Delilah Caroline Scott

b. 1 November 1856
  • Delilah Caroline Scott was born on 1 November 1856 in Alabama.
  • She was known as Carrie.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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, Fannie Teague.
  • 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]
  • Last Edited: 6 Nov 2013