Married
6 Sep 1880 Mary E. Dailey
1 Jan 1932 Mrs. Doria Bass

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The Eldon Advertiser, November 1932

Elder W. H. Scott, who preached the gospel in Miller County for twenty-seven years and was a Christian minister for forty years, died Saturday at his home in Eldon at the age of 70 years. Death was caused by blood poisoning which developed from injuries he received in a car accident several weeks ago.

He is survived by his widow, five children, twenty-five grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Charles Dickens and Mrs. Leonard Veasman, both of Dixon, Mo.; and one brother, J. M. Scott of St. Louis.

Funeral services were held at the First Christian Church here by the Rev. A.L. Alexander, who was assisted by the Rev. Wadell of the Union Christian Church and the Rev. Mr. Crouch of the Christian Church of Tuscumbia. Services were again held at Richland, Mo. at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon by the Rev. Alexander. Burial was in the Richland Cemetery.

Mr. Scott was born March 24, 1862 in Maries Co. near Dixon, Mo. and married on Sept 5, 1880 to Mary Ellen Dailey. Ten children were born to them, five of whom are living. They are: Oliver and Jim of St. Louis, Clay of Sedalia, Mrs. W.H. Hasty of Eldon, Mrs. J.E. Teeple of Crocker. Mrs. Scott died May 1, 1931 and on Jan. 1, 1932, he was married to Mrs. Docia Bass.

He united with the Christian Church at Richland under the Rev. Jackson D. Thompson and was ordained to the ministry on April 10, 1892 at Richland, the Rev. Thompson and the Rev R. Watson officiating.

That day was the beginning, the Rev. Alexander says of the service of one of the leading ministers of the church in Central Missouri. He established a number of congregations and led many more to greater strength.

He moved from Richland to Calhoun and, in 1905, moved to Eldon where he continued his work as pastor-evangelist. He led hundreds to Christ, and many to the ministry.

"He was a gospel preacher. He knew his Bible, and better, he knew Jesus Christ," Rev. Alexander said of him. "A great preacher has gone home; one that will be missed in this section of the state."