SCOTT, JAMES
, was born Oct. 22, 1797, in Culpepper county, Va. His father moved to South Carolina, thence to Rutherford county, Tenn., and from there to Caldwell county, Ky., all when James was a boy. Mary Woods was born Feb. 29, 1804, in Georgia, and her parents soon after moved to Caldwell county, Ky. James Scott and Mary Woods were there married May 6, 1819. They had 6 children in Kentucky, and moved to Missouri, crossing the Mississippi on the ice in the winter of 1827 or '28. After four weeks, they went to Morgan county, Ill. In the spring of 1828 they returned to Kentucky, and in the fall of 1829 moved to Morgan county, Ill., where nine children were born, in all fifteen children, namely--EVELINE, born March 8, 1820, in Caldwell county, Ky., married Henry N. Hamlin. See his name.
ELIZABETH, born April 20, 1821, in Caldwell county, Ky., married in Morgan county, Ill., to John H. Ham. They have a family, and reside near Decatur, Ill.
FRANCIS M., born March 27, 1823, in Caldwell county, Ky., married Mrs. Sarah Burch, and reside near Franklin, Morgan county, Ill. They have five children, viz.: MINERVA E., GEORGE, MARTHA, WILLIAM H., and SARAH F.
LUCY, born March 3, 1825 in Caldwell county, Ky., married in Morgan county Ill., to Samuel O'Neal. See his name.
MARY A., born Dec. 9, 1826, in Kentucky, married George G. Harnsburger, and resides near Decatur, Ill.
SARAH, born Oct. 9, 1828, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Joseph Stickel, and reside near Hillsboro, Montgomery county, Ill.
MINERVA J., born April 2, 1830, in Morgan county, Ill., and was married there to William R. Ford. See his name.
MARTHA E., born Feb. 13, 1832, in Morgan county, Ill., was married in Sangamon county to Hiram W. Walker. See his name.
NANCY M., born in Morgan county, died aged 6 years.
THOMAS J., born Dec. 9, 1835, in Morgan county, Ill., married Fannie Bird, and for his second wife, married Mary Ford. They have one child, LUTHER D., and reside at Virden, Macoupin county, Ill.
WILLIAM P., born April 9, 1838, in Morgan county, married April 9, 1862, in Sangamon county, to Matilda Headley, who was born Sept. 27, 1838, in Parke county, Ind. They have four living children, HELEN, THALBERG W., CHANNING H., and LAUREL. Their second, child, EDNA, died Sept. 9, 1865. The following lines written by the mother, and published in the Illinois State Journal expresses her feelings at the time:
IN MEMORIAM.
Sleep, little baby sleep,
Not in thy mother's arms or cradle bed,
But in the grave forever with the dead
To sleep thy last long sleep.
My precious child! alas, no longer mine,
Earth holds no form so dear to me as thine.
Rest, little darling, rest,
Thy mother's heart is breaking o'er the loss
Of thee, sweet baby! O, the bitter cross
Is hard to bear--what joys what hopes are hid
Forever undernea?? thy coffin lid!
Yet rest thee, darling, rest.
Could I again behold
Thee, baby, as when living, my delight,
Thy beauteous face so fair, thine eyes so bright,
Thy hair of sunny gold,
How would it ease this aching, longing pain,
Could I but clasp thee to my heart again!
BALL, Ill., March, 1872. M. S.
William P. Scott resides in Ball township, about two hundred yards north of where Robert Pulliam built the first cabin in the county.
HARRIET A., born May 6, 1840, in Morgan county, married in Sangamon county to David Pyle. See his name.
JULIA, born in 1842, died in 1857.
NANCY ANTIONETTE, born April 13, 1845, in Morgan county, married in Sangamon county to Fletcher A. Stickel, and resides in Centralia, Kansas.
JAMES R., born Dec. 9, 1847, in Morgan county, married in Sangamon county, in 1872, to Mary R. Patterson. They have one child, CLARA ETTIE, and live in Ball township.
James Scott and wife reside in Ball township, three hundred yards east of where Robert Pulliam built the first cabin in Sangamon county, in the autumn of 1817. Mrs. Scott's youngest child has witnessed more returns of his birthday than she has of her own. See date of her birth for explanation.