William Sr moved to Missouri where he met his wife, Irene Branson from Davidson Tennessee. They married in Missouri on June 30, 1844, and had several children: Martha (aka Mattie), Elijah, Julia, Mary, Sadie, Hiram, Charlotte, and two unknown children.
William Sr was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil war. and obtained an extended leave from the military to move his family to the relative safety of California. He and his in-laws, the Bransons, disposed of their holdings in Missouri and headed west in a wagon train.
The journey was not without problems, there were Indian raids and numerous privations that confronted the travelers. A couple of the children died during the trip. A major tragedy occurred on June 18, 1864, William and his pregnant wife Irena were tending to the livestock during a storm, a lightning bolt struck and killed William. Irena was injured. This occurred on the Buckeye Ranch, near the South Platt river in Nebraska. He was buried, dressed in his Army uniform, near the site of the fatal accident. He was 38 years old.
The wagon train resumed it trek to the Golden State, within in a few days a member of the Scott or Branson families realized that some important papers had inadvertently been left in a pocket of Williams army uniform. The family insisted on returning to the grave to exhume the remains to obtain the papers. The wagon master of the train refused to wait, but the family had decided to return to the grave site. They never found the grave, they speculated it was washed away by the rising river. Fortunately the Scotts and Bransons came upon wagon train heading to Oregon. It was safer to travel with that train than to attempt continue to California alone.
Shortly after arriving in Oregon, Irena gave birth to a son, who she named after his father, William Wyatt.
After a short stay in Oregon the families continue to California. They stayed Sonoma county for a brief period before moving to the Quartzburg area of Mariposa county. Irena had not yet fully recovered from her injures, so the family lived with a friend for some time. Extrapolating from the 1870 census of the only four of the nine children survived the trip across the great plains. With the birth of William II, there remained five youngsters.
We thought it was appropriate to list his death along side his wife and amoung his family although there is no stone, and his body was never found.
William & Irene's children:
* Elizabeth Scott
* Hiram Scott
* Martha Jane Scott, Mrs Thomas Reynolds of Nevada City
* Julia Ann Scott, Mrs Albert Petty of Fresno
* Elijah Scott
* Mary Matilda Scott, Mrs John Guest
* Charlotte Sofrona Scott, Mrs Thomas Marshall of Hornitos
* William Wyatt Scott Jr
William Sr was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil war. and obtained an extended leave from the military to move his family to the relative safety of California. He and his in-laws, the Bransons, disposed of their holdings in Missouri and headed west in a wagon train.
The journey was not without problems, there were Indian raids and numerous privations that confronted the travelers. A couple of the children died during the trip. A major tragedy occurred on June 18, 1864, William and his pregnant wife Irena were tending to the livestock during a storm, a lightning bolt struck and killed William. Irena was injured. This occurred on the Buckeye Ranch, near the South Platt river in Nebraska. He was buried, dressed in his Army uniform, near the site of the fatal accident. He was 38 years old.
The wagon train resumed it trek to the Golden State, within in a few days a member of the Scott or Branson families realized that some important papers had inadvertently been left in a pocket of Williams army uniform. The family insisted on returning to the grave to exhume the remains to obtain the papers. The wagon master of the train refused to wait, but the family had decided to return to the grave site. They never found the grave, they speculated it was washed away by the rising river. Fortunately the Scotts and Bransons came upon wagon train heading to Oregon. It was safer to travel with that train than to attempt continue to California alone.
Shortly after arriving in Oregon, Irena gave birth to a son, who she named after his father, William Wyatt.
After a short stay in Oregon the families continue to California. They stayed Sonoma county for a brief period before moving to the Quartzburg area of Mariposa county. Irena had not yet fully recovered from her injures, so the family lived with a friend for some time. Extrapolating from the 1870 census of the only four of the nine children survived the trip across the great plains. With the birth of William II, there remained five youngsters.
We thought it was appropriate to list his death along side his wife and amoung his family although there is no stone, and his body was never found.
William & Irene's children:
* Elizabeth Scott
* Hiram Scott
* Martha Jane Scott, Mrs Thomas Reynolds of Nevada City
* Julia Ann Scott, Mrs Albert Petty of Fresno
* Elijah Scott
* Mary Matilda Scott, Mrs John Guest
* Charlotte Sofrona Scott, Mrs Thomas Marshall of Hornitos
* William Wyatt Scott Jr
William Sr moved to Missouri where he met his wife, Irene Branson from Davidson Tennessee. They married in Missouri on June 30, 1844, and had several children: Martha (aka Mattie), Elijah, Julia, Mary, Sadie, Hiram, Charlotte, and two unknown children.
