John Anderson Scott

John Anderson Scott

• John Anderson Scott was born on 10 January 1833 in Abbeville, South Carolina.
• He married Stacy E. McMahan, daughter of Washington C. McMahan and Delila DeArman, on 22 July 1855 in Calhoun County, Alabama.
• John Anderson Scott and Stacy E. McMahan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Rawlingsville PO, DeKalb County, Alabama, apparently boarding in the household of William and Adaline Brock.. Other members of the household included Delilah Caroline Scott.
• He was a Baptist minister, according to the 1860 census.
• John Anderson Scott became a widower at the between 1860 and 1869 death of his wife Stacy E. McMahan.
• He married Frances E. McMahan, daughter of Washington C. McMahan and Delila DeArman, on 23 November 1869 in Calhoun County, Alabama.
• John Anderson Scott and Frances E. McMahan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Corn Grove PO, Calhoun County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Delilah Caroline Scott.
• He was a clerk in a store, according to the 1870 census.
• John Anderson Scott became a widower at the between 1870 and 1880 death of his wife.
• John Anderson Scott appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Davisville, Calhoun County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Delilah Caroline Scott and Fannie Teague.
• He was a minister, according to the 1880 census.
• The following appeared on 2 February 1884 in The Jacksonville Republican: Married, at DeArmanville on Jan. 23rd by Elder J.A. Scott, Willie C. Borders and Miss Alma DeArman, daughter of J.T. DeArman. They boarded the train the next day for Texas, proposing to make it their future home.
• The following appeared on 31 December 1896 in a local newspaper: Died at Iron City, Wednesday at 4 o'clock p. m., Mrs. Carrie Davis, the only daughter of Rev. John A. Scott, after a lingering illness of many monthw with tat dread and wasting disease, consumption, which she bore with patience and without murmering to the end. The deceased was left a widow several years ago with eight children. Since the death of her husband the care and responsibility of the family has rested upon her father, which has been a heavy burden upon him in his declining years, which has proven to him notwithstanding the hardships and arduous duties of nursing his only sick child, and the providing for her little ones, left fatherless, dearer to him if possible than if they were his own offspring. It has been to him a pleasant task and though far advanced in years, it . . . a local newspaper: Died at Iron City, Wednesday at 4 o'clock p. m., Mrs. Carrie Davis, the only daughter of Rev. John A. Scott, after a lingering illness of many monthw with tat dread and wasting disease, consumption, which she bore with patience and without murmering to the end. The deceased was left a widow several years ago with eight children. Since the death of her husband the care and responsibility of the family has rested upon her father, which has been a heavy burden upon him in his declining years, which has proven to him notwithstanding the hardships and arduous duties of nursing his only sick child, and the providing for her little ones, left fatherless, dearer to him if possible than if they were his own offspring. It has been to him a pleasant taa local newspaper: Died at Iron City, Wednesday at 4 o'clock p. m., Mrs. Carrie Davis, the only daughter of Rev. John A. Scott, after a lingering illness of many monthw with tat dread and wasting disease, consumption, which she bore with patience and without murmering to the end. The deceased was left a widow several years ago with eight children. Since the death of her husband the care and responsibility of the family has rested upon her father, which has been a heavy burden upon him in his declining years, which has proven to him notwithstanding the hardships and arduous duties of nursing his only sick child, and the providing for her little ones, left fatherless, dearer to him if possible than if they were his own offspring. It has been to him a pleasant task and though far advanced in years, it . . . a local newspaper: Died at Iron City, Wednesday at 4 o'clock p. m., Mrs. Carrie Davis, the only daughter of Rev. John A. Scott, after a lingering illness of many monthw with tat dread and wasting disease, consumption, which she bore with patience and without murmering to the end. The deceased was left a widow several years ago with eight children. Since the death of her husband the care and responsibility of the family has rested upon her father, which has been a heavy burden upon him in his declining years, which has proven to him notwithstanding the hardships and arduous duties of nursing his only sick child, and the providing for her little ones, left fatherless, dearer to him if possible than if they were his o.[continuation column missing]
• John Anderson Scott died on 10 October 1907 at age 74 in Calhoun County, Alabama.
• He was interred at Scott Family Cemetery, Iron City, Calhoun County, Alabama.

• Last Edited: 6 Nov 2013