, Ill., in 1837, where as a teacher and farmer he spent his life. Dr. John, born April 20, 1808, married June 18, 1833, to Margaret Sloan, of Pittsburgh, Penn., in which city he spent his after life in his chosen profession, dentistry (died October 19, 1888, on train while en route home from Duluth, Minn., where he had been on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Cash); Hugh, born July 4, 1810; John Randolph, born December 12, 1812, married Asenath Hicks, November 25, 1847; issue: Anna Martha, born January 13, 1849, married George Tobias October 8, 1874, and had a son, born December 29, 1879, died in infancy. Quincy A., born August 10, 1850, married Lucy J. Hatfield, October 26, 1882 (lives in Wayne county, Iowa); Emma Julia, born November 19, 1854. Roenna Elliott, born July 19, 1853, died September 30, 1853; Charles Sumner, born November 7, 1857, murdered (as supposed) in July, 1880; Lincoln R., born June 23, 1860, married Minnie R. Beck, October 24, 1888 (lives in Idalia, Col.); William Goodel, born February 18, 1862, married La Tina Myers, October 7, 1885 (lives in Peoria, Ill.); John Randolph emigrated from Washington, Penn., in spring of 1837, and settled on Government lands which he had entered the previous year, four miles south of Washington, Ill., where he yet resides, a wealthy, intelligent farmer.

Text taken from page 422 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

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http://www.chartiers.com/beers-project/articles/scott-422.html

(3) John Scott, Sr., was a general trader on the river to New Orleans and returned across the country with houses and mules. He established the stage lines from Washington to Pittsburgh, to Brownsville to Wheeling, and to Steubenville, Ohio. Had three paralytic strokes at different times, and after the third could not walk; had use of his arms, but no control of his limbs; had to be lifted and fed for twenty years. He died from effects of cholera, October 17, 1834, taken the previous August; his wife , Martha Patterson, died of cholera about August 10, 1834. The father, mother and son, Decatur, are buried on the farm on which they lived, one and one-half miles east of Washington, Penn., now owned by William Davis.

Text taken from page 422 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).


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