William Sr was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil war. and obtained an extended leave from the military to move his family to the relative safety of California. He and his in-laws, the Bransons, disposed of their holdings in Missouri and headed west in a wagon train.
The journey was not without problems, there were Indian raids and numerous privations that confronted the travelers. A couple of the children died during the trip. A major tragedy occurred on June 18, 1864, William and his pregnant wife Irena were tending to the livestock during a storm, a lightning bolt struck and killed William. Irena was injured. This occurred on the Buckeye Ranch, near the South Platt river in Nebraska. He was buried, dressed in his Army uniform, near the site of the fatal accident. He was 38 years old.
The wagon train resumed it trek to the Golden State, within in a few days a member of the Scott or Branson families realized that some important papers had inadvertently been left in a pocket of Williams army uniform. The family insisted on returning to the grave to exhume the remains to obtain the papers. The wagon master of the train refused to wait, but the family had decided to return to the grave site. They never found the grave, they speculated it was washed away by the rising river. Fortunately the Scotts and Bransons came upon wagon train heading to Oregon. It was safer to travel with that train than to attempt continue to California alone.
Shortly after arriving in Oregon, Irena gave birth to a son, who she named after his father, William Wyatt.
After a short stay in Oregon the families continue to California. They stayed Sonoma county for a brief period before moving to the Quartzburg area of Mariposa county. Irena had not yet fully recovered from her injures, so the family lived with a friend for some time. Extrapolating from the 1870 census of the only four of the nine children survived the trip across the great plains. With the birth of William II, there remained five youngsters.
We thought it was appropriate to list his death along side his wife and amoung his family although there is no stone, and his body was never found.
William & Irene's children:
* Elizabeth Scott
* Hiram Scott
* Martha Jane Scott, Mrs Thomas Reynolds of Nevada City
* Julia Ann Scott, Mrs Albert Petty of Fresno
* Elijah Scott
* Mary Matilda Scott, Mrs John Guest
* Charlotte Sofrona Scott, Mrs Thomas Marshall of Hornitos
* William Wyatt Scott Jr
William Sr was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil war. and obtained an extended leave from the military to move his family to the relative safety of California. He and his in-laws, the Bransons, disposed of their holdings in Missouri and headed west in a wagon train.
The journey was not without problems, there were Indian raids and numerous privations that confronted the travelers. A couple of the children died during the trip. A major tragedy occurred on June 18, 1864, William and his pregnant wife Irena were tending to the livestock during a storm, a lightning bolt struck and killed William. Irena was injured. This occurred on the Buckeye Ranch, near the South Platt river in Nebraska. He was buried, dressed in his Army uniform, near the site of the fatal accident. He was 38 years old.
The wagon train resumed it trek to the Golden State, within in a few days a member of the Scott or Branson families realized that some important papers had inadvertently been left in a pocket of Williams army uniform. The family insisted on returning to the grave to exhume the remains to obtain the papers. The wagon master of the train refused to wait, but the family had decided to return to the grave site. They never found the grave, they speculated it was washed away by the rising river. Fortunately the Scotts and Bransons came upon wagon train heading to Oregon. It was safer to travel with that train than to attempt continue to California alone.
Shortly after arriving in Oregon, Irena gave birth to a son, who she named after his father, William Wyatt.
After a short stay in Oregon the families continue to California. They stayed Sonoma county for a brief period before moving to the Quartzburg area of Mariposa county. Irena had not yet fully recovered from her injures, so the family lived with a friend for some time. Extrapolating from the 1870 census of the only four of the nine children survived the trip across the great plains. With the birth of William II, there remained five youngsters.
We thought it was appropriate to list his death along side his wife and amoung his family although there is no stone, and his body was never found.
William & Irene's children:
* Elizabeth Scott
* Hiram Scott
* Martha Jane Scott, Mrs Thomas Reynolds of Nevada City
* Julia Ann Scott, Mrs Albert Petty of Fresno
* Elijah Scott
* Mary Matilda Scott, Mrs John Guest
* Charlotte Sofrona Scott, Mrs Thomas Marshall of Hornitos
* William Wyatt Scott Jr
